Mistress Madcap Surrenders
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Mistress Madcap Surrenders
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"'Tis monstrous fine," said Mehitable Condit, out of a long silence, "only—think you the left eye is not a trifle higher than the right?"
Mistress Madcap Surrenders
By
Edith Bishop Sherman
Author of "Mistress Madcap"
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by
Jeanette Warmuth
Garden CityNew York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1926
Copyright, 1926, by Doubleday, Page & Company. All rights reserved. Printed in the United Staets at the Country Life Press, Garden City, N. Y.
First edition
To my first friend
my mother
Contents
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Two Go Calling | 1 |
| II. | Mehitable Receives a Note | 20 |
| III. | Charity Relates a Fairy Tale | 37 |
| IV. | The Powder Mill | 52 |
| V. | In the Night | 74 |
| VI. | A Visit to Headquarters | 86 |
| VII. | The Rout at Arnold's Tavern | 98 |
| VIII. | The Spy | 108 |
| IX. | "Greater Love Hath No Man" | 120 |
| X. | The Fine Lady | 138 |
| XI. | At Mistress Hedden's | 154 |
| XII. | Fire | 173 |
| XIII. | Man Proposes | 187 |
| XIV. | Maid Disposes | 203 |
| XV. | An Unconscious Betrayal | 215 |
| XVI. | A Ride for Liberty | 231 |
| XVII. | The Wedding Guest | 238 |
Mistress Madcap Surrenders
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