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قراءة كتاب Mrs. Tree's Will
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MRS. TREE'S WILL
By Laura E. Richards
Author of "Captain January," "Melody," "Marie," "Mrs. Tree," etc.
Boston
Dana Estes & Company
Publishers
Copyright, 1905
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved
MRS. TREE'S WILL
COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A.
TO
MY DAUGHTER
Alice
"'HOMER HOLLOPETER,' SHE SAID, 'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS VILLAGE?'"
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Will Itself | 11 |
| II. | What the Men Said | 33 |
| III. | What the Women Said | 51 |
| IV. | Mostly Gossip | 79 |
| V. | In Miss Penny's Shop | 95 |
| VI. | The Sorrows of Mr. Homer | 111 |
| VII. | Conchology and Other Things | 130 |
| VIII. | Mr. Pindar | 147 |
| IX. | "Quand on Conspire" | 164 |
| X. | A Pleasant Hour | 186 |
| XI. | Spinning Yarns | 199 |
| XII. | Miss Wax at Home | 224 |
| XIII. | The Sorrows of Mr. Pindar | 240 |
| XIV. | The Dramatic Moment | 255 |
| XV. | After All! | 283 |
| XVI. | Marriage Bells | 297 |
| XVII. | The Last Word | 309 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
MRS. TREE'S WILL
CHAPTER I.
THE WILL ITSELF
"Suppose you tell me all about it, Mr. Hollopeter!" said Mr. Bliss.
Mr. Homer Hollopeter sighed deeply; wiped his brow with a sky-blue article, evidently under the impression that it was a pocket-handkerchief; sighed again yet more deeply on perceiving that it was a necktie; put it back in his pocket, and looked plaintively at the minister.
"I should be pleased to do so, Mr. Bliss," he said. "It would be—a relief; a—an unburdening; an—outlet to imprisoned nature."
"You see," the little minister went on soothingly, "our dear old friend's death occurring while I was away, and I returning only just in time for the funeral, I have not really heard the particulars yet. I might—that is—Mrs. Weight kindly called on me last evening, probably with a view to giving me some information, but I was unable to see her, and I should prefer to hear from you how it all