Exit the Man out of Susan Clegg's House 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

He is a trouble, Mrs. Lathrop,

A lady come up, looked at my flag, an' asked me if I was a delegate or an alternative

Mrs. Macy was just about plum paralyzed at that

The bottom come out an' the duck flew down the car

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Susan Clegg

And a Man in the House

CHAPTER I

MAN'S PROPOSAL

Susan Clegg had dwelt alone ever since her father's death. She had not been unhappy in dwelling alone, although she had been a good daughter as long as she had a parent to live with. When the parent departed, and indeed some few days before his going, there had arisen a kind of a question as to the possibility of a life-companion for the daughter who must inevitably be left orphaned and lonely before long. The question had arisen in a way highly characteristic of Miss Clegg and had been disposed of in the same manner.[A] [Pg 2]The fact is that Miss Clegg had herself proposed to four men and been refused four times. Then her 

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