The coming of Bill

The coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse 208 pgs.

This is almost a serious story by Wodehouse, something I did not expect. Kirk is a confirmed bachelor living a wonderful bachelor life and sort of being an artist. He meets and falls for Ruth, a headstrong looker who is the daughter of a Wall Street lion. They elope and she gets cut out of her family. Kirk needs to support his family (little Bill comes along quickly) and ends up in a gold rush scheme with a friend which takes him to the jungle for a year. When he returns, he finds his father-in-law has died and Ruth was in the will so they are rich. But Ruth has really changed in his year away and little Bill is now being ruled by Aunt Lora and her crazy idea about germs. Kirk sticks around for awhile but realizes this isn't the life for him. His friend Steve make a move to nab little Bill and the family fortune fades under new management. In the end, he and Ruth find their way back to each other. Sure, there is a crazy aunt involved but not a lot of laughs. Still a lot of Wodehouse classic observations and explanations.

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