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VARIEGATED DOGS--THE BAD BOY SLEEPS ON THE ROOF--A MAN DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AT FORTY-EIGHT--THE OLD MAN WANTS SOME POLLYNURIOUS WATER--THE DYER'S DOGS--PROCESSION OF THE DOGS--PINK, BLUE, GREEN AND WHITE--“WELL, I'M DEM'd”--HIS PA DON'T APPRECIATE.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

VARIEGATED DOGS--THE BAD BOY SLEEPS ON THE ROOF--A MAN DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AT FORTY-EIGHT--THE OLD MAN WANTS SOME POLLYNURIOUS WATER--THE DYER'S DOGS--PROCESSION OF THE DOGS...

2. Chapter 2

HIS PA PLAYS JOKES--A MAN SHOULDN'T GET MAD AT A JOKE--THE MAGIC BOUQUET--THE GROCERY MAN TAKES A TURN--HIS PA TRIES THE BOUQUET AT CHURCH--ONE FOR THE OLD MAID--A FIGHT ENSUES-...

3. Chapter 3

HIS PA STABBED--THE GROCERY MAN SETS A TRAP IN VAIN--A BOOM IN LINIMENT--HIS PA GOES TO THE LANGTRY SHOW--THE BAD BOY TURNS BURGLAR--THE OLD MAN STABBED--HIS ACCOUNT OF THE FRAY...

4. Chapter 4

HIS PA BUSTED--THE CRAZE FOR MINING STOCK--WHAT'S A BILK?--THE PIOUS BILK--THE OLD MAN INVESTS--THE DEACONS AND EVEN THE HIRED GIRLS INVEST--HOT MAPLE SYRUP FOR ONE--GETTING A M...

5. Chapter 5

HIS PA AND DYNAMITE--THE OLD MAN SELLING SILVER STOCK--FENIAN SCARE--“DYNAMITE” IN MILWAUKEE--THE FENIAN BOOM--“GREAT GOD, MANNER! WE ARE BLOWED UP!”--HIS MA HAS LOTS OF SAND--T...

6. Chapter 6

HIS PA AN ORANGEMAN--THE GROCERY MAN SHAMEFULLY ABUSED--HE GETS HOT--BUTTER, OLEOMARGARINE AND AXLE GREASE--THE OLD MAN WEARS ORANGE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY--HE HAS TO RUN FOR HIS...

7. Chapter 7

HIS MA DECEIVES HIM--THE BAD BOY IN SEARCH OF SAFFRON--“WELL, IT'S A GIRL, IF YOU MUST KNOW”--THE BAD BOY IS GRIEVED AT HIS MA'S DECEPTION-- “SH-H-H TOOTSY GO TO SLEEP”--“BY LOW...

8. Chapter 8

THE BABY AND THE GOAT. THE BAD BOY THINKS HIS SISTER WILL BE A FIRE ENGINE--“OLD NUMBER TWO”--BABY REQUIRES GOAT MILK--? THE GOAT IS FRISKY--TAKES TO EATING ROMAN CANDLES--THE O...

9. Chapter 9

A FUNERAL PROCESSION--THE BAD BOY ON CRUTCHES--“YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE MINISTER”--AN ELEVEN DOLLAR FUNERAL--THE MINISTER TAKES THE LINES--AN EARTHQUAKE--AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WAS O...

10. Chapter 10

THE OLD MAN MAKES A SPEECH. THE GROCERY MAN AND THE BAD BOY HAVE A FUSS--THE BOHEMIAN BAND--THE BAD BOY ORGANIZES A SERENADE--“BABY MINE”--THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT--THE BOHEMIANS CR...

11. Chapter 11

GARDENING UNDER DIFFICULTIES--THE GROCERY MAN IS DECEIVED--THE BAD BOY DON'T LIKE MOVING--GOES INTO THE COLORING BUSINESS--THE OLD MAN THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED--UNCLE TOM AND TOPSY-...

12. Chapter 12

THE OLD MAN SHOOTS THE MINISTER--THE BAD BOY TRIES TO LEAD A DIFFERENT LIFE--MURDER IN THE AIR--THE OLD MAN AND HIS FRIENDS GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY--DREADFUL STORIES OF THEIR WICKE...

