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Title: Mrs. Cliff's Yacht

Author: Frank R. Stockton

Illustrator: A. Forestier

Release Date: January 4, 2010 [EBook #30848]

Language: English

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MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT

[Illustration: BURKE DETERMINED TO GET NEAR ENOUGH TO HAIL THE DUNKERY
BEACON]

MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT

BY

FRANK R. STOCKTON

_ILLUSTRATED BY A. FORESTIER_

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1896

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NORWOOD PRESS

J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith

Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ALONE WITH HER WEALTH 1

II. WILLY CROUP DOESN'T KNOW 7

III. MISS NANCY SHOTT 16

IV. A LAUNCH INTO A NEW LIFE 25

V. A FUR-TRIMMED OVERCOAT AND A SILK HAT 36

VI. A TEMPERANCE LARK 45

VII. MR. BURKE ACCEPTS A RESPONSIBILITY 59

VIII. MR. BURKE BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS MOVE IN PLAINTON 68

IX. A MEETING OF HEIRS 80

X. THE INTELLECT OF MISS INCHMAN 92

XI. THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW DINING-ROOM 99

XII. THE THORPEDYKE SISTERS 109

XIII. MONEY HUNGER 114

XIV. WILLY CROUP AS A PHILANTHROPIC DIPLOMATIST 121

XV. MISS NANCY MAKES A CALL 128

XVI. MR. BURKE MAKES A CALL 135

XVII. MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT 147