ILLUSTRATIONS


"What did you put in this soup, Prudence?" . . . . _Frontispiece_

"If you'll shut the door one minute,
we'll have everything exactly as you left it."

"Yes, and have refreshments for just you two?"

"She predicted I'm to fall in love with you."




PRUDENCE OF THE PARSONAGE


CHAPTER I

INTRODUCING HER

None but the residents consider Mount Mark, Iowa, much of a town, and
those who are honest among them admit, although reluctantly, that Mount
Mark can boast of far more patriotism than good judgment! But the
_very most_ patriotic of them all has no word of praise for the ugly