Good Stories Reprinted from the Ladies' Home Journal of PhiladelphiaGood StoriesReading editionChapter navigation259 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterGood StoriesWarding Off a CatastropheNot What She ExpectedOf CourseHe Had Certainly Met HimNo Place Like HomeShe Felt Bad When WellDrove Him MadTweedledum or TweedledeeIt Was Mary’s Own IdeaHe Couldn’t Very WellA Coat That Wouldn’t Come OffThe Young Housewife’s LatestHe Did His BestThe Power BehindEasy EnoughHe Had Left the Cards All RightAnd That Settled ItWhat Do You Think the Porter Did?She Said ItHis Idea of GeniusTook the Wrong HouseAnd Tommy DidThe Prayer of Cyrus BrownCouldn’t Tell WhichThe Greater CalamityHer First Railroad RideThe Parson and the “Light”Turn About is Fair PlayHis Only ChanceHe Saw Them, All RightAn Easy Way to Stop ItWhat Brought Them?Give and TakeToo Much of a Good ThingHad Missed ItDenied the Only ShadeWanted to Make Her HappyEasy EnoughNot a Complaint at AllHe Caught It, But——He Didn’t MindHe Announced His IntentionsAs a Last ResortHe Got the InformationAfter Many TrialsIt Was His Only TiePlaying DoctorThe Feminine Point of ViewHe Had Faith in the DoctorWhat He Used the Milk ForNothing if Not PoliteHer Little GameA Case of AdaptationWhat Would HappenCouldn’t Fool Him That FarAnd They Wondered!She Had Him That TimeNecessity: Not ChoiceMr. Beecher’s PrescriptionA Recipe for a Bridal CoupleBoth of the Same Kind“Follow the Leader”Very Easily ExplainedProved His Teacher WrongAt the Department StoreThe Worst Death There IsA Long-Lived FamilySilenced the RingleaderGot Out of That, All RightHe Simply Looked That WayWhat She Would LikeThe Highest Price in the StoreFrom Different PointsSo Son: So Father?How Could He?Couldn’t Leave TownHe Knew His FatherA Valuable Office BoyShe Had a Question to AskThe Only Time When He DoesIn the Absence of a TipHer Father Didn’t Like ItHe Didn’t Mind His Going OnceNever AgainA Kiss in the RainWhat He Had Re(a)dApostle and EpistleMore than EnoughHis Only RequestA Good MajorityReady to Accommodate HerA New Name for ThemHe Wanted to KnowWoman’s Love and Man’s LoveMuch SimplerOne Button was in UseHe RememberedWasn’t Delicate at AllA Live TopicThe After-College Girl’s ComplaintIt All Seemed So UnnecessaryOverdid it a BitOne on the Doctor That TimeAnxious About HimThe Only Way He Could HelpHe Was Willing to ObligeNot All the Time, But——Necessity and InventionTaking No ChancesToo Much CuriosityThey Were Both ChargedCould Use the Other Kind, TooA Regard for AppearanceRapid-FireKipling at a LuncheonGetting His Trousseau ReadyThere Was a ChanceDeserved to be TriedEnd of the HoneymoonIf You Have a MoleHer Own Eyes Good Enough for HimHow Did He Know?So Mother—So SonAn Endless WashOnce Dead Always DeadHad to Get it Done SomehowA Personal DemonstrationNot for HimSuch a Pleasant RoomGiving a Woman Her RightsA Riddle to WillieUnder Her BedDidn’t Think He Was PoliteHe Had a Large ReachWhen Fighting Really BeganGuarding Against Future MistakesA Mistake on Both SidesSauce for the GanderThose Hits at “The Journal”Easing His ConscienceHe Would Lose, AnywayForce of HabitWhat “R. S. V. P.” MeansThe Wrong Kind of a BabyA Poser for the SalesmanNot in the Army, After AllHer Literary LovesHow Grandma Viewed ThemSo Easy When it is ExplainedSixty Girls Not One Too ManyOne on the PresidentNo Doubt of itThe Lesson StoppedThe Wrong OneA Good Pair of BootsNot Just the Right PlaceWhat Else Could He Be?He Had to Stand UpHis Heartbreaking TaskEasily Accounted ForThe Retort Courteous!When He LeftA Popular StoreHe Couldn’t BendReally, All the SameHe Had a Good ExcuseOne of Lincoln’s Little NotesFair PlayCold Comfort ThatA “Billet-Doux”When Pat Laughed