The Compleat Bachelor

' When the Rain raineth and the Goose winketh,
Little wots the Gosling what the Goose thinketh. ’
Copyright, 1900
by Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1901
by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
FRANK GELETT BURGESS
THESE UNPREMEDITATIONS WERE
AND ARE INSCRIBED
EPISODES.
“Perhaps, Rollo,” said my sister (Caroline Butterfield, spinster), “you would like to go on to your club, and call for me in an hour or so. There will only be women, I expect.”
“Carrie,” I replied, “your consideration does you credit; but no company that you may enter is too bad for me. I insist on accompanying you. It is my first duty as a brother.”