Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. TRIF and TRIXY BY JOHN HABBERTON AUTHOR OF "HELEN'S BABIES." A STORY OF A DREADFULLY DELIGHTFUL LITTLE GIRL AND HER ADORING AND TORMENTED PARENTS, RELATIONS, AND FRIENDS Philadelphia HENRY ALTEMUS 1897 COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY HENRY ALTEMUS CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE CHAPTER I. A BABE IN THE HOUSE IS A WELL-SPRING OF PLEASURE. 3 CHAPTER II. A TRANSACTION IN COTTON. 12 CHAPTER III. UNAPPRECIATED. 21 CHAPTER IV. IN CHARGE OF EACH OTHER. 29 CHAPTER V. A SURPRISE. 39 CHAPTER VI. ALL BY CHANCE. 49 CHAPTER VII. MORE REVELATIONS. 58 CHAPTER VIII. A SNATCH AT TIME'S FORELOCK. 68 CHAPTER IX. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. 77 CHAPTER X. A SCRAP OF PAPER. 86 CHAPTER XI. OFF THE SCENT. 94 CHAPTER XII. THE SEARCH PARTY. 104 CHAPTER XIII. A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. 112 CHAPTER XIV. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE. 120 CHAPTER XV. THE UNEXPECTED. 128 CHAPTER XVI. COWARDS BOTH. 137 CHAPTER XVII. THE COURAGE OF JOY. 145 CHAPTER XVIII. THE WOOING O' IT. 154 CHAPTER XIX. THE MISSING GUEST. 163 CHAPTER XX. A BLISSFUL WEEK. 171 CHAPTER XXI. APRIL SHOWERS. 179 CHAPTER XXII. "THEY TAKE NO NOTE OF TIME." 187 CHAPTER XXIII. "BEYOND THE DREAM OF AVARICE." 195 CHAPTER XXIV. TRICKS UPON TRIXY. 203 CHAPTER XXV. THREE BLIND MICE. 211 CHAPTER XXVI. THE OTHER COUPLE. 219 CHAPTER XXVII. THREE DAYS GRACE. 227 CHAPTER XXVIII. THAT SURPRISE. 235 HENRY ALTEMUS' PUBLICATIONS. 243 CHAPTER I. A BABE IN THE HOUSE IS A WELL-SPRING OF PLEASURE.