# The Comforts of Home

Author: Bergengren, Ralph, 1871-1947

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37017

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Comforts+of+Home+Bergengren&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

PROPERLY speaking, the new house was old. A hundred years and more had gone over its chimney,--down which, as we were to discover later, a hundred flies and more would come when the open fires had warmed it,--and within doors it would have charmed any amateur of the Colonial by the antiquity of its furnishings. Temporarily it belonged to me, my executors, administrators, and assigns. But there were limits to our possession. None of us might 'permit any hole to be drilled or made in the stone or brick-work of said building'; no 'sign or placard' might we place upon it; we might not 'over-load, damage, or deface' it; nor might we 'carry on any unlawful, improper, noisy, or offensive trade'...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-comforts-of-home-37017/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-comforts-of-home-37017/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-comforts-of-home-37017/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-comforts-of-home-37017/chapters/4/index.md)