UNDERSTOOD BETSY
BY DOROTHY CANFIELD
Author of “The Bent Twig,” etc.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ADA C. WILLIAMSON
CONTENTS
| [I] | Aunt Harriet Has a Cough |
| [II] | Betsy Holds the Reins |
| [III] | A Short Morning |
| [IV] | Betsy Goes to School |
| [V] | What Grade is Betsy? |
| [VI] | If You Don’t Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter! |
| [VII] | Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination |
| [VIII] | Betsy Starts a Sewing Society |
| [IX] | The New Clothes Fail |
| [X] | Betsy Has a Birthday |
| [XI] | “Understood Aunt Frances” |
ILLUSTRATIONS
- [Uncle Henry looked at her, eyeing her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass] [Frontispiece]
- [Elizabeth Ann stood up before the doctor.]
- [“Do you know,” said Aunt Abigail, “I think it’s going to be real nice, having a little girl in the house again”]
- [She had greatly enjoyed doing her own hair.]
- [“Oh, he’s asking for more!” cried Elizabeth Ann]
- [Betsy shut her teeth together hard, and started across]
- [“What’s the matter, Molly? What’s the matter?”]
- [Betsy and Ellen and the old doll]
- [He had fallen asleep with his head on his arms]
- [Never were dishes washed better!]
- [Betsy was staring down at her shoes, biting her lips and winking her eyes]