{"id":708,"date":"2018-03-05T20:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T01:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2022-07-12T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:01:18","slug":"that-dowdy-or-that-dowdy-of-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=708","title":{"rendered":"That Dowdy; or, That Dowdy of a Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Gertrude Wynn\u2019s wedding day, she overhears part of a heated discussion between her new husband and father-in-law., resulting in misunderstanding and estrangement between the newlyweds.<\/p>\n<p>Written by &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=200\">Mrs. Georgie Sheldon<\/a>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=200\">Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs<\/a> 1843\u20131926), and copyright 1886, 1887, 1893 by Street and Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the A. L Burt edition. 23 Chapters, 79,000 words.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Dowdy300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Dowdy300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"That Dowdy\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That Dowdy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B06VVTDYZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That Dowdy for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/2940157355029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That Dowdy epub for Nook at Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/search\/?Query=1230001545791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That Dowdy epub at Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTENTS.<br \/>\nChapter I. &#8211; A Father\u2019s Threat.<br \/>\nChapter II. &#8211; \u201cThat Dowdy.\u201d<br \/>\nChapter III. &#8211; Allan\u2019s Proposal.<br \/>\nChapter IV. &#8211; Betrothal and Marriage.<br \/>\nChapter V. &#8211; A Secret Discovered.<br \/>\nChapter VI. &#8211; A Letter and a Surprise.<br \/>\nChapter VII. &#8211; \u201cI Shall Go to Hilton.\u201d<br \/>\nChapter VIII. &#8211; Gertrude at School.<br \/>\nChapter IX. &#8211; A Solemn Seal.<br \/>\nChapter X. &#8211; A Double Affliction.<br \/>\nChapter XI. &#8211; Blanch Plays a Trump.<br \/>\nChapter XII. &#8211; A Castaway Rescued.<br \/>\nChapter XIII. &#8211; An Unexpected Meeting.<br \/>\nChapter XIV. &#8211; The Separation.<br \/>\nChapter XV. &#8211; A Strange Adventure.<br \/>\nChapter XVI. &#8211; A Flight and a Pursuit.<br \/>\nChapter XVII. &#8211; Gertrude\u2019s Picture.<br \/>\nChapter XVIII. &#8211; An Evening at the Opera.<br \/>\nChapter XIX. &#8211; Two Introductions.<br \/>\nChapter XX. &#8211; Mrs. Archibald\u2019s Story.<br \/>\nChapter XXI. &#8211; A Happy Revelation.<br \/>\nChapter XXII. &#8211; After Five Years.<br \/>\nChapter XXIII. &#8211; Threads Gathered Up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Gertrude Wynn\u2019s wedding day, she overhears part of a heated discussion between her new husband and father-in-law., resulting in misunderstanding and estrangement between the newlyweds. Written by &#8220;Mrs. Georgie Sheldon&#8221; (Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs 1843\u20131926), and copyright 1886, 1887, 1893 by Street and Smith. Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the A. L &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=708\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That Dowdy; or, That Dowdy of a Girl<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}