SWEETHEARTS AT HOME

BY S. R. CROCKETT

AUTHOR OF "SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS," ETC.

ASSISTED BY SWEETHEART HERSELF, AND WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS BY HUGH JOHN, SIR TOADY LION, MAID MARGARET, AND MISS ELIZABETH FORTINBRAS

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

"When I Turned About—Why, it Nearly Took My Breath Away"

CONTENTS

THE EDITOR'S CHAPTERS
I
II

SWEETHEART'S DIARY
I. SWEETHEART OBJECTS
II. PURPLE "THINKS"
III. PRESENTS
IV. MISS POLLY PRETEND
V. PRINCIPIA
VI. TORRES VEDRAS
VII. TORRES THE SECOND
VIII. HUGH JOHN'S PEOPLE
IX. THE NEW SHOP
X. NIPPER NEGLECTS HIS BUSINESS
XI. ELIZABETH
XII. FIGS AND FIG-LEAVES
XIII. "UNTO US AS A DAUGHTER"
XIV. THE HARVEST FAIR
XV. QUIET DAYS
XVI. HUGH JOHN, AMBASSADOR PLENIPOTENTIARY
XVII. THE LITTLE GREEN MAN
XVIII. THE BEAD CURTAIN
XIX. THE DISCONTENT OF MRS. NIPPER DONNAN
XX. TREACHERY!
XXI. ADA WINTER AND "YOUNG MRS. WINTER"
XXII. AN EVENING CALL
XXIII. HONOR THY DAUGHTER!
XXIV. CISSY'S MEANNESS
XXV. "NOT EVEN HUGH JOHN!"
XXVI. HAUNTS REVISITED
XXVII. SIR TOADY RELAPSES
XXVIII. TWICE-TRAVELED PATHS
XXIX. HOME-COMING
XXX. SOME DISCLAIMERS

List of Illustrations

"When I Turned About—Why, it Nearly Took My Breath Away"

"Doing Kow-Tow to This False God"

"Help Her! Me, Butcher Donnan!"

"I Used to Swop Currants and Sugar for Nuts and Lovely Spicy Fruits"

THE EDITOR'S CHAPTERS

HE TELLS HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT

I

A sleepy Sunday morning—and no need for any one to go to church.

It was at Neuchâtel, under the trees by the lake, that I first became conscious of what wonderful assistance Sweetheart might be to me in my literary work. She corrected me as to the date upon which we had made our