PAYING GUESTS
Reading edition
BY
EGLANTON THORNE
Author of "Her Own Way," "The Blessedness of Irene Farquhar,"
"My Brother's Friend," etc.
WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. RAINEY, R.I.
LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. AN UNWELCOME DECREE
II. MY EQUIPMENT
III. "GAY BOWERS"
IV. LAYING OUR PLANS
V. A RESPONSE TO THE ADVERTISEMENT
VI. THE FIRST ARRIVAL
VII. THE AMERICANS
VIII. A PRINCELY GIFT
IX. MISS COTTRELL'S ALIAS
X. COUSIN AGNETA'S LOVE STORY
XI. THE UNFORESEEN BEFALLS
XII. AT HOBBES'S COTTAGE
XIII. OLIVE'S HAPPINESS
XIV. A PICNIC
XV. AN ACT OF INDISCRETION
XVI. MISJUDGED
XVII. A GALA DAY AT GREENTREE
XVIII. AN ELOPEMENT
XIX. MISS COTTRELL'S ELATION
XX. A PROPOSAL
XXI. THE RETURN OF THE AMERICANS
XXII. CALAMITY
XXIII. TWILIGHT TALKS
XXIV. WEDDING BELLS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAULINA THREW HERSELF ON HER KNEES BESIDE ME. Frontispiece
"YOU SHOULD SEND HER INTO THE COUNTRY AND GIVE HER A BICYCLE."
AUNT MET PROFESSOR FAULKNER IN THE HALL.
"OH, I WRENCHED MY SHOULDER A BIT," HE SAID.
JOSIAH DICKS AND MISS COTTRELL PACING ARM IN ARM.