Chapter I: Front Matter

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MRS BINDLE

SOME INCIDENTS FROM THE
DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE BINDLES

WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT

Ever since the success achieved by _Bindle_, Herbert Jenkins has been
urged to write giving Mrs. Bindle's point of view. This book is the
result.

Among other things, it narrates how Mrs. Bindle caught a chill, how a
nephew was born to her and what effect it had upon her outlook.

It tells how she encountered a bull, and what happened to the man who
endeavoured to take forcible possession of her home.

She is shown as breaking a strike by precipitating a lock-out, burning
incense to her brother-in-law, Mr. Hearty, and refusing the armistice
that was offered.

One chapter tells of her relations with her neighbours. Another deals
with a musical evening she planned, and yet a third of how she caught
a chill and was in great fear of heaven.

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

BINDLE 2s. 6d. net.
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ADVENTURES OF BINDLE 2s. 6d. net.
JOHN DENE OF TORONTO 2s. 6d. net.
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MRS
BINDLE

SOME INCIDENTS FROM THE
DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE BINDLES

BY
HERBERT
JENKINS

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
YORK STREET ST. JAMES'S S.W.1.

_Ninth printing, completing 104,643 copies_

MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
PURNELL AND SONS, PAULTON (SOMERSET) AND LONDON

TO
ARTHUR
COMPTON
RICKETT
M.A., LL.D.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MRS. BINDLE'S LOCK-OUT 9

II. MRS. BINDLE'S WASHING-DAY 38

III. MRS. BINDLE ENTERTAINS 60

IV. THE COMING OF JOSEPH THE SECOND 89

V. MRS. BINDLE BURNS INCENSE 108

VI. MRS. BINDLE DEFENDS HER HOME 125

VII. MRS. BINDLE DEMANDS A HOLIDAY 150

VIII. THE SUMMER-CAMP FOR TIRED WORKERS 168

IX. MR. HEARTY ENCOUNTERS A BULL 188

X. THE COMING OF THE WHIRLWIND 209

XI. MRS. BINDLE TAKES A CHILL 237

XII. MRS. BINDLE BREAKS AN ARMISTICE 263

XIII. MRS. BINDLE'S DISCOVERY 283

MRS BINDLE