LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS

A STORY OF THE HAPS AND MISHAPS ON AN ENGLISH CHICKEN FARM

By P. G. Wodehouse

Illustrated By Armand Both

1909

CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. A Letter with a Postscript 1
II. Ukridge's Scheme 17
III. Waterloo, Some Fellow-travelers, and a Girl with Brown Hair 33
IV. The Arrival 48
V. Buckling to 65
VI. Mr. Garnet's Narrative. Has to do with a Reunion 80
VII. The Entente Cordiale is Sealed 93
VIII. A Little Dinner at Ukridge's 110
IX. Dies Iræ 127
X. I Enlist the Services of a Minion 137
XI. The Brave Preserver 155
XII. Some Emotions and Yellow Lubin 169
XIII. Tea and Tennis 185
XIV. A Council of War 200
XV. The Arrival of Nemesis 215
XVI. A Chance Meeting 231
XVII. Of a Sentimental Nature 245
XVIII. Ukridge Gives Me Advice 256
XIX. I Ask Papa 273
XX. Scientific Golf 284
XXI. The Calm Before the Storm 301
XXII. The Storm Breaks 313
XXIII. After the Storm 330
    EPILOGUE 341

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Page
"Never mind the ink, old horse. It'll soak in" Frontispiece
They had a momentary vision of an excited dog, framed in the doorway 56
"I've only bin and drove 'im further up," said Mrs. Beale 120
Things were not going very well on our model chicken farm 140
"Mr. Garnet," he said, "we parted recently in anger. I hope that bygones will be bygones" 160
"I did think Mr. Garnet would have fainted when the best man said, 'I can't find it, old horse'" 340






JILL THE RECKLESS

By P. G. Wodehouse



CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Family Curse 9
II. The First Night at the Leicester 34
III. Jill and the Unknown Escape 45
IV. The Last of the Rookes Takes a Hand 51
V. Lady Underhill Receives a Shock 68
VI. Uncle Chris Bangs the Table 82
VII. Jill Catches the 10.10 106
VIII. The Dry-Salters Wing Derek 119
IX. Jill in Search of an Uncle 131
X. Jill Ignores Authority 142
XI. Mr. Pilkington's Love Light 151
XII. Uncle Chris Borrows a Flat 168
XIII. The Ambassador Arrives 180
XIV. Mr. Goble Makes the Big Noise 193
XV. Jill Explains 218
XVI. Mr. Goble Plays with Fate 230
XVII. The Cost of a Row 252
XVIII. Jill Receives Notice 260
XIX. Mrs. Peagrim Burns Incense 278
XX. Derek Loses One Bird and Secures Another 287
XXI. Wally Mason Learns a New Exercise 308






THE GIRL ON THE BOAT

By P. G. Wodehouse



CONTENTS

         WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
         ONE MOMENT!
      I.  A DISTURBING MORNING
     II.  GALLANT RESCUE BY WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MAN
    III.  SAM PAVES THE WAY
     IV.  SAM CLICKS
      V.  PERSECUTION OF EUSTACE
     VI.  SCENE AT A SHIP'S CONCERT
    VII.  SUNDERED HEARTS
   VIII.  SIR MALLABY OFFERS A SUGGESTION
     IX.  ROUGH WORK AT A DINNER TABLE
      X.  TROUBLE AT WINDLES
     XI.  MR. BENNETT HAS A BAD NIGHT
    XII.  THE LURID PAST OF JOHN PETERS
   XIII.  SHOCKS ALL ROUND
    XIV.  STRONG REMARKS BY A FATHER
     XV.  DRAMA AT A COUNTRY HOUSE
    XVI.  WEBSTER, FRIEND IN NEED
   XVII.  A CROWDED NIGHT