Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 1 of 3)
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Farjeon Benjamin Leopold. Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 1 of 3)
CHAPTER I. THE LAST OF THE CARE-TAKERS
CHAPTER II. MISER FAREBROTHER RECONNOITRES THE GROUND AND RECEIVES A SHOCK
CHAPTER III. THE NEW TENANTS ARRIVE, AND ONE DEPARTS
CHAPTER IV. PHŒBE AND THE ANGELS
CHAPTER V. MRS. PAMFLETT RECOMMENDS A NEW CLERK TO THE MISER
CHAPTER VI. A VERY SMALL BOY COVERS HIMSELF WITH GLORY
CHAPTER VII. MISER FAREBROTHER ENVIES FAUST
CHAPTER VIII. A DAY-DREAMER IN LONDON STREETS
CHAPTER IX. A NEW DOMESTIC DRAMA, BY UNCLE LETH
CHAPTER X 'MELIA JANE, GODDESS OF POTS AND PANS
CHAPTER XI. KISS HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THEATRICAL MANAGERS
CHAPTER XII. THE READING OF THE NEW PLAY
CHAPTER XIII. CURL-PAPER CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER XIV. A BIT OF EDELWEISS
CHAPTER XV. JEREMIAH PAMFLETT'S OPINIONS OF GIRLS
CHAPTER XVI. TOM BARLEY HAS A SCENE WITH THE MISER
CHAPTER XVII. FANNY CONFIDES A SECRET TO HER MOTHER
CHAPTER XVIII. MRS. PAMFLETT DEVELOPS A SUDDEN AFFECTION FOR PHŒBE
CHAPTER XIX. A BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY
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This condition of affairs favoured Miser Farebrother, when, in pursuance of a cunningly-formed plan, he took possession of the estate. Already he claimed to have a hold upon it, and who had a better right than he to live there rent free? There was a fascination in the prospect. To live rent free! To have a house and land all one's own! There would be a claim for Queen's taxes, perhaps, and rates. Well he would pay a little – as little as possible. The government receipts would go a long way to strengthen his hold upon the property. The rent of his house in London was ruinous. In so many years he would be so much money in pocket – a fortune. Then, he had heard and read that if a man lived in a house for a certain time without paying rent, it became legally and lawfully his own, to sell or do what he liked with. It was a bold step, but the prize was so valuable that he would risk it.
He made two preliminary investigations of the property, and as everything depended upon secrecy, these visits were paid in the night when nobody was about. He knew nothing of the popular belief that the place was haunted.
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"More I have. She's dead."
"Father too?"
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