LastCould Eat, but Couldn’t SeeHow She Got ItWhat the “Grip” IsWouldn’t Have Been StrangeA Place for JeremiahThe One Thing He WantedWhy He Would Like ItWhy Mr. Duffy’s Nose was RedWhy He KnewHer Idea of RemembranceDid He Win Her?The Dog wasn’t TouchedNot the Kind She WantedHis Last RequestWhy He Really Wanted to GoNo End to This Game for TwoAnd This in Boston!Man Wants but Little, etc.It Certainly Tickled ThemCured Without MedicineEnthusiasm SquelchedDefinitiveWanted to Give Her Every ChanceMurder Will OutTaking Mamma at Her WordIt Was Worse Than BigotryA Devotional Turn of MindPoor Little Chap!The Horse Had a HabitShe Won Her UncleStill He WonderedA Lesson In ItIt Was His PrivilegeStill HopefulHe Thought She Ought to Know ItA Possible SubstituteOne on the PreachersCharlie Remembered Her WellCouldn’t Follow HimFrivolity of Outward ShowJust as WellThe Same, Only a Little DifferentFor Him to DecideA Large CorporationAccommodating ManThe Early BirdNo Wonder He Asked “Why?”The Safest PlaceAn Inspiring ModelWhen the Honeymoon BeganAnd She Kept on SmokingDoubtful AssurancesA New Use for an AppleIt Looked That WayMusic Touched His HeartSome Amusing BlundersThey Come High—ButAt Any CostWhere Was Bill?All That Glisters is Not GoldHer Affectionate BrothersThe Voice of the LadyCheer Up, EverybodyA New Kind of BaitHe Could Supply SpecimensWas It His Ghost?Willie’s April Fool on Mamma!Full Particulars GivenNews for the BishopA Case of Mutual ApplicationShe Didn’t Sleep WellThey Planned a Little Surprise for HimHe Knew Only OneHe Proved It Was LogicalThe Old Man Knew BestWatch and PrayNo Doubt About ThatAll’s Fair in LoveAn Addition to the CatechismNo Two Ways About ItThe Maid Knew a Thing or TwoUnder Similar ConditionsHis First MoveHis “Catch” Was DelayedUsing His FriendsHe Did—After ThatPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →Warding Off a CatastropheAll chapters and sections (259)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsGood StoriesWarding Off a CatastropheNot What She ExpectedOf CourseHe Had Certainly Met HimNo Place Like HomeShe Felt Bad When WellDrove Him MadTweedledum or TweedledeeIt Was Mary’s Own IdeaHe Couldn’t Very WellA Coat That Wouldn’t Come OffThe Young Housewife’s LatestHe Did His BestThe Power BehindEasy EnoughHe Had Left the Cards All RightAnd That Settled ItWhat Do You Think the Porter Did?She Said ItHis Idea of GeniusTook the Wrong HouseAnd Tommy DidThe Prayer of Cyrus BrownCouldn’t Tell WhichThe Greater CalamityHer First Railroad RideThe Parson and the “Light”Turn About is Fair PlayHis Only ChanceHe Saw Them, All RightAn Easy Way to Stop ItWhat Brought Them?Give and TakeToo Much of a Good ThingHad Missed ItDenied the Only ShadeWanted to Make Her HappyEasy EnoughNot a Complaint at AllHe Caught It, But——He Didn’t MindHe Announced His IntentionsAs a Last ResortHe Got the InformationAfter Many TrialsIt Was His Only TiePlaying DoctorThe Feminine Point of ViewHe Had Faith in the DoctorWhat He Used the Milk ForNothing if Not PoliteHer Little GameA Case of AdaptationWhat Would HappenCouldn’t Fool Him That FarAnd They Wondered!She Had Him That TimeNecessity: Not ChoiceMr. Beecher’s PrescriptionA Recipe for a Bridal CoupleBoth of the Same Kind“Follow the Leader”Very Easily ExplainedProved His Teacher WrongAt the Department StoreThe Worst Death There IsA Long-Lived FamilySilenced the RingleaderGot Out of That, All RightHe Simply Looked That WayWhat She Would LikeThe Highest Price in the StoreFrom Different PointsSo Son: So Father?How Could He?Couldn’t Leave TownHe Knew His FatherA Valuable Office BoyShe Had a Question to AskThe Only Time When He DoesIn the Absence of a TipHer Father Didn’t Like ItHe Didn’t Mind