A Top-Floor Idyl

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George Van Schaick. A Top-Floor Idyl

A Top-Floor Idyl

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

THE NIGHT ALARM

CHAPTER II

FRIEDA THE ANGEL

CHAPTER III

I WATCH AN INFANT

CHAPTER IV

THE BOLT

CHAPTER V

GORDON HELPS

No, she was only a woman, with a soul for harmony

CHAPTER VI

A BIT OF SUNSHINE

CHAPTER VII

THE OTHER WOMAN

CHAPTER VIII

WE TAKE AN EXCURSION

CHAPTER IX

I HEAR RUMORS ABOUT GORDON

CHAPTER X

THE WORK LOST

CHAPTER XI

GORDON VACILLATES

CHAPTER XII

GORDON BECOMES ENGAGED

CHAPTER XIII

DR. PORTER GOES TO WORK

Her lovely head was bent down towards the sleeping mite

CHAPTER XIV

I BEGIN TO PLOT

CHAPTER XV

THE LIGHTNING STROKE

CHAPTER XVI

FRANCES READS MY BOOK

CHAPTER XVII

MISS VAN ROSSUM CALLS

CHAPTER XVIII

DIANA AMONG MORTALS

CHAPTER XIX

FRANCES GOES TO THE COUNTRY

CHAPTER XX

RICHETTI IS PLEASED

CHAPTER XXI

THE CONCERT

CHAPTER XXII

GORDON RETURNS

CHAPTER XXIII

THE REPAIR OF A BROKEN STRAND

CHAPTER XXIV

"THE MOTHER AND CHILD"

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George Van Schaick

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"Thank goodness!" I exclaimed, dropping some pulverized bean on the floor. "So it is all over!"

"Not yet," he informed me, smiling, "but so far everything goes well. The big, fat Providence in gig-lamps is sitting by the patient. Sometimes three make poor company. The solid dame came in and called her 'my dear' and rummaged things out of the trunk and fixed up the bed, and tears began to flow. It must be a wonderful thing for a woman, who feels abandoned of God and man, to have such a big brave creature come in to pound the pillows and make one feel that there is yet corn in Egypt. I left them with their heads together. The poor thing was crying a bit and beginning to tell the story of her past life. Yes, thanks! I'll be glad of a cup, with three lumps of sugar. Great little machine, that! And so I thought I'd walk in here for a minute. Some things a woman tells another must be pretty sacred, don't you think?"

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