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THE FIRST GLOOMSTER _Frontispiece_
DISCUSSING THE IDEA 3
AND SO TO DREAM 17
THE DREAMERS DINE 25
"'REMEMBER TO BE BRAVE'" 35
"'ELEANOR HUYLER HAS DISAPPEARED'" 39
"WRIT A POME ABOUT A KID" 47
"I BOUGHT A BOOK OF VERSE" 51
"IT FILLED ME WITH DISMAY" 55
"'COME IN'" 61
MARY 65
EDWARDS REBELS 71
THE VICEROY EXAMINES HIS RUINED SMILE 85
THEY GAVE HIM _PUNCH_ 89
THE DONKEY ENGINE CALLS ON FINDLAYSON 93
THE END OF THE GLOOMSTER 109
WISHED HER A HAPPY NEW-YEAR 117
"'O ARGENT-BROWED SARCOPHAGUS'" 125
"_SARCOPHAGUSTUS_" 131
MR. BILLY JONES 137
"'I MUST SEE HIM,' SAID DOLLY" 145
"'KAPE YOUR HOOSBAND HOME'" 155
MIXING ILLUSTRATIONS 159
THE SHIP'S BARBER AT WORK 167
A CLEVER CAROM 177
SINKING THE _CASTILLA_ 181
THE LAMP-POSTS WERE TWISTED 191
HOLMES IN DISGUISE INTERVIEWS WATTLES 199
"'YOU DID TOO!' SAID POLLY" 203
"'HOOT MON!'" 209
"A SWEET-FACED NURSE APPEARED" 213
TAMMAS MEETS DRUMSHEUGH 221
MR. JONES BEGINS 231
HE DID NOT SEE 243
THE STENOGRAPHER SLEPT 247
[Illustration: The Dreamers: A Club]