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...Written under pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Beth,with their debuts in society and the appearance of suitors, one of whom is rejected and kidnaps Louise. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...

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...The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. (Uncle John Merrick tells his nieces that politics is work, which yields the title.) T...

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...unt Jane Series, following Aunt Jane's Nieces and Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville picks up the story of the three cousins, Patsy Doyle, Beth De Graf, and Louise Merrick, soon after their return from Europe in Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad. As in that earlier book, their benign and eccentric millionaire Uncle John devotes much of his fortune to helpin...

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... she calls for her three teenaged nieces to visit her, so she can decide who will inherit her estate. They are Louise Merrick, Elizabeth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, children of Jane's younger brother and sisters. Each of the three cousins is a different type....

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...ieces Abroad is the second of the ten book series of Aunt Jane's Nieces. The story continues with the three much loved girls - the sweet and generous Patsy, the cunning Louise, and the sullen Beth. This time they're on a tour of Europe with their down-to-earth uncle John Merrick. The benevolent uncle and his nieces meet mysterious and sinister Victor Valdi, his daughter Ta...

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...lteni, Howard and Marie Hausman, Henry Clark, Jr., Philip Kamil, John and Patsy Robinson, John and Mar­ ilyn Rosica, Mike and Laverne Baldwin, Jim Le...

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...letely dumbfounded, his mind swirling like an eddy. “I quit. Find someone else to be your patsy,” Brand said quietly, and rose to leave. “Why, becau...

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... which bordered on the burlesque, and the intro- duction of Mrs. Spring's "Patsy" as an accessory to M. Luguet's rendition, served effectively to il- ...

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...mply didn’t count for anything. The Widow Cooper—affectionately called “Aunt Patsy” by everybody—lived in a snug and comely cottage with her daughter ... ...formality quickly disappeared, and the friendliest feeling suc ceeded. Aunt Patsy called them by their Christian names almost from the beginning. She... ...he great event of the day, the levee of the distinguished foreigners at Aunt Patsy Cooper’s. He asked after her nephew T om, and she said he was on hi... ... gone; but she came back, by and by, with the news of the grand reception at Patsy Cooper’s, and soon persuaded him that the oppor tunity was like a ... ...ding, after all, and made a nice suc cess of it while everybody was gone to Patsy Cooper’s. Suc cess gave him nerve and even actual intrepidity; ins... ... Hales, the Fullers, the Holcombs, in fact everybody that lives around about Patsy Cooper’s had been robbed of little things like trinkets and teaspoo... ...off. It’s perfectly plain that the thief took advantage of the reception at Patsy Cooper’s when all the neighbors were in her house and all their nig... ...und her fence for a look at the show, to raid the vacant houses undisturbed. Patsy is miserable about it; miserable on account of the neigh bors, and... ...eeting last night, news of the raid was sifting in from everywhere, and Aunt Patsy was in distress to know if they had lost anything. They found that ...

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...ore, and I can pick it up,” he said, strumming. “Sing the words.” “ Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby! Arrah, Patsy, mind the child! Wrap him in an overcoat... ..., mind the child! Wrap him in an overcoat, he’s surely going wild! Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby! just you mind the child awhile! He’ll kick and bite ... ... you mind the child awhile! He’ll kick and bite and cry all night! Arrah, Patsy, mind the child!” “Rippin’! Oh, rippin’!” said Dick Four. “Only we sh... ...s. ‘Brutes! Barbarians! Savages! Children!’ He’s rather agitated. ‘Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby,’” he sang in a whisper as he clung to the door-knob, ... ... big corridor to prayers, singing with most innocent intention: “Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby! Arrah, Patsy, mind the child! Wrap him up in an ov... ...he child! Wrap him up in an overcoat, he’s surely goin’ wild! Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby; just ye mind the child awhile! He’ll kick an’ bite... ...ye mind the child awhile! He’ll kick an’ bite an’ cry all night! Arrah, Patsy, mind the child!” Rudyard Kipling AN UNSAVORY INTERLUDE IT WAS ... ...dyard Kipling “Yes, but,” said Tertius, “you’ve forgot him playin’ ‘Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby’ on the bugle to hurry us up.” “Did he?” roared McT ur... ...et. No one of the Aladdin company could forget that tune. “Yes, he played ‘Patsy.’ Go on, Dick.” “Finally,” said Dick Four, “we drove both mobs into e...

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...? What’s that? [He comes back and finds the laborer, who clasps his knees] Patsy Farrell! What are you doing here? PATSY. O for the love o God don’t l... ... Are you afraid of a poor insect because I pretended it was talking to me? PATSY. Oh, it was no pretending, Fadher dear. Didn’t it give three cheers n... ...n me or somethin [he moans with terror]. KEEGAN. What were you doin there, Patsy, listnin? Were you spyin on me? PATSY. No, Fadher: on me oath an soul... ... Oh, d’ye think I’ll die before the year’s out, Fadher? KEEGAN. For shame, Patsy! Is that your religion, to be afraid of a little deeshy grasshopper? ... ...could ketch it, I’d make you take it home widja in your hat for a penance. PATSY. Sure, if you won’t let it harm me, I’m not afraid, your riverence. [... ...buttoned waistcoat, and coarse blue striped shirt]. KEEGAN [admonitorily]. Patsy: what did I tell you about callin me Father Keegan an your reverence?... ...ather Keegan an your reverence? What did Father Dempsey tell you about it? PATSY. Yis, Fadher. KEEGAN. Father! PATSY [desperately]. Arra, hwat am I to... ... a priest always a priest. KEEGAN [sternly]. It’s not for the like of you, Patsy, to go behind the instruction of your parish priest and set yourself ... ...priest and set yourself up to judge whether your Church is right or wrong. PATSY. Sure I know that, sir. KEEGAN. The Church let me be its priest as lo...

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...st her knees]. TARLETON. Old! Thats all you know about it, my lad. How do, Patsy! [Hypatia kisses him]. How is my Chickabiddy? [He kisses Mrs T arleto... ...inging up a young girl has been rather a success. Dont you listen to this, Patsy: it might make you conceited. Shes never been treated like a child. I... ...what she likes. Let her do what she likes. Let her go where she likes. Eh, Patsy? HYPATIA. Oh yes, if there had only been anything for me to do, any p... ...Bible, and the Doves Press Bible, and Johnny’s Bible and Bobby’s Bible and Patsy’s Bible, and the Chickabiddy’s Bible and my Bible; and I daresay the ... ...damned you? PERCIVAL. Miss Tarleton— HYPATIA. [caressingly] Hypatia, Joey. Patsy, if you like. 52 Misalliance PERCIVAL. Look here: this is no good. Y... ...ercise. TARLETON. [looking after the flying figures with amazement] Hallo, Patsy: whats up? Another aeroplane? [They are far too preoccupied to hear h... ...ean it will teach him to tell the truth next time. TARLETON. Ahem! Do you, Patsy? PERCIVAL. Be good enough to sign. [Gunner sits down help- lessly and... ...haracters will bear a little careful dusting; but they wont bear scouring. Patsy is jolly well out of it. What does it mat- ter, anyhow? PERCIVAL. Mr ... ...y what was going on here than he has? You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Patsy; and so ought you too, Mr Percival, 69 Shaw for encouraging her. [Hy...