Surprise House “I DIDN’T!” PROTESTED JOHN. “IT WAS—SOMETHING, I DON’T KNOW WHAT—THAT SPOKE” (Page 19) SURPRISE HOUSE SURPRISE HOUSE BY Abbie Farwell Brown Abbie Farwell Brown With Illustrations BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1917 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE YOUNG CHURCHMAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published October 1917 Contents The House The Library A Visitor The Books Instructions The Lantern Caliban The Bust