Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Cathy Maxam and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 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. THE NIGHT CLUB 2s. 6d. net. ADVENTURES OF BINDLE 2s. 6d. net. JOHN DENE OF TORONTO 2s. 6d. net. MALCOLM SAGE, DETECTIVE 2s. 6d. net. PATRICIA BRENT, SPINSTER 2s. 6d. net. THE RAIN-GIRL 2s. 6d. net. THE RETURN OF ALFRED 2s. 6d. net. THE BINDLES ON THE ROCKS 2s. 6d. net. THE STIFFSONS and other stories 2s. 6d. net. 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. [Illustration] _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 CHAPTER I MRS. BINDLE'S LOCK-OUT I "Well! What's the matter now? Lorst your job?"