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Title: Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Release Date: February 16, 2005 [EBook #3464]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "The outside edge, by George!" said Charlie Sands. "The
old sport!"]
TISH
The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
_With Illustrations_
_by May Wilson Preston_
1916
CONTENTS
MIND OVER MOTOR
LIKE A WOLF ON THE FOLD
THE SIMPLE LIFERS
TISH'S SPY
MY COUNTRY TISH OF THEE--
ILLUSTRATIONS
"The outside edge, by George!" said Charlie Sands. "The old sport!"
Without cutting down her speed, bumped home the winner
The real meaning of what was occurring did not penetrate to any of us
It ended with Tish stalking off into the woods with the rabbit in one
hand and the knife in the other
As fast as she wet a bit of lawn, we followed with the pails
"Get the canoe and follow. I'm heading for Island Eleven"
"It's well enough for you, Tish Carberry, to talk about gripping a horse
with your knees"
"The older I get, Aggie Pilkington, the more I realize that to take you
anywhere means ruin"
"It would be just like the woman to refuse to come any farther and spoil
everything"
MIND OVER MOTOR
HOW TISH BROKE THE LAW AND SOME RECORDS
I
So many unkind things have been said of the affair at Morris Valley
that I think it best to publish a straightforward account of everything.
The ill nature of the cartoon, for instance, which showed Tish in a pair
of khaki trousers on her back under a racing-car was quite uncalled
for. Tish did not wear the khaki trousers; she merely took them along
in case of emergency. Nor was it true that Tish took Aggie along as
a mechanician and brutally pushed her off the car because she was not
pumping enough oil. The fact was that Aggie sneezed on a curve and fell
out of the car, and would no doubt have been killed had she not been
thrown i
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