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Title: That Mother-in-Law of Mine
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: October 16, 2009 [EBook #30270]
Language: English
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THAT MOTHER-IN-LAW
OF
MINE.
"BE TO HER VIRTUES VERY KIND,
BE TO HER FAULTS A LITTLE BLIND."
PHILADELPHIA:
THE KEYSTONE PUBLISHING CO.
1889.
COPYRIGHT
BY JOHN E. POTTER AND COMPANY,
1879
Dedicated
TO ALL THOSE HAVING
MOTHERS-IN-LAW
OR EXPECTING TO HAVE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER Page
I. BESSIE AND I AND BESSIE'S MOTHER 7
II. COURTING THE MOTHER 15
III. OUR MARRIAGE 28
IV. MOUNTAINS AND MORE MOTHER-IN-LAW 37
V. THE RISE AND FALL 50
VI. WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT A MOTHER-IN-LAW? 71
VII. MISS VAN'S PARTY AND ANOTHER UNPLEASANTNESS 84
VIII. ANOTHER CHARLIE IN THE FIELD 98
IX. THE SHADOW ON OUR LIFE 108
X. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW SUBDUED 115
XI. GEORGE'S NEW DEPARTURE 123
XII. BABY TALK, OLD DIVES, AND OTHER THINGS 138
XIII. A SURPRISE 150
XIV. A HAPPY PROSPECT 158
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
CHAPTER I.
BESSIE AND I AND BESSIE'S MOTHER.
"Why, Charlie, you sha'n't talk so about my mother! I won't allow it."
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