Author of "The Ranch Girls" Series, "The Red
Cross Girls" Series, etc.

ILLUSTRATED

PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1914, by
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY

CONTENTS

I. ["DO YOU REMEMBER ME?"]
II. [BETTY'S KNIGHT]
III. [HER PENSION]
IV. [TEMPTATION]
V. [THE WAY OF THE WILFUL]
VI. [ESTHER'S ROOM]
VII. [THE THREAT]
VIII. [PREPARATIONS FOB THE HOLIDAYS]
IX. [THE CASTLE OF LIFE]
X. [THE RECOGNITION]
XI. [SUNRISE CABIN AGAIN]
XII. ["LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES"]
XIII. [THE INVALIDS]
XIV. ["WHICH COMES LIKE A BENEDICTION"]
XV. [SECRETS]
XVI. [THE LAW OF THE FIRE]
XVII. [A FIGURE IN THE NIGHT]
XVIII. [UNCERTAINTY]
XIX. [AN UNSPOKEN POSSIBILITY]
XX. [THE BEGINNING OF LIGHT]
XXI. [BETTY FINDS OUT]
XXII. [SUNRISE CABIN]
XXIII. [FAREWELLS]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "ESTHER CRIPPEN, THAT IS THE LOVELIEST SONG
IN THE WORLD!" . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "THERE ISN'T ANYTHING MUCH TO TELL" ]

[ THE PROFESSOR HAD TO WIPE HIS GLASSES ]