Tangles; Tales of Some Droll Predicaments

by Margaret Cameron

 

TANGLES

MARGARET
CAMERON

 

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HIS REPRODUCTION OF LUCIA'S DROLL INFLECTION WAS INIMITABLE

 

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TANGLES

TALES OF
SOME DROLL PREDICAMENTS

BY
MARGARET CAMERON

AUTHOR OF
"THE INVOLUNTARY CHAPERON"
"THE CAT AND THE CANARY"
ETC.

 

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXII

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Books by

MARGARET CAMERON

• The Cat and the Canary. Ill'd. Post 8vo $1.00
• The Bachelor and the Baby. Ill'd. 16mo .50
• The Involuntary Chaperon. Ill'd. Post 8vo 1.50
• The Pretender Person. Ill'd. Post 8vo net 1.30

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

 

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER & BROTHERS

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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912

H-M

 

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CONTENTS

1. page

2. "Who Laughs Last"

   1

3. The Woman and the Law

   27

4. The Price of the Past Participle

   48

5. The Thing that Couldn't

   71

6. The Pipes o' Pan

   101

7. The Dénouement

   130

8. "The Little White Hin"

   155

9. The Ultimate Moment

   184

10. Wainwright and the Little Gods

    200

11. A Chance Samaritan

    224

12. The Mighty Trifle

    247

13. The Way to the Wedding

    278

14. When the Turtle Turned Loose

    303

15. Who Killed Cock Robin?

    326

16. The Forlorn Hope

    352

 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. HIS REPRODUCTION OF LUCIA'S DROLL INFLECTION WAS INIMITABLE

   Frontispiece

2. "IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?"

   Facing p. 10

3. "WE ARE UNDER—SOME OBLIGATION TO GIUSEPPE, HE ONCE DID ME—A SERVICE"

   {{{1}}}„ 96

4. "PARDON ME, MY VALUES DON'T ALWAYS TALLY WITH YOURS"

   {{{1}}}„ 104

5. "I RANG—THREE TIMES, BUT NO ONE CAME"

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6. WAINWRIGHT STRUCK A MATCH AND HELD IT BETWEEN CURVED HANDS

   {{{1}}}„ 214

7. "NED McEWEN, OF ALL MEN!" SHE REJOICED

   {{{1}}}„ 278

8. "I MIGHT EVEN NOW BE LANGUISHING BEHIND PRISON BARS"

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