SAUCY BETTY MORK.
SAUCY BETTY MORK.
I.
“But, Miss Bessie—”
“I have told you a dozen times, Mr. Granton, that my name is not Bessie. I abhor that final ie; and more than that, I was christened Betty,—plain Betty,—and Betty I will be.”
“Miss Betty, then, if that suits you; though why you should be so particular about that old-fashioned name, I’m sure I can’t conceive.”