They All Do It; or, Mr. Miggs of Danbury and his Neighbors Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important Occasions ...

Bailey, James Montgomery . They All Do It; or, Mr. Miggs of Danbury and his Neighbors Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important Occasions ...
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Front Matter

Part MR. MIGGS OF DANBURY, AND OTHER SKETCHES.

Section MIGGS'S JULIA.

Section THE PATRIOT'S IGNOBLE REPULSE.

Section THE SYMPATHIZING STRANGER.

Section AN ACCOMMODATING REPORTER.

Section BE CHEERFUL AT THE TABLE.

Section A GREAT GRIEF.

Section HENS AS A STUDY.

Section THE BOY WITH A PENNY.

Section TEMPEST IN A TUB.

Section SHOULD THE ASTORS LUG OFF THE MONEY?

Section WHAT HE WANTED IT FOR.

Section A PRUDENT SUFFERER.

Section THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT.

Section THAT AWFUL BOY.

Section HE WANTED TO KNOW THE MENU.

Section WHO WAS TO BLAME?

Section AN EXTRAORDINARY STOVE-PIPE.

Section AN EMINENTLY THOUGHTFUL HUSBAND.

Section STRIKING A BONANZA.

Section A SORE TROUBLE.

Section MR. COVILLE PROVES MATHEMATICS.

Section A FEMALE PRANK.

Section A STARTLING AFFAIR.

Section COVILLE CONVALESCES.

Section A SERENADING CATASTROPHE.

Section OWNING A COW.

Section AN ASTONISHING CURE.

Section THE HARBISONS' BABY.

Section MR. COVILLE RENEWS HIS SINGING.

Section A PROGRESSIVE WOMAN.

Section NOT AS HIS MOTHER DID.

Section AFTER THE FUNERAL.

Section A SMART WOMAN.

Section A DANBURY SPELLING-SCHOOL.

Section A LAZY BOY'S LOAD.

Section THE DUTIFUL BOY.

Section ENJOYING THEIR CHURCH PRIVILEGES.

Section THEY ALL DO IT.

Section A MODEL BOY.

Section THE BUREAU-DRAWER.

Section A WOMAN'S IDEA OF FINANCE.

Part SPRING IN DANBURY.

Section MR. COBLEIGH'S SORROW.

Section THE BENEVOLENT STRANGER.

Section MR. COVILLE'S EXPERIMENT.

Section HIS WIFE'S MOTHER.

Section THE UNOSTENTATIOUS CUCUMBER.

Section SHE OBJECTED TO MUD.

Section RUNNING THE GANTLET.

Section AN EARLY DELICACY.

Section MAKING THE GARDEN.

Section GETTING YOUR VEGETABLES FRESH.

Section GENTLE SPRING IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

Part SUMMER IN DANBURY.

Section TOMMY MIGGS'S VISION.

Section ABOUT A FLY.

Section A GRIEVOUS MISTAKE.

Section MRS. COBLEIGH CALLS HER DOG.

Section AFTER THE CELEBRATION.

Section COMING OUT OF THE SPREE.

Section A PREMATURE CELEBRATION.

Section MR. COLLINS'S CROQUET SET.

Section PUTTING DOWN THE WINDOWS.

Section AN INEXPENSIVE CELEBRATION.

Part AUTUMN IN DANBURY.

Section A FRIGHTFUL MISCALCULATION.

Section AN ORNAMENTAL STOVE.

Section GOING TO SLEEP IN CHURCH.

Section GOING TO THE FIRE.

Section AN EXASPERATING ARTICLE.

Section GETTING YOUR PICTURE.

Section A WOMAN'S POCKET.

Section THE CARPET AT THE DOOR.

Section A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

Section FIGHTING THE WIND.

Section A COTTON FOE.

Section NOW AND THEN.

Section A PECULIAR TORTURE.

Section AN ABUSED BOY.

Section THE NEW-ENGLAND FESTIVAL.

Section SHE GOT THAT CHICKEN HERSELF.

Section THE SQUIGGSES ARE GRATEFUL.

Section MR. COBLEIGH LOOKS AFTER THE BREAD.

Section HOUSE CLEANING.

Part WINTER IN DANBURY.

Section THE LITTLE MIGGSES' CHRISTMAS.

Section A FEMALE CAUCUS.

Section SWEARING OFF.

Section A GHASTLY JOY.

Section AN EXTREMELY PRACTICAL BOY.

Section LITTLE BOB'S GREAT GRIEF.

Section A WINTER IDYL.

Section THE MISSION OF A NIGHT.

Section WAS HE AFRAID?

Section YOUNG COVILLE CATCHES ON BEHIND.

Part ETCHINGS.

Section WERE YOU EVER THERE?

Section COURTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

Section THE BAD BROTHER.

Section A PRUDENT YOUNG MAN.

Section A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.

Section PHOTOGRAPHING HER MA.

Section ALMOST A MISUNDERSTANDING.

Section TEN YEARS AFTER.

Section THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.