Lady Betty Across the Water

								


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LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER

LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER
Edited by
C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON
Authors of My Friend the Chauffeur
Illustrations by Orson Lowell

New York
McClure, Phillips & Co.
MCMVI
Copyright, 1906, by
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Published, May, 1906
Second Impression
Copyright, 1905, 1906, by The Curtis Publishing Company

                                 To

         the people of that great, delightful, and hospitable

           land which gave Lady Betty the time of her life

        and inspiration, this story of her visit is admiringly

                     Dedicated by Betty Bulkeley

                   and C. N. and A. M. Williamson

CONTENTS

CHAP.                                                            PAGE



    I. ABOUT BEING BANISHED                                         3



   II. ABOUT CROSSING THE WATER                                    20


III. ABOUT NEW YORK                                              50



   IV. ABOUT SHOPPING AND MEN                                      83



    V. ABOUT WEST POINT AND PROPOSALS                             101



   VI. ABOUT THE PARK AND LOVE STORIES                            118


VII. ABOUT SKY-SCRAPERS AND BEAUTIFUL LADIES                    133


VIII. ABOUT NEWPORT AND GORGEOUSNESS                             141



   IX. ABOUT BATHING, A DRESS, AND AN EARL                        156



    X. ABOUT A VIOLET TEA AND A MILLIONAIRE                       170



   XI. ABOUT A GREAT AFFAIR                                       180


XII. ABOUT A WEDDING AND A DISASTER                             200


XIII. ABOUT RUNNING AWAY                                         211


XIV. ABOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED AND CHICAGO            223



   XV. ABOUT SEEING CHICAGO                                       227


XVI. ABOUT THE VALLEY FARM                                      238


XVII. ABOUT COWS AND NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS                    253
XVIII. ABOUT SOME COUNTRY FOLK, AND WALKER'S EMPORIUM             272


XIX. ABOUT GETTING ENGAGED                                      289



   XX. ABOUT JIM AND THE DUKE                                     297