THE WORKS OF KATHLEEN NORRIS 

 

 POOR, DEAR MARGARET KIRBY AND OTHER STORIES 

 

 VOLUME III 

 

       This book is Jim's,—this page shall bear Its witness to my love for him. Best of small brothers anywhere, Who would not do as much for Jim? 

 

 CONTENTS 

 POOR, DEAR MARGARET KIRBY BRIDGING THE YEARS THE TIDE-MARSH WHAT HAPPENED TO ALANNA THE FRIENDSHIP OF ALANNA "S IS FOR SHIFTLESS SUSANNA" THE LAST CAROLAN MAKING ALLOWANCES FOR MAMMA THE MEASURE OF MARGARET COPPERED MISS MIX, KIDNAPPER SHANDON WATERS GAYLEY THE TROUBADOUR DR. BATES AND MISS SALLY THE GAY DECEIVER THE RAINBOW'S END ROSEMARY'S STEPMOTHER AUSTIN'S GIRL RISING WATER 

 

 

 POOR, DEAR MARGARET KIRBY 

 

 I 

 "You and I have been married nearly seven years," Margaret Kirby reflected bitterly, "and I suppose we are as near hating each other as two civilized people ever were!" 

 She did not say it aloud. The Kirbys had long ago given up any discussion of their attitude to each other. But as the thought came into her mind she eyed her husband—lounging moodily in her motor-car, as they swept home through the winter twilight—with hopeless, mutinous irritation. 

 What was the matter, she wondered, with John and Margaret Kirby—young, handsome, rich, and 

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