THE SUPPER [Page 37]

The

Associate Hermits

By

Frank R. Stockton

Author of

“The Great Stone of Sardis”

With Illustrations by

A. B. Frost

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1900

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS. A Novel. Illustrated by Peter Newell. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50.
``The Great Stone of Sardis'' is as queer and preposterous as can be imagined, yet as plausible and real-seeming as a legal document.... There is a treat in the book.—Independent, N. Y.
A new and worthy example of Stockton's kindly, wholesome, original, and inexhaustible humor.—Syracuse Post.
Narrated with a seriousness that gives the adventures a semblance of matters of fact. Through the narrative runs a love interest which Mr. Stockton manages with great skill.—Washington Post.
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NEW YORK AND LONDON:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Dawn of a Wedding-journey [1]
II.Enter Margery [7]
III.Sadler’s [15]
IV.A Cataract of Information [23]
V.Camp Rob [35]
VI.Camp Roy [42]
VII.A Stranger [52]
VIII.The Bishop’s Tale [63]
IX.Matlack’s Three Troubles [74]
X.A Ladies’ Day in Camp [82]
XI.Margery Takes the Oars [90]
XII.The Bishop Engages the Attention of the Guides [100]
XIII.The World Goes Wrong with Mr. Raybold [105]
XIV.The Assertion of Individuality [113]
XV.A Net of Cobwebs to Cage a Lion [123]
XVI.A Man who Feels Himself a Man [135]
XVII.Mrs. Perkenpine Asserts Her Individuality [143]
XVIII.The Hermits Associate [153]
XIX.Margery’s Breakfast [161]
XX.Martin Asserts His Individuality [173]
XXI.The Individuality of Peter Sadler [185]
XXII.A Tranquillizing Breeze and a Hot Wind [194]
XXIII.Mrs. Perkenpine Finds out Things about Herself [205]
XXIV.A Dissolving Audience [212]
XXV.A Moonlight Interview [220]
XXVI.An Elopement [229]
XXVII.Mrs. Perkenpine Delights the Bishop [239]
XXVIII.The Hermits Continue to Favor Association [248]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE SUPPER[Frontispiece]
“‘CAN THIS BE SADLER’S?’”[16]
“‘THEY THROW THE OTHER THINGS BACK’”[54]
“A LESSON IN FLY-FISHING”[80]
“BUT THE BISHOP KNEW BETTER”[98]
“WITH A GREAT HEAVE SENT HIM OUT INTO THE WATER”[102]
“‘WHERE ARE ALL OUR FRIENDS?’”[150]
“‘HAVEN’T TRIED IT’”[202]
“‘IF THEY AIN’T THE CAMP ROBBERS!’”[232]

THE ASSOCIATE HERMITS