"ARE YOU PAYIN' AN ELECTION BET THREE WEEKS AFTER THE ELECTION'S OVER? OR IS IT THAT YOU'RE JEST A PLAIN BEDADDLED IJIET?"
Copyright, 1919,
By George H. Doran Company
Copyright, 1919, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Printed in the United States of America
To
Mistress May Wilson Preston
A LADY OF GREAT DRAWING QUALITIES
ILLUSTRATIONS
["Are you payin' an election bet three weeks after the election's over? Or is it that you're jest a plain bedaddled ijiet?"] Frontispiece
["That's nice," spake the fearsome stranger. "Now stay jest the way you are and don't make no peep or I'll have to plug you wit' this here gat"]
[Mr. Leary's gait became a desperate gallop, and as he galloped he shouted: "Wait, please, here I am.—Here's your passenger"]
The Life of the Party
![["Are you payin' an election bet three weeks after the election's over? Or is it that you're jest a plain bedaddled ijiet?"]](#frontispiece.jpg){kind=link}
![["That's nice," spake the fearsome stranger. "Now stay jest the way you are and don't make no peep or I'll have to plug you wit' this here gat"]](#fig_001.jpg){kind=link}
![[Mr. Leary's gait became a desperate gallop, and as he galloped he shouted: "Wait, please, here I am.—Here's your passenger"]](#fig_002.jpg){kind=link}