THE SURPRISES OF LIFE BY GEORGES CLEMENCEAU TRANSLATED BY GRACE HALL GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. MOKOUBAMBA'S FETISH 3 II. A DESCENDANT OF TIMON 19 III. MALUS VICINUS 31 IV. AUNT ROSALIE'S INHERITANCE 45 V. GIDEON IN HIS GRAVE 61 VI. SIMON, SON OF SIMON 73 VII. AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS 87 VIII. EVIL BENEFICENCE 101 IX. A MAD THINKER 113 X. BETTER THAN STEALING 125 XI. THE GRAY FOX 137 XII. THE ADVENTURE OF MY CURÉ 149 XIII. MASTER BAPTIST, JUDGE 161 XIV. THE BULLFINCH AND THE MAKER OF WOODEN SHOES 173 XV. ABOUT NESTS 185 XVI. A DOMESTIC DRAMA 197 XVII. SIX CENTS 209 XVIII. FLOWER O' THE WHEAT 221 XIX. JEAN PIOT'S FEAST 233 XX. THE TREASURE OF ST. BARTHOLEMEW 249 XXI. A HAPPY UNION 263 XXII. A WELL-ASSORTED COUPLE 275 XXIII. LOVERS IN FLORENCE 287 XXIV. A HUNTING ACCIDENT 301 XXV. GIAMBOLO 313 THE SURPRISES OF LIFE I MOKOUBAMBA'S FETISH