MY SILENT PARTNERLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPAGE[The so-called delicious, intangible joke][Frontispiece]["Good enough!" he chuckled][14][Every girl like Cornelia had to go South sometime between November and March][33][An elderly dame][43][A much-freckled messenger-boy appeared dragging an exceedingly obstreperous fox-terrier][61]["Well I'll be hanged," growled Stanton, "if I'm going to be strung by any boy!"][75][Some poor old worn-out story-writer][101]["Maybe she is—'colored,'" he volunteered at last][113]["Oh! Don't I look—gorgeous!" she stammered][138]["What?" cried Stanton, plunging forward in his chair][159][Cornelia's mother answered this time][167][He unbuckled the straps of his suitcase and turned the cover backward on the floor][185]["Are you a good boy?" she asked][205]["It's only Carl," he said][207]