Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE LITTLE COLONEL'S HOUSE PARTY

by

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Author of "The Little Colonel," "Two Little Knights of Kentucky," "The Story of Dago," etc.

Illustrated by Louis Meynell

Boston L. C. Page and Company Publishers Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. Mass., U.S.A.

1907

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Works of

Annie Fellows Johnston

The Little Colonel Series

Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel Stories $1.50

(Containing in one volume the three stories, "The Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two Little Knights of Kentucky.")

The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50 The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50 The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50 The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50 The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50 The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50 The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50 The above 8 vols., boxed 12.00

Illustrated Holiday Editions

Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in color

The Little Colonel $1.25 The Giant Scissors 1.25 Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25 The above 3 vols., boxed 3.75

Cosy Corner Series

Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel $.50 The Giant Scissors .50 Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50 Big Brother .50 Ole Mammy's Torment .50 The Story of Dago .50 Cicely .50 Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50 The Quilt that Jack Built .50 Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50 Mildred's Inheritance .50

Other Books

Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .50 The Three Weavers .50 Keeping Tryst .50 Asa Holmes 1.00 Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00

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(See Chapter IX. Her Sacred Promise)]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE INVITATIONS ARE SENT

II. "ONE FLEW INTO THE CUCKOO'S NEST"

III. "ONE FLEW EAST"

IV. "ONE FLEW WEST"

V. BETTY REACHES THE "HOUSE BEAUTIFUL"

VI. THE ENCHANTED NECKLACE

VII. BITS FROM BETTY'S DIARY

VIII. THE GYPSY FORTUNE-TELLER

IX. HER SACRED PROMISE

X. FOUND OUT

XI. SOME STORIES AND A POEM

XII. A PILLOW-CASE PARTY

XIII. MORE MEASLES

XIV. A LONG NIGHT

XV. "THE ROAD OF THE LOVING HEART"

XVI. A FEAST OF LANTERNS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"MALCOLM WENT ON CUTTING" (Frontispiece)

"'OH, RUN AND GET IT, QUICK, DAVY,' SHE CRIED"

"SHE SORTED THE RIBBONS AND EXAMINED THE GLOVES"

"BETTY BEGAN THE STORY"

"'I'M GLAD THAT I DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY THE YEAR ROUND!'"

"THERE WAS ONE WILD SCREAM AFTER ANOTHER"

"'BUT WE CAUGHT THE CHICKENS AND BROUGHT THEM BACK!'"

"'LET'S ALL SIT DOWN ON THE STEPS'"