CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. A Coerced Cook [1] II. Minerva Studies Nature [14] III. An East Wind [27] IV. A Friendly Burglar [40] V. The Constable Calls [58] VI. Miss Pussy Tries Fly Paper [73] VII. Minerva’s Pastoral [81] VIII. The ’Cordeen Comes [91] IX. A Naked Scutterer [108] X. We Plan a Concert [123] XI. The Horse in the Kitchen [134] XII. “The Simple Life” [140] XIII. An Unsuccessful Fiasco [158] XIV. The-Fourth-of-July [173] XV. Minerva’s Nature Study [194] XVI. When the Law is On [206] XVII. The Story of a Pipe [217] XVIII. We Find a Piano [225] XIX. Th’ Ould Scut [240] XX. A Musical Tramp [252] XXI. We Make Hay [258] XXII. “Ding Dong Bell” [266] XXIII. Eligible [276] XXIV. Pat Casey Calls [292] XXV. A Continuous Week End [299] XXVI. We Invite More Guests [310] XXVII. A Hot Night [319] XXVIII. “Tramp’s Rest” [333] XXIX. Minerva and the Snake [339] XXX. A Horsehead Perch [350] XXXI. The Hundredth Anniversary [361] XXXII. We Go to the Fair [373] XXXIII. Cherry Disposes [392] XXXIV. Minerva Settles it [409]
ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I AT the last minute we learned that the girl we had counted upon to do our cooking at Clover Lodge had scarlet fever, and as she was the only local girl that we could hire—New England girls preferring to work in a “shop” to domestic service—we were at our wits’ end.
