Helen's Babies by John Habberton

Helen's Babies 1876


 This book is a classic.

 When bachelor Harry Barton can't decide were to spend a couple weeks vacation, he gets a letter from his sister asking him to stay at their home to keep an eye on her two "darling" little boys, while she and her husband are away visiting friends.

 He agrees, thinking it will be a good time to catch up on some reading.

 He soon discovers he won't be getting much reading done when he meets his two nephews, five year old Budge and three year old Toddie, or as some people call them, the Imps. 

 The rest of the book is about Harry caring for his nephews and the mischief they get into; and Harry going from thinking his nephews are little brats to little angles, when they "help" him with courting Alice Mayton, a lady he has been admiring for a year, who hasn't noticed him at all. 

 Helen's Babies is a very cute romantic-comedy novel.

 



 

 

                                                                               

                                                            




 

  

 

 

 

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