IN PARTNERSHIP.
IN PARTNERSHIP
STUDIES IN STORY-TELLING
By BRANDER MATTHEWS and H. C. BUNNER
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1884
Copyright, 1884, by
Charles Scribner’s Sons.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| The Documents in the Case | 3 |
| By Brander Matthews and H. C. Bunner. | |
| Venetian Glass | 48 |
| By Brander Matthews. | |
| The Red Silk Handkerchief | 73 |
| By H. C. Bunner. | |
| The Seven Conversations of Dear Jones and Baby Van Rensselaer | 115 |
| By Brander Matthews and H. C. Bunner. | |
| The Rival Ghosts | 139 |
| By Brander Matthews. | |
| A Letter and a Paragraph | 165 |
| By H. C. Bunner. | |
| Playing a Part | 179 |
| By Brander Matthews. | |
| Love in Old Cloathes | 196 |
| By H. C. Bunner. |
THE DOCUMENTS IN THE CASE.
PART FIRST.
Document No. 1.
Paragraph from the “Illustrated London News,” publishedunder the head of “Obituary of EminentPersons,” in the issue of January 4th, 1879:
SIR WILLIAM BEAUVOIR, BART.
Sir William Beauvoir, Bart., whose lamented deathhas just occurred at Brighton, on December 28th, wasthe head and representative of the junior branch ofthe very ancient and honourable family of Beauvoir,and was the only son of the late General Sir WilliamBeauvoir, Bart., by his wife Anne, daughter of ColonelDoyle, of Chelsworth Cottage, Suffolk. He was bornin 1805, and was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall,Cambridge. He was M. P. for Lancashire from 1837to 1847, and was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy[4]Cham