13. Chapter 13

THE BAD BOY A THOROUGHBRED. THE BAD BOY WITH A BLACK EYE--A POOR FRIENDLESS GIRL EXCITES HIS PITY--PROVES HIMSELF A GALLANT KNIGHT--THE OLD MAN IS CHARMED AT HIS SON'S COURAGE--...

14. Chapter 14

ENTERTAINING Y. M. C. A. DELEGATES--THE BAD BOY MINISTERS AT THE Y. M. C. A. WATER FOUNTAIN--THE DELEGATES FLOOD THEMSELVES WITH SODA WATER--TWO DELEGATES DEALT TO HIS MA--THE N...

15. Chapter 15

HE TURNS SUPE. THE BAD BOY QUITS JERKING SODA--ENTERS THE DRAMATIC PROFESSION--“WHAT'S A SUPER”--THE PRIVILEGES OF A SUPE'S FATHER--BEHIND THE SCENES--THE BAD BOY HAS PLAYED WIT...

16. Chapter 16

UNCLE EZRA PAYS A VISIT. UNCLE EZRA CAUSES THE BAD BOY TO BACKSLIDE--UNCLE EZRA AND THE OLD MAN WERE BAD PILLS--THEIR RECORD IS AWFUL--KEEPING UNCLE EZRA ON THE RAGGED EDGE--THE...

17. Chapter 17

HE DISCUSSES THEOLOGY. MEDITATIONS ON NOAH'S ARK--THE GARDEN OF EDEN--THE ANCIENT DUDE--ADAM WITH A PLUG HAT ON--“I'M A THINKER FROM THINKERSVILLE”--THE APOSTLES IN A PATROL WAG...

18. Chapter 18

THE DEPARTED ROOSTER. THE GROCERY MAN DISCOURSES ON DEATH--THE DEAD ROOSTER--A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH--THE TENDERNESS BETWEEN THE ROOSTER AND HIS FAITHFUL HEN--THE HEN RETIRES TO S...

19. Chapter 19

ONE MORE JOKE ON THE OLD MAN--UNCLE EZRA RETURNS--THE BASKET ON THE STEPS--THE ANONYMOUS LETTER--“O, BROTHER THAT I SHOULD LIVE TO SEE THIS DAY!”--AN UGLY DUTCH BABY--THE OLD MA...

20. Chapter 20

FOURTH OF JULY MISADVENTURES. TROUBLE IN THE PISTOL POCKET--THE GROCERY MAN'S CAT THE BAD BOY A MINISTERING ANGEL--ASLEEP ON THE FOURTH OF JULY--GOES WITH HIS GIRL TO THE SOLDIE...

21. Chapter 21

WORKING ON SUNDAY. TURNING A GRINDSTONE IS HEALTHY--“NOT ANY GRINDSTONE FOR HENNERY!”--THIS HYPOCRISY IS PLAYED OUT--ANOTHER JOB ON THE OLD MAN--HOW THE DAYS OF THE WEEK GOT MIX...

22. Chapter 22

THE OLD MAN AWFULLY BLOATED. THE OLD MAN BEGINS DRINKING AGAIN--THINKS BETTING IS HARMLESS--HAD TO WALK HOME FROM CHICAGO--THE SPECTACLES CHANGED--A SMALL SUIT OF CLOTHES--THE O...

23. Chapter 23

THE GROCERY MAN AND THE GHOST. GHOSTS DON'T STEAL WORMY FIGS--A GRAND REHEARSAL--THE MINISTER MURDERS HAMLET--THE WATER MELON KNIFE--THE OLD MAN WANTED TO REHEARSE THE DRUNKEN S...

24. Chapter 24

THE CRUEL WOMAN AND THE LUCKLESS DOG--THE BAD BOY WITH A DOG AND A BLACK EYE--WHERE DID YOU STEAL HIM?--ANGELS DON'T BREAK DOGS' LEGS--A WOMAN WHO BREAKS DOGS' LEGS HAS NO SHOW...

25. Chapter 25

THE BAD BOY GROWS THOUGHTFUL--WHY IS LETTUCE LIKE A GIRL?--KING SOLOMON A FOOL--THINK OF ANY SANE MAN HAVING A THOUSAND WIVES--HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO HOTELS DURING VACATION--...

