Hepsey Burke
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Frank Nash Westcott. Hepsey Burke
CHAPTER I. HEPSEY BURKE
CHAPTER II. GOSSIP
CHAPTER III. THE SENIOR WARDEN
CHAPTER IV. MILKING
CHAPTER V. THE MINIATURE
CHAPTER VI. THE MISSIONARY TEA
CHAPTER VII. HEPSEY GOES A-FISHING
CHAPTER VIII. AN ICEBOX FOR CHERUBIM
CHAPTER IX. THE RECTORY
CHAPTER X. THE BRIDE’S ARRIVAL
CHAPTER XI. VIRGINIA’S HIGH HORSE
CHAPTER XII. HOUSE CLEANING AND BACHELORHOOD
CHAPTER XIII. THE CIRCUS
CHAPTER XIV. ON THE SIDE PORCH
CHAPTER XV. NICKEY’S SOCIAL AMBITIONS
CHAPTER XVI. PRACTICAL TEMPERANCE REFORM
CHAPTER XVII. NOTICE TO QUIT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE NEW RECTORY
CHAPTER XIX. COULEUR de ROSE
CHAPTER XX. MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XXI. UNINVITED GUESTS
CHAPTER XXII. HEPSEY’S DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXIII. HEPSEY CALLS A MEETING
CHAPTER XXIV. OMNIUM GATHERUM
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That afternoon Maxwell occupied himself in unpacking his trunks and arranging his room. As the finishing touch, he drew out of a leather case an exquisite miniature of a beautiful girl, which he placed on the mantelpiece, and at which he gazed for a long time with a wistful light in his fine gray eyes. Then he threw himself on the lounge, and pulling a letter from his inner pocket, read:
“Don’t worry about expenses, dear. Six hundred 26 is quite enough for two; we shall be passing rich! You must remember that, although I am a ‘college girl,’ I am not a helpless, extravagant creature, and I know how to economize. I am sure we shall be able to make both ends meet. With a small house, rent free, a bit of ground for a vegetable garden, and plenty of fresh air, we can accomplish almost anything, and be supremely happy together. And then, when you win advancement, as of course you will very soon, we shall appreciate the comforts all the more from the fact that we were obliged to live the simple life for a while.
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“Confess now; don’t you think it’s beautiful?”
Donald smiled broadly as he replied:
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