V. V.s Eyes

V. V.'s Eyes

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Title: V. V.'s Eyes
Author: Henry Sydnor Harrison
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V.V.'S EYES
by
HENRY SYDNOR HARRISON
Author of Queed With Illustrations
1913

To my first, second, and third reader
NORVELL

Who raises books by hand

CONTENTS
I
Two Houses, with a great Gulf between; of V. Vivian, M.D., and what
he thought of John the Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II
Two Persons of More Importance, and why they went to the Beach in
October; Miss Carlisle Heth, and how she met an Unwelcome Swain at
Sea; how this Swain could swim enough for one. . . . . . 12
III
How Carlisle screamed when the Boat upset, or else didn't, as the Case
might be; also of Mrs. Heth, who went down Six Floors to nail
Falsehoods, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
IV
Mr. Hugo Canning, of the well-known Pursuing-Sex; how the Great
Young Man pursued Miss Heth to a Summer-House, and what stopped
his Thundering Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
V
Dialogue between V. Vivian, of the Slums, and Mr. Heth's Daughter
(or his Niece); and what the lovely Hun saw in the Mr. Vivian's eyes,
just before he asked God to pity her. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
VI
Of Carlisle's Bewilderment over all the Horrid Talk; of how it wasn't
her Fault that Gossip was so Unreliable; of the Greatest Game in the
World; also, of Mr. Heth, who didn't look like a Shameless
Homicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
VII
How the Great Parti, pursued or pursuing to Cousin Willie Kerr's
Apartment, begins thundering again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
VIII
Supper with the Cooneys: Poor Relations, but you must be Nice to
them; of Hen Cooney's friend V.V., as she irritatingly calls him; also
relating how Cally is asked for her Forgiveness, and can't seem to think
what to say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
IX
Concerning an Abandoned Hotel, and who lived there; also of an

Abandoned Youth, who lived somewhere else, Far Away; how a Slum
Doctor dressed for a Function, such as involved Studs; and how Kern
Garland wishted she was a Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
X
A Beautiful New Year's Party, and who spoiled it, and how; how
Something is done, after all, for she tells the Man plainly that he
mustn't speak to her any more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
XI
In which Mr. Canning must go South for his Health, and Cally lies
awake to think. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
XII
How V. Vivian still felt the Same about the Huns, No Matter what Sam
Thought; also how Kern Garland lost Something at the Works, and
what made Mr. V.V. look at her That Way. . . . . . . . 146
XIII
How Life was Gray and Everything was Horrid; how Carlisle went to
Little Africa with Hen; how the Man spoke to her again, just the same,
and what happened then; further, reporting a Confidential Talk with a
Best Girl-Friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
XIV
In which Cally