With Illustrations by Hal Gye

FIRST PUBLISHED 1917

TO MY WIFE

The City of Gosh

CONTENTS

[I. THE GLUG QUEST]

[II. JOI, THE GLUG]

[III. THE STONES OF GOSH]

[IV. SYM, THE SON OF JOI]

[V. THE GROWTH OF SYM]

[VI. THE END OF JOI]

[VII. THE SWANKS OF GOSH]

[VIII. THE SEER]

[IX. THE RHYMES OF SYM]

[X. THE DEBATE]

[XI. OGS]

[XII. EMILY ANN]

[XIII. THE LITTLE RED DOG]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE CITY OF GOSH]

[AS GLUG BLAMED GLUG]

["AND NOW," SAID THE TEACHER . . .]

[O'ER THE PROPHECY PORED]

[QUOG TOOK THE CHAIR]

[ON THE ROYAL DOOR-MAT]

[TAKING THE AIR]

Let him who is minded to meet with a Glug
Pluck three hardy hairs from a rabbit-skin rug;
Blow one to the South, and one to the West,
Then burn another and swallow the rest.
And who shall explain 'tis the talk of a fool,
He's a Glug! He's a Glug of the old Gosh school!
And he'll climb a tree, if the East wind blows,
In a casual way, just to show he knows . . .
Now, tickle his toes!
Oh, tickle his toes!
And don't blame me if you come to blows.
--OLD GOSH RHYME