CONTENTS.PAGE.CHAPTER I.Getting a Situation,11CHAPTER II.Miss Lilian Oliphant,27CHAPTER III.Going to Housekeeping,42CHAPTER IV.The English Basement House,57CHAPTER V.Lilian Astonished—So Am I,72CHAPTER VI.A Family Jar,87CHAPTER VII.A Shadow of Suspicion,102CHAPTER VIII.Coming to the Point,116CHAPTER IX.A Lonely House,131CHAPTER X.My Wife and I,145CHAPTER XI.Over the Precipice,160CHAPTER XII.A Keeper in the House,174CHAPTER XIII.The Second Step,187CHAPTER XIV.The House-Warming,201CHAPTER XV.My Uncle is Savage,214CHAPTER XVI.Cormorin and I,228CHAPTER XVII.Providing for the Worst,242CHAPTER XVIII.Bustumups at Fifty,256CHAPTER XIX.A Crash in Coppers,270CHAPTER XX.The Last Step,283CHAPTER XXI.An Exile from Home,297CHAPTER XXII.Charles Gaspiller,311CHAPTER XXIII.My Confession,324CHAPTER XXIV.Aunt Rachel’s Will,337
CONTENTS.PAGE.CHAPTER I.Getting a Situation,11CHAPTER II.Miss Lilian Oliphant,27CHAPTER III.Going to Housekeeping,42CHAPTER IV.The English Basement House,57CHAPTER V.Lilian Astonished—So Am I,72CHAPTER VI.A Family Jar,87CHAPTER VII.A Shadow of Suspicion,102CHAPTER VIII.Coming to the Point,116CHAPTER IX.A Lonely House,131CHAPTER X.My Wife and I,145CHAPTER XI.Over the Precipice,160CHAPTER XII.A Keeper in the House,174CHAPTER XIII.The Second Step,187CHAPTER XIV.The House-Warming,201CHAPTER XV.My Uncle is Savage,214CHAPTER XVI.Cormorin and I,228CHAPTER XVII.Providing for the Worst,242CHAPTER XVIII.Bustumups at Fifty,256CHAPTER XIX.A Crash in Coppers,270CHAPTER XX.The Last Step,283CHAPTER XXI.An Exile from Home,297CHAPTER XXII.Charles Gaspiller,311CHAPTER XXIII.My Confession,324CHAPTER XXIV.Aunt Rachel’s Will,337