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Title: The Squirrel Inn

Author: Frank R. Stockton

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Language: English

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[Illustration: THE SQUIRREL INN.]

THE SQUIRREL INN

BY

FRANK R. STOCKTON

_AUTHOR OF "RUDDER GRANGE," "THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?" "THE LATE MRS.
NULL," "THE CASTING AWAY OF MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE," "THE MERRY
CHANTER," "THE HUNDREDTH MAN," ETC._

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1891

COPYRIGHT, 1891,
BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.

_All rights reserved._

THE DE VINNE PRESS.

CONTENTS

PAGE

I THE STEAMBOAT PIER 1

II THE BABY, THE MAN, AND THE MASTERY 7

III MATTHEW VASSAR 16

IV LODLOE UNDERTAKES TO NOMINATE HIS
SUCCESSOR 25

V THE LANDLORD AND HIS INN 32

VI THE GREEK SCHOLAR 40

VII ROCKMORES AHEAD 47

VIII MISS MAYBERRY 56

IX THE PRESERVATION OF LITERATURE 61

X ROSE VERSUS MAYBERRY 68

XI LANIGAN BEAM 78

XII LANIGAN CHANGES HIS CRAVAT 90

XIII DECREES OF EXILE 96

XIV BACKING OUT 101

XV THE BABY IS PASSED AROUND 110

XVI MESSRS. BEAM AND LODLOE DECLINE TO WAIT
FOR THE SECOND TABLE 119

XVII BANANAS AND OATS 132

XVIII SWEET PEAS 138

XIX THE AROUSED ROSE 149