MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT

BY

FRANK R. STOCKTON

ILLUSTRATED BY A. FORESTIER

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1896

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NORWOOD PRESS
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

CONTENTS

		CHAPTER	PAGE
	I.	Alone with her Wealth	1
	II.	Willy Croup doesn't know	7
	III.	Miss Nancy Shott	16
	IV.	A Launch into a New Life	25
	V.	A Fur-trimmed Overcoat and a Silk Hat	36
	VI.	A Temperance Lark	45
	VII.	Mr. Burke accepts a Responsibility	59
	VIII.	Mr. Burke begins to make Things move in Plainton	68
	IX.	A Meeting of Heirs	80
	X.	The Intellect of Miss Inchman	92
	XI.	The Arrival of the New Dining-room	99
	XII.	The Thorpedyke Sisters	109
	XIII.	Money Hunger	114
	XIV.	Willy Croup as a Philanthropic Diplomatist	121
	XV.	Miss Nancy makes a Call	128
	XVI.	Mr. Burke makes a Call	135
	XVII.	Mrs. Cliff's Yacht	147
	XVIII.	The Dawn of the Grove of the Incas	156
	XIX.	The "Summer Shelter"	162
	XX.	The Synod	169
	XXI.	A Telegram from Captain Horn	173
	XXII.	The "Summer Shelter" goes to Sea	182
	XXIII.	Willy Croup comes to the Front	192
	XXIV.	Changes on the "Summer Shelter"	203
	XXV.	A Note