Produced by Al Haines

KEEPING UP

WITH

LIZZIE

BY

IRVING BACHELLER

ILLUSTRATED BYW.H.D.KOERNER

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1910, 1911, BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAPUBLISHED MARCH, 1911

C-N

TO

THE LOVING AND BELOVED"MR. ONEDEAR"I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. IN WHICH THE LEADING TRADESMEN OF POINTVIEW BECOME A BOARD OF ASSESSORS

II. IN WHICH LIZZIE RETURNS TO HER HOME, HAVING MET A QUEEN AND ACQUIRED AN ACCENT AND A FIANCE

III. IN WHICH LIZZIE DESCENDS PROM A GREAT HEIGHT

IV. IN WHICH THE HAM WAR HAS ITS BEGINNING

V. IN WHICH LIZZIE EXERTS AN INFLUENCE ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE RICH AND GREAT

VI. IN WHICH THE PURSUIT OF LIZZIE BECOMES HIGHLY SERIOUS

VII. IN WHICH THE HONORABLE SOCRATES POTTER CATCHES UP WITH LIZZIE

ILLUSTRATIONS

A DUEL WITH AUTOMOBILES

WITH HIS MIND ON THE SUBJECT OF EXTRAVAGANCE

"SEVEN DOLLARS A BARREL"

"I WANTED YE TO TELL MR. POTTER ABOUT YER TRAVELS," SAYS SAM

LIZZIE DROPPED INTO A CHAIR AND BEGAN TO CRY

BILL AN' I GOT TOGETHER OFTEN AN' TALKED OF THE OLD HAPPY DAYS

WE SET OUT FOR A TRAMP OVER THE BIG FARM

"I'M A CANDIDATE FOR NEW HONORS"

THREE DAYS LATER I DROVE TO THE VILLA

THE BOY EXERTED HIS CHARMS UPON MY LADY WARBURTON.

SHE LED US INTO THE BEDROOM

THEIR EYES WERE WIDE WITH WONDER

KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE

KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE

IN WHICH THE LEADING TRADESMEN OF POINTVIEW BECOME A BOARD OFASSESSORS

The Honorable Socrates Potter was the only "scientific man" in thevillage of Pointview, Connecticut. In every point of manhood hewas far ahead of his neighbors. In a way he had outstrippedhimself, for, while his ideas were highly modern, he clung to thedress and manners that prevailed in his youth. He wore broadclothevery day, and a choker, and chewed tobacco, and never permittedhis work to interfere with the even tenor of his conversation. Heloved the old times and fashions, and had a drawling tongue andoften spoke in the dialect of his fathers, loving the sound of it.His satirical mood was sure to be flavored with clipped words andchanged tenses. The stranger often took him for a "hayseed," buton further acquaintance opened his mouth in astonishment, for Soc.Potter, as many called him, was a man of insight and learning andof a quality of wit herein revealed. He used to call himself "anattorney and peacemaker," but he was more than that. He was theattorney and friend of all his clients, and the philosopher of hiscommunity. If one man threatened another with the law in thatneighborhood, he was apt to do it in these terms, "We'll see whatSoc. Potter has to say about that."

"All right! We'll see," the other would answer, and both partieswould be sure to show

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