9/18 BUNDLE QUITS SERVICE * * * * * LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MRS. BUNDLE _Frontispiece_ THE LANK LAWYER WAGGED MY HAND OF A MORNING, AND SAID, "AND HOW IS MISS ELIZA'S LITTLE BEAU ?" "BLESS ME, THERE'S THAT DOG!" "MR. BUCKLE, I BELIEVE ?" SHE ROLLED ABRUPTLY OVER ON HER SEAT AND SCRAMBLED OFF BACKWARDS POLLY AND REGIE IN THE "PULPIT" AND THE "PEW" "ALL TOGETHER, IF YOU PLEASE!" IT WAS ONLY A QUIET DINNER PARTY, AND MISS CHISLETT HAD BROUGHT OUT HER NEEDLEWORK * * * * * A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING CHAPTER I MOTHERLESS When the children clamour for a story, my wife says to me, "Tell them how you bought a flat iron for a farthing." Which I very gladly do; for three reasons. In the first place, it is about myself, and so I take an interest in it. |