The Squirrel Inn

by Frank R. Stockton

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.

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1891

Copyright, 1891,
by Frank R. Stockton.

All rights reserved.

The De Vinne Press.

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CONTENTS

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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]
XX	An Ingenuous Maid	[157]
XXI	Twisted Trysts	[163]
XXII	The Blossom and the Little Jar	[175]
XXIII	Hammerstein	[181]
XXIV	Translations	[197]
XXV	Mr. Tippengray Mounts High	[204]
XXVI	Another Squirrel in the Tap-Room	[213]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Squirrel Inn	[FRONTISPIECE]
On Deck	[11]
A Wagon-load of Nurse-maids	[28]
Stephen Petter	[33]
The Sign	[38]
A Greek in an Outhouse	[42]
Mr. Tippengray	[44]
"I Suppose this is Mrs. Cristie"	[49]
Lodloe is Introduced to Stephen Petter	[53]
"Passing Nearer, Mr. Tippengray Stopped"	[65]
"Teach the Old Hens Good Manners"	[76]
"Don't Get Excited"	[80]
"Have you Happened to Hear anybody Speak of Me?"	[83]
"I am Here for a Purpose"	[92]
Ida Makes Herself Comfortable	[102]
"Back!"	[108]
"He Began Slowly to Push it towards the Squirrel Inn"	[112]
"I will Wheel it Down to my Summer-house where it is Cool and Shady"	[113]
"He Leaned over the Other Side of the Carriage"	[118]
"Calthy, this is Truly Like Old Times"	[129]
"Will you not Take These Instead?"	[143]
"I Have Dissected One"	[147]
Mrs. Cristie Considers	[153]
A Matrimonial Conversation	[160]
Calthea Holds him with her Listening Ear	[165]
The Baby and the Sweet-pea Blossom	[179]
Miss Calthea Steps Out	[187]
"What Skeered Him?"	[191]
Mr. Tippengray Stopped and Listened	[192]
The Translation	[198]
The Proposal	[206]
Mr. Petter Takes off his Hat	[209]
Lanigan Beam Wants his Ladder	[210]

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