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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