26. Chapter 26

FARM EXPERIENCES. THE BAD BOY WORKS ON A FARM FOR A DEACON--HE KNOWS WHEN HE HAS GOT ENOUGH--HOW THE DEACON MADE HIM FLAX AROUND--AND HOW HE MADE IT WARM FOR THE DEACON

27. Chapter 27

28. Chapter 28

VARIEGATED DOGS--THE BAD BOY SLEEPS ON THE KOOP--A MAN DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AT FORTY-EIGHT--THE OLD MAN WANTS SOME POLLYNURIOUS WATER--THE DYER'S DOGS--PROCESSION OP THE DOGS...

29. Chapter 29

HIS PA PLAYS JOKES--A MAN SHOULDN'T GET MAD AT A JOKE--THE MAGIC BOUQUET--THE GROCERY MAN TAKES A TURN--HIS PA TRIES THE BOUQUET AT CHURCH--ONE FOR THE OLD MAID--A FIGHT ENSUES-...

30. Chapter 30

HIS PA STABBED--THE GROCERY MAN SETS A TRAP IN VAIN--A BOOM IN LINIMENT--HIS PA GOES TO THE LANGTRY SHOW--THE BAD BOY TURNS BURGLAR--THE OLD MAN STABBED--HIS ACCOUNT OF THE FRAY...

31. Chapter 31

HIS PA BUSTED--THE CRAZE FOR MINING STOCK--WHAT'S A BILK?-- THE PIOUS BILK--THE OLD MAN INVESTS--THE DEACONS AND EVEN THE HIRED GIRLS INVEST--HOT MAPLE SYRUP FOR ONE--GETTING A...

32. Chapter 32

HIS PA AND DYNAMITE--THE OLD MAN SELLING SILVER STOCK-- FENIAN SCARE--“DYNAMITE” IN MILWAUKEE--THE FENIAN BOOM-- “GREAT GOD HANNER WE ARE BLOWED UP!”--HIS MA HAS LOTS OF SAND--T...

33. Chapter 33

HIS PA AN ORANGEMAN--THE GROCERY MAN SHAMEFULLY ABUSED---HE GETS HOT--BUTTER, OLEOMARGARINE AND AXLE GREASE--THE OLD MAN WEARS ORANGE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY--HE HAS TO RUN FOR HIS...

34. Chapter 34

HIS MA DECEIVES HIM--THE BAD BOY IN SEARCH OF SAFFRON-- “WELL, IT'S A GIRL IF YOU MUST KNOW”--THE BAD BOY IS GRIEVED AT HIS MA'S DECEPTION--“S-H-H TOOTSY GO TO SLEEP”--“BY LOW,...

35. Chapter 35

THE BABY AND THE GOAT--THE BAD BOY THINKS HIS SISTER WILL BE A FIRE ENGINE--“OLD NUMBER TWO “--BABY REQUIRES GOAT MILK-- THE GOAT IS FRISKY--TAKES TO EATING ROMAN CANDLES--THE O...

36. Chapter 36

A FUNERAL PROCESSION--THE BAD BOY ON CRUTCHES--“YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE MINISTER!”--AN ELEVEN DOLLAR FUNERAL--THE MINISTER TAKES THE LINES--AN EARTHQUAKE--AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WAS...

37. Chapter 37

THE OLD MAN MAKES A SPEECH--THE GROCERYMAN AND THE BAD BOY HAVE A FUSS--THE BOHEMIAN BAND--THE BAD BOY ORGANIZES A SERENADE--“BABY MINE”--THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT--THE BOHEMIANS CRE...

38. Chapter 38

GARDENING UNDER DIFFICULTIES--THE GROCERY MAN IS DECEIVED-- THE BAD BOY DON'T LIKE MOVING--GOES INTO THE COLORING BUSINESS--THE OLD MAN THOROUGHLY DISGUISED--UNCLE TOM AND TOPSY...

39. Chapter 39

THE OLD MAN SHOOTS THE MINISTER--THE BAD BOY TRIES TO LEAD A DIFFERENT LIFE--MURDER IN THE AIR--THE OLD MAN AND HIS FRIENDS GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY-DREADFUL STORIES OF THEIR WICKED...

40. Chapter 40

THE BAD BOY A THOROUGHBRED--THE BAD BOY WITH A BLACK EYE--A POOR FRIENDLESS GIRL EXCITES HIS PITY--PROVES HIMSELF A GALLANT KNIGHT--THE OLD MAN IS CHARMED AT HIS SON'S COURAGE--...

