In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories
IN A STEAMER CHAIR AND _OTHER SHIPBOARD STORIES_ BY ROBERT BARR (LUKE SHARP) [Illustration: He played one game.] A PRELIMINARY WORD. As the incidents related herein took place during voyages between England and America, I dedicate this book to the Vagabond Club of London, and the Witenagemote Club of Detroit, in the hope that, if any one charges me with telling a previously told tale, the fifty members of each club will rise as one man and testify that they were called upon to endure the story in question from my own lips prior to the alleged original appearance of the same. R.B.
This volume makes the fifth in "ARTHUR'S LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD."
CONTENTS.
TAKING COMFORT.
CHILDREN--A FAMILY SCENE.
LOSING ONE'S TEMPER.
TROUBLE WITH SERVANTS.
HAVEN'T THE CHANGE.
OLD MAIDS' CHILDREN.
THE MOTHER AND BOY.
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
IS SHE A LADY?
GOING INTO MOURNING.
IF THAT WERE MY CHILD.
IN A STEAMER CHAIR AND _OTHER SHIPBOARD STORIES_ BY ROBERT BARR (LUKE SHARP) [Illustration: He played one game.] A PRELIMINARY WORD. As the incidents related herein took place during voyages between England and America, I dedicate this book to the Vagabond Club of London, and the Witenagemote Club of Detroit, in the hope that, if any one charges me with telling a previously told tale, the fifty members of each club will rise as one man and testify that they were called upon to endure the story in question from my own lips prior to the alleged original appearance of the same. R.B.