CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
I. The Idea	[1]
II. In which Thomas Snobbe, Esq., of Yonkers, Unfolds a Tale	[21]
III. In which a Mince-pie is Responsible for a Remarkable Coincidence	[44]
IV. Being the Contribution of Mr. Bedford Parke	[59]
V. The Salvation