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Title: Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs
Author: Anne Warner
Release Date: August 4, 2006 [EBook #18987]
Language: English
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Susan Clegg
and
Her Neighbors' Affairs
By Anne Warner
_Author of "Susan Clegg and her Friend Mrs. Lathrop," "The Rejuvenation
of Aunt Mary," "A Woman's Will," etc._
Boston
Little, Brown, and Company
1906
Copyright, 1904,
By The Red Book Corporation.
Copyright, 1905,
By The Century Company.
Copyright, 1905,
By The Bobbs Merrill Company.
Copyright, 1906,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
_All rights reserved_
Published June, 1906
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
[Illustration: "It's a brand-new one, fer the price-tag's still hangin'
on the back."]
_PREFATORY NOTE_
_"Mrs. Lathrop's Love Affair" appeared in "The Century Magazine" in
1905. "The Wolf at Susan's Door" was published in "The Reader's
Magazine" in the early part of the present year, and "Old Man Ely's
Proposal" is printed for the first time in this volume. The original
version of "A Very Superior Man" appeared in "The Red Book."_
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CONTENTS
MRS. LATHROP'S LOVE AFFAIR
Part First. The Deacon's Dilemma
Part Second. The Automobile
OLD MAN ELY'S PROPOSAL
THE WOLF AT SUSAN'S DOOR
Part First. Miss Clegg's Speculations
Part Second. Gran'ma Mullins's Woe
Part Third. Lucy Dill's Wedding
Part Fourth. Mr. Jilkins's Hat
A VERY SUPERIOR MAN
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MRS. LATHROP'S LOVE AFFAIR
PART FIRST
THE DEACON'S DILEMMA
Miss Clegg was getting her own favorite tea. This always consisted of
itself, toast, and a slice of bacon; and she apparently took as much
pleasure in
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