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قراءة كتاب Susan Clegg and a Man in the House
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Susan Clegg
And a Man in the House
BY
ANNE WARNER
Author of "Susan Clegg and her Friend Mrs. Lathrop,"
"A Woman's Will," "The Rejuvenation of
Aunt Mary," "Seeing France
with Uncle John," etc.
Illustrated from Drawings by ALICE BARBER STEPHENS
Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1907
Copyright, 1906, By Katharine N. Birdsall
Copyright, 1907, By The Butterick Company, Ltd.
Copyright, 1907, By Little, Brown, and Company
All rights reserved
Published October, 1907
GRIFFITH-STILLINGS PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Man's Proposal | 1 |
| II. | Elijah Doxey and His Locked Box | 20 |
| III. | The First Issue of the Newspaper | 32 |
| IV. | Settling down after the Honeymoon | 43 |
| V. | Susan Clegg's Full Day | 64 |
| VI. | The Editor's Advice Column | 85 |
| VII. | Mrs. Macy and the Convention | 98 |
| VIII. | The Biennial | 113 |
| IX. | The Far Eastern Tropics | 128 |
| X. | The Evils of Delayed Decease | 142 |
| XI. | The Democratic Party | 156 |
| XII. | The Trials of Mrs. Macy | 168 |
| XIII. | Monotony of Ministerial Monologues | 200 |
| XIV. | Advisability of Newspaper Exposures | 212 |
| XV. | The Trial of a Sick Man in the House | 223 |
| XVI. | The Beginning of the End | 235 |
| XVII. | An Old-fashioned Fourth | 251 |
| XVIII. | Celebrating Independence Day | 261 |
| XIX. | Exit the Man out of Susan Clegg's House | 273 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "'He is a trouble, Mrs. Lathrop,'" | Frontispiece |
| PAGE | |
| "'A lady come up, looked at my flag, an' asked me if I was a delegate or an alternative'" | 119 |
| "'Mrs. Macy was just about plum paralyzed at that'" | 179 |
| "'The bottom come out an' the duck flew down the car'" | 188 |
Susan Clegg
And a Man in the House
CHAPTER I
MAN'S PROPOSAL
Susan Clegg had dwelt alone ever since her father's death. She had not been unhappy in dwelling alone, although she had been a good daughter as long as she had a parent to live with. When the parent departed, and indeed some few days before his going, there had arisen a kind of a question as to the possibility of a life-companion for the daughter who must inevitably be left orphaned and lonely before long. The question had arisen in a way highly characteristic of Miss Clegg and had been