"Chet" (Yates)

by Katherine Merritte Snyder Yates

For works with similar titles, see "Chet".

"Chet"

By KATHERINE M. YATES

 

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"Chet." With six illustrations. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

What the Pine Tree Heard. Boards, postpaid, 50 cents. Limp leather, $1.00.

The Grey Story Book. Octavo, boards, postpaid, 50 cents.

On the Way There. Octavo, white leatherette, postpaid, 50 cents. Limp leather, $1.00.

At the Door. Octavo, tan leatherette, postpaid, 50 cents. Limp leather, $1.00.

Through the Woods. Octavo, green leatherette, postpaid, 50 cents. Limp leather, $1.00.

By the Wayside. Octavo, white leatherette, postpaid, 50 cents.

Cheery and the Chum. Octavo, cloth colored illustrations, 50 cents.

 

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A. C. McCLURG & CO., Publishers

"Along came Bess, clinging to the rail, her cheeks red and the wind whipping her hair"

"CHET"

 

by
Katherine M. Yates
Author of "On the Way There," "At the Door," "Cheery and the Chum," etc.

 

Illustrated by H. S. De Lay

 

Third edition

 

 

Chicago
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1912

Copyright
A.C. McCLURG & CO.
1909

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Published September 4, 1909
Third Edition, February 24, 1912

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Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
All Rights Reserved

 

The Lakeside Press
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Chicago

Preface

ONCE upon a time—I begin it thus, because it is such a very old story—a person stood before the painting of a sunset. Presently he turned to the artist. "I never saw such colors as those in a sunset," he said.

And the artist looked at him and smiled:—"But, my friend," he said, "don't you wish that you could?"

And so, should any of my readers feel tempted to say:—"I know no children like these," I would reply to them:—"But don't you wish that you did?"

K. M. Y.

Chicago, June 1, 1909.

 

CONTENTS

 

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Chapter		Page
I.	That Other Girl	1
II.	Bess and I Do Some Entertaining	14
III.	The Picnic at Blennerhasset Island	41
IV.	Downs and Ups	70
V.	Bess Meets a Number of Things	84
VI.	Over the Water with Twinny	100
VII.	Lake Michigan Entertains	130
VIII.	Bess Goes Street-Car Riding	145
IX.	The Rest of Bess's Letter	166
X.	The Other Side of the Counter	181
XI.	Uncle Rob Visits My Brown Study	209
XII.	1944 Iuka Avenue	233
XIII.	The Case of the New Type-writer	262
XIV.	Bess and I Go Shopping	296
XV.	That Other Girl Again	319

ILLUSTRATIONS

 

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		Page
"Along came Bess, clinging to the rail, her cheeks red and the wind whipping her hair"		Frontispiece
"'There's a girl coming here,' I said"		page 6
"I don't see why you shouldn't go for a week or so"		80
"I had managed to sit up and was holding my head in both hands"		122
"I want some Parker's floor polish and a pint—"		206
"She only stood and stared for a moment"		332