BY
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS,
AUTHOR OF
_"Tiddledywink Tales," "In Camp with a Tin Soldier,"
"Tiddledywink Poetry Book," etc._
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK VERBECK, CHARLES HOWARD JOHNSON,
J. T. RICHARDS, P. NEWELL,
AND OTHERS.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK:
R. H. RUSSELL & SON,
MDCCCXCIII.
TO MY SON,
FRANCIS HYDE BANGS.
Thanks are due to Messrs. Harper & Bros. for the
privilege of re-printing several of the
stories in this book.