41. Chapter 41

ENTERTAINING Y. M. C. A. DELEGATES--THE BAD BOY MINISTERS AT THE Y. M. C. A. WATER FOUNTAIN--THE DELEGATES FLOOD THEMSELVES WITH SODA--TWO DELEGATES DEALT TO HIS MA--THE NIGHT K...

42. Chapter 42

HE TURNS SUPE. THE BAD BOY QUITS JERKING SODA--ENTERS THE DRAMATIC PROFESSION--“WHAT'S A SUPER”--THE PRIVILEGES OP A SUPE'S FATHER--BEHIND THE SCENES--THE BAD BOY HAS PLAYED WIT...

43. Chapter 43

UNCLE EZRA PAYS A VISIT--UNCLE EZRA CAUSES THE BAD BOY TO BACKSLIDE--UNCLE EZRA AND THE OLD MAN WERE BAD PILLS--THEIR RECORD IS AWFUL--KEEPING UNCLE EZRA ON THE RAGGED EDGE--THE...

44. Chapter 44

HE DISCUSSES THEOLOGY. MEDITATIONS ON NOAH'S ARK--THE GARDEN OF EDEN--THE ANCIENT DUDE--ADAM WITH A PLUG HAT ON--“I'M A THINKER PROM THINKERSVILLE”--THE APOSTLES IN A PATROL WAG...

45. Chapter 45

THE DEPARTED ROOSTER--THE GROCERY MAN DISCOURSES ON DEATH-- THE DEAD ROOSTER--A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH--THE TENDERNESS BETWEEN THE ROOSTER AND HIS FAITHFUL HEN--THE HEN RETIRES TO...

46. Chapter 46

ONE MORE JOKE ON THE OLD MAN. UNCLE EZRA RETURNS--THE BASKET ON THE STEPS--THE ANONYMOUS LETTER--“O BROTHER THAT I SHOULD LIVE TO SEE THIS DAY!”--AN UGLY DUTCH BABY--THE OLD MAN...

47. Chapter 47

FOURTH OF JULY MISADVENTURES--TROUBLE IN THE PISTOL POCKET-- THE GROCERY MAN'S CAT--THE BAD BOY A MINISTERING ANGEL-- ASLEEP ON THE FOURTH OF JULY--GOES WITH HIS GIRL TO THE SOL...

48. Chapter 48

WORKING OK SUNDAY--TURNING A GRINDSTONE IS HEALTHY--“NOT ANY GRINDSTONE FOR HENNERY!”--THIS HYPOCRISY IS PLAYED OUT-- ANOTHER JOB ON THE OLD MAN--HOW THE DAYS OF THE WEEK GOT MI...

49. Chapter 49

THE OLD MAN AWFULLY BLOATED--THE OLD MAN BEGINS DRINKING AGAIN--THINKS BETTING IS HARMLESS--HAD TO WALK HOME FROM CHICAGO--THE SPECTACLES CHANGED--A SMALL SUIT OF CLOTHES-- THE...

50. Chapter 50

GHOSTS DON'T STEAL WORMY FIGS--A GRAND REHERSAL--THE MINISTER MURDERS HAMLET--THE WATER-MELON KNIFE--THE OLD MAN WANTED TO REHERSE THE DRUNKEN SCENE IN RIP VAN WINKLE--NO HUGGIN...

51. Chapter 51

THE CRUEL WOMAN AND THE LUCKLESS DOG--THE BAD BOY WITH A DOG AND A BLACK EYE-WHERE DID YOU STEAL HIM?--ANGELS DON'T BREAK DOGS' LEGS--A WOMAN WHO BREAKS DOGS' LEGS HAS NO SHOW W...

52. Chapter 52

THE BAD BOY GROWS THOUGHTFUL--WHY IS LETTUCE LIKE A GIRL?-- KING SOLOMON A FOOL--THINK OF ANY SANE MAN HAVING A THOUSAND WIVES--HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO HOTELS DURING VACATION-...

53. Chapter 53

FARM EXPERIENCES. THE BAD BOY WORKS ON A FARM FOR A DEACON-- HE KNOWS WHEN HE HAS GOT ENOUGH--HOW THE DEACON MADE HIM FLAX AROUND--AND HOW HE MADE IT WARM FOR THE DEACON.

54. Chapter 54

“Well, I swow, here comes a walking hospital,” said the grocery man as the bad boy's shadow came in the store, followed by the boy, who looked sick and yellow, and tired, and he...