His Going OnceNever AgainA Kiss in the RainWhat He Had Re(a)dApostle and EpistleMore than EnoughHis Only RequestA Good MajorityReady to Accommodate HerA New Name for ThemHe Wanted to KnowWoman’s Love and Man’s LoveMuch SimplerOne Button was in UseHe RememberedWasn’t Delicate at AllA Live TopicThe After-College Girl’s ComplaintIt All Seemed So UnnecessaryOverdid it a BitOne on the Doctor That TimeAnxious About HimThe Only Way He Could HelpHe Was Willing to ObligeNot All the Time, But——Necessity and InventionTaking No ChancesToo Much CuriosityThey Were Both ChargedCould Use the Other Kind, TooA Regard for AppearanceRapid-FireKipling at a LuncheonGetting His Trousseau ReadyThere Was a ChanceDeserved to be TriedEnd of the HoneymoonIf You Have a MoleHer Own Eyes Good Enough for HimHow Did He Know?So Mother—So SonAn Endless WashOnce Dead Always DeadHad to Get it Done SomehowA Personal DemonstrationNot for HimSuch a Pleasant RoomGiving a Woman Her RightsA Riddle to WillieUnder Her BedDidn’t Think He Was PoliteHe Had a Large ReachWhen Fighting Really BeganGuarding Against Future MistakesA Mistake on Both SidesSauce for the GanderThose Hits at “The Journal”Easing His ConscienceHe Would Lose, AnywayForce of HabitWhat “R. S. V. P.” MeansThe Wrong Kind of a BabyA Poser for the SalesmanNot in the Army, After AllHer Literary LovesHow Grandma Viewed ThemSo Easy When it is ExplainedSixty Girls Not One Too ManyOne on the PresidentNo Doubt of itThe Lesson StoppedThe Wrong OneA Good Pair of BootsNot Just the Right PlaceWhat Else Could He Be?He Had to Stand UpHis Heartbreaking TaskEasily Accounted ForThe Retort Courteous!When He LeftA Popular StoreHe Couldn’t BendReally, All the SameHe Had a Good ExcuseOne of Lincoln’s Little NotesFair PlayCold Comfort ThatA “Billet-Doux”When Pat Laughed LastCould Eat, but Couldn’t SeeHow She Got ItWhat the “Grip” IsWouldn’t Have Been StrangeA Place for JeremiahThe One Thing He WantedWhy He Would Like ItWhy Mr. Duffy’s Nose was RedWhy He KnewHer Idea of RemembranceDid He Win Her?The Dog wasn’t TouchedNot the Kind She WantedHis Last RequestWhy He Really Wanted to GoNo End to This Game for TwoAnd This in Boston!Man Wants but Little, etc.It Certainly Tickled ThemCured Without MedicineEnthusiasm SquelchedDefinitiveWanted to Give Her Every ChanceMurder Will OutTaking Mamma at Her WordIt Was Worse Than BigotryA Devotional Turn of MindPoor Little Chap!The Horse Had a HabitShe Won Her UncleStill He WonderedA Lesson In ItIt Was His PrivilegeStill HopefulHe Thought She Ought to Know ItA Possible SubstituteOne on the PreachersCharlie Remembered Her WellCouldn’t Follow HimFrivolity of Outward ShowJust as WellThe Same, Only a Little DifferentFor Him to DecideA Large CorporationAccommodating ManThe Early BirdNo Wonder He Asked “Why?”The Safest PlaceAn Inspiring ModelWhen the Honeymoon BeganAnd She Kept on SmokingDoubtful AssurancesA New Use for an AppleIt Looked That WayMusic Touched His HeartSome Amusing BlundersThey Come High—ButAt Any CostWhere Was Bill?All That Glisters is Not GoldHer Affectionate BrothersThe Voice of the LadyCheer Up, EverybodyA New Kind of BaitHe Could Supply SpecimensWas It His Ghost?Willie’s April Fool on Mamma!Full Particulars GivenNews for the BishopA Case of Mutual ApplicationShe Didn’t Sleep WellThey Planned a Little Surprise for HimHe Knew Only OneHe Proved It Was LogicalThe Old Man Knew BestWatch and PrayNo Doubt About ThatAll’s Fair in LoveAn Addition to the CatechismNo Two Ways About ItThe Maid Knew a Thing or TwoUnder Similar ConditionsHis First MoveHis “Catch” Was DelayedUsing His FriendsHe Did—After ThatREPRINTED FROMTHE LADIES’ HOME JOURNALOF PHILADELPHIA1907← Front matterWarding Off a Catastrophe →