THE SETONS
By
O. DOUGLAS
Author of "Olivia in India," "Penny Plain," etc.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED
LONDON
First Edition Published October 1917 Reprinted December 1917 " March 1918 " August 1918 " February 1919 " November 1919 " August 1920 " October 1920 " January 1921 " April 1921 " January 1922 " February 1922 " June 1922 " September 1922 " January 1923 " June 1923 " November 1923 " January 1924 " September 1924 " May 1925 " February 1926 " July 1926 " March 1927 " July 1927 " June 1928 " September 1928
Made and Printed in Great Britain for Hodder & Stoughton, Limited,
by C. Tinling & Co., Ltd., Liverpool, London and Prescot.
NOVELS BY O. DOUGLAS
Penny Plain
The Setons
Olivia in India
Ann and Her Mother
Pink Sugar
The Proper Place
Eliza for Common
HODDER AND STOUGHTON LTD., LONDON.
TO
MY MOTHER
IN MEMORY OF
HER TWO SONS
They sought the glory of their country
they see the glory of God
"Look to the bakemeats, good Angelica,
Spare not for cost."
Romeo and Juliet.
A November night in Glasgow.
Mr. Thomson got out of the electric tram whichevery evening brought him from business, walkedbriskly down the road until he came to a neat villawith Jeanieville cut in the pillar, almost trotted upthe gravelled path, let himself in with his latchkey,shut the door behind him, and cried, "Are ye there,Mamma? Mamma, are ye there?"
After four-and-twenty years of matrimony JohnThomson still cried for Jeanie his wife the momenthe entered the house.
Mrs. Thomson came out of the dining-room andhelped her husband to take off his coat.
"You're home, Papa," she said, "and in nicetime, too. Now we'll all get our tea comfortable inthe parlour before we change our clothes. (Jessietell Annie Papa's in.) Your things are all laid outon the bed, John, and I've put your gold studs in adress shirt—but whit's that you're carrying, John?"
John Thomson regarded his parcel rather shame-facedly."It's a pine-apple for your party, Mamma.I was lookin' in a fruit-shop when I was waitin' forma car and I just took a notion to