Books by John Habberton

Harry Burton er salgschef i et manufakturfirma. Han er 28 år, single og har ingen børn. Det har hans søster til gengæld, og da hun og hendes mand får mulighed for at komme væk fjorten dage, træder Harry til for at passe deres to børn. Godt nok ved Harry ikke det store om børn, men hvor slemme kan de være? Det skal Harry hurtigt få svar på, da han møder de to unger og spilopperne og narrestregerne hurtigt tager fart – og det bliver kun værre, da en smuk kvinde pludselig gør sin entre og fejer gulvtæppet væk under Harry.John Habberton (1842-1921) var en amerikansk forfatter og journalist. Han tilbragte 20 år som litteratur- og teaterkritiker for New York Herald, men skrev også adskillige bøger. Blandt andet er han forfatter til den populære komedie "Helen’s Babie" (1876), der i Danmark er bedre kendt under den folkekære titel "Min søsters børn", som er blevet filmatiseret adskillige gange – også i flere dansksprogede versioner.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The first cause, so far as it can be determined, of the existence of this book may be found in the following letter, written by my only married sister, and received by me, Harry Burton, salesman of white goods, bachelor, aged twenty-eight, and received just as I was trying to decide where I should Spend a fortnight's vacation: - "DEAR HARRY: - Remembering that you are always complaining that you never have a chance to read, and knowing that you won't get it this summer, if you spend your vacation among people of your own set, I write to ask you to come up here. I admit that I am not wholly disinterested in inviting you. The truth is, Tom and I are invited to spend a fortnight with my old schoolmate, Alice Wayne, who, you know, is the dearest girl in the world, though you DIDN'T obey me and marry her before Frank Wayne appeared. Well, we're dying to go, for Alice and Frank live in splendid style; but as they haven't included our children in their invitation, and have no children of their own, we must leave Budge and Toddie at home. I've no doubt they'll be perfectly safe, for my girl is a jewel, and devoted to the children, but I would feel a great deal easier if there was a man in the house. Besides, there's the silver, and burglars are less likely to break into a house where there's a savage-looking man. (Never mind about thanking me for the compliment.) If YOU'LL only come up, my mind will be completely at rest. The children won't give you the slightest trouble; they're the best children in the world - everybody says so