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Sweethearts at Home

By S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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SWEETHEARTS AT HOME
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
List of Illustrations
THE EDITOR'S CHAPTERS
- HE TELLS HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT
I
II
SWEETHEART'S DIARY
I
- SWEETHEART OBJECTS
II
- PURPLE "THINKS"
III
- PRESENTS
IV
- MISS POLLY PRETEND
- "Doing Kow-Tow to This False God"
V
- PRINCIPIA
VI
- TORRES VEDRAS
VII
- TORRES THE SECOND
VIII
- HUGH JOHN'S PEOPLE
IX
- THE NEW SHOP
- "Help Her! Me, Butcher Donnan!"
X
- NIPPER NEGLECTS HIS BUSINESS
XI
- ELIZABETH
XII
- FIGS AND FIG-LEAVES
XIII
- "UNTO US AS A DAUGHTER"
XIV
- THE HARVEST FAIR
  - FOR THIS DAY ONLY CANARY ISLANDS COCOA-NUT CANDY A SPECIALTY.
- FOR THIS DAY ONLY CANARY ISLANDS COCOA-NUT CANDY A SPECIALTY.
XV
- QUIET DAYS
XVI
- HUGH JOHN, AMBASSADOR PLENIPOTENTIARY
XVII
- THE LITTLE GREEN MAN
  - THE TALE OF THE LITTLE GREEN MAN.
- THE TALE OF THE LITTLE GREEN MAN.
- "I Used to Swop Currants and Sugar for Nuts and Lovely Spicy Fruits"
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
- THE END