jathrop

Updated: May 3, 2025

Miss Clegg's attitude as she stood in the doorway was one of blended commiseration and disgust. "Well, I never would 'a' believed it o' Jathrop!" she burst forth at last. "'T wa'n't Jathrop," Mrs. Lathrop protested feebly; "it was the " "I know, but the cow never come of her own free will, 'n' it strikes me 't Jathrop's the one to blame.

Anne Warner - Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop

"Yes, but you could n't make his mother believe it," said Susan; "she thinks he eats peppermint comin' home nights just because he likes to eat peppermint comin' home nights. Mothers is all like that. You know yourself how you was with Jathrop. That'd make another nice talk, about how all sons was n't prodigals, some bein' obliged by fate to be the calf instead. I must say, Mrs.

Anne Warner - Susan Clegg and a Man in the House