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THE WORKS OF KATHLEEN NORRIS



POOR, DEAR MARGARET KIRBY AND OTHER STORIES


VOLUME III



      This book is Jim's,--this page shall bear
        Its witness to my love for him.
      Best of small brothers anywhere,
        Who would not do as much for Jim?




CONTENTS

   POOR, DEAR MARGARET KIRBY
   BRIDGING THE YEARS
   THE TIDE-MARSH
   WHAT HAPPENED TO ALANNA
   THE FRIENDSHIP OF ALANNA
   "S IS FOR SHIFTLESS SUSANNA"
   THE LAST CAROLAN
   MAKING ALLOWANCES FOR MAMMA
   THE MEASURE OF MARGARET COPPERED
   MISS MIX, KIDNAPPER
   SHANDON WATERS
   GAYLEY THE TROUBADOUR
   DR. BATES AND MISS SALLY
   THE GAY DECEIVER
   THE RAINBOW'S END
   ROSEMARY'S STEPMOTHER
   AUSTIN'S GIRL
   RISING WATER





POOR, DEAR MARGARET KIRBY

I


"You and I have been married nearly seven years," Margaret Kirby
reflected bitterly, "and I suppose we are as near hating each other as
two civilized people ever were!"

She did not say it aloud. The Kirbys had long ago given up any
discussion of their attitude to each other. But as the thought came
into her mind she eyed her husband--lounging moodily in her motor-car,
as they swept home through the winter twilight--with hopeless, mutinous
irritation.

What was the matter, she