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MRS. TREE'S WILL
MRS. TREE'S WILL
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE WILL ITSELF 11
II. WHAT THE MEN SAID 33
III. WHAT THE WOMEN SAID 51
IV. MOSTLY GOSSIP 79
V. IN MISS PENNY'S SHOP 95
VI. THE SORROWS OF MR. HOMER 111
VII. CONCHOLOGY AND OTHER THINGS 130
VIII. MR. PINDAR 147
IX. "QUAND ON CONSPIRE" 164
X. A PLEASANT HOUR 186
XI. SPINNING YARNS 199
XII. MISS WAX AT HOME 224
XIII. THE SORROWS OF MR. PINDAR 240
XIV. THE DRAMATIC MOMENT 255
XV. AFTER ALL! 283
XVI. MARRIAGE BELLS 297
XVII. THE LAST WORD 309
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"'HOMER HOLLOPETER,' SHE SAID, 'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS VILLAGE?'"
_FRONTISPIECE_
"'GOOD MORNING, SETH!' SAID THE LITTLE MINISTER" 80
"AS HE HELD THE CANDLE HIGH, ITS WAVERING LIGHT FELL ON THE COUNTENANCE
OF THE STRANGER" 143
"'BILE IN, SALEM!' SAID SETH WEAVER, 'YOU AIN'T FORGOT, HAVE YE?'" 197
MRS. TREE'S WILL
CHAPTER I.
THE WILL ITSELF
"Suppose you tell me all about it, Mr. Hollopeter!" said Mr. Bliss.
Mr. Homer Hollopeter sighed deeply; wiped his brow with a
sky-blue article, evidently under the impression that it was a
pocket-handkerchief; sighed again yet more deeply on perceiving that it
was a necktie; put it back in his pocket, and looked plaintively at the
minister.
"I should be pleased to do so, Mr. Bliss," he said. "It would be--a
relief; a--an unburdening; an--outlet to imprisoned nature."
"You see," the little minister went on soothingly, "our dear old
friend's death occurring while I was away, and I returning only just in
time for the funeral, I have not really heard the particulars yet. I
might--that is--Mrs. Weight kindly called on me last evening, probably
with a view to giving me some information, but I was unable to see her,
and I should prefer to hear from you how it all happened."
"Yes--a--yes!" said Mr. Homer, nervously. "Mrs. Weight is a--a
person--a--in short, she is a person not connected with the family.
Well, Mr. Bliss, the end came very suddenly; very suddenly indeed. It
was a great shock; a great--blow; a great--unsettling of the equilibrium
of daily life. The village has never known such a sensation, sir,
never."
"Mrs. Tree died in the evening, I believe?" said Mr. Bliss.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE WILL ITSELF 11
II. WHAT THE MEN SAID 33
III. WHAT THE WOMEN SAID 51
IV. MOSTLY GOSSIP 79
V. IN MISS PENNY'S SHOP 95
VI. THE SORROWS OF MR. HOMER 111
VII. CONCHOLOGY AND OTHER THINGS 130
VIII. MR. PINDAR 147
IX. "QUAND ON CONSPIRE" 164
X. A PLEASANT HOUR 186
XI. SPINNING YARNS 199
XII. MISS WAX AT HOME 224
XIII. THE SORROWS OF MR. PINDAR 240
XIV. THE DRAMATIC MOMENT 255
XV. AFTER ALL! 283
XVI. MARRIAGE BELLS 297
XVII. THE LAST WORD 309
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"'HOMER HOLLOPETER,' SHE SAID, 'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS VILLAGE?'"
_FRONTISPIECE_
"'GOOD MORNING, SETH!' SAID THE LITTLE MINISTER" 80
"AS HE HELD THE CANDLE HIGH, ITS WAVERING LIGHT FELL ON THE COUNTENANCE
OF THE STRANGER" 143
"'BILE IN, SALEM!' SAID SETH WEAVER, 'YOU AIN'T FORGOT, HAVE YE?'" 197
MRS. TREE'S WILL
CHAPTER I.
THE WILL ITSELF
"Suppose you tell me all about it, Mr. Hollopeter!" said Mr. Bliss.
Mr. Homer Hollopeter sighed deeply; wiped his brow with a
sky-blue article, evidently under the impression that it was a
pocket-handkerchief; sighed again yet more deeply on perceiving that it
was a necktie; put it back in his pocket, and looked plaintively at the
minister.
"I should be pleased to do so, Mr. Bliss," he said. "It would be--a
relief; a--an unburdening; an--outlet to imprisoned nature."
"You see," the little minister went on soothingly, "our dear old
friend's death occurring while I was away, and I returning only just in
time for the funeral, I have not really heard the particulars yet. I
might--that is--Mrs. Weight kindly called on me last evening, probably
with a view to giving me some information, but I was unable to see her,
and I should prefer to hear from you how it all happened."
"Yes--a--yes!" said Mr. Homer, nervously. "Mrs. Weight is a--a
person--a--in short, she is a person not connected with the family.
Well, Mr. Bliss, the end came very suddenly; very suddenly indeed. It
was a great shock; a great--blow; a great--unsettling of the equilibrium
of daily life. The village has never known such a sensation, sir,
never."
"Mrs. Tree died in the evening, I believe?" said Mr. Bliss.
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