Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches

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Arthur Timothy Shay. Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches

PREFACE

TAKING COMFORT

CHILDREN—A FAMILY SCENE

LOSING ONE'S TEMPER

TROUBLE WITH SERVANTS

HAVEN'T THE CHANGE

OLD MAIDS' CHILDREN

THE MOTHER AND BOY

THE CHRISTMAS PARTY

IS SHE A LADY?

GOING INTO MOURNING

IF THAT WERE MY CHILD!

I WILL!

A MOTHER'S INFLUENCE

THE POWER OF PATIENCE

AN OLD MAN'S RECOLLECTIONS

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"REALLY, this is comfortable!" said I, glancing around the handsomely furnished parlour of my young friend Brainard, who had, a few weeks before, ventured upon matrimony, and was now making his first experiments in housekeeping.

"Yes, it is comfortable," replied my friend. "The fact is, I go in for comforts."

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"He might be very much displeased."

"No matter; I would soon smooth his frowning brow. But, Mrs. Aiken, we won't discuss that matter. The instrument is to be sold. Do you want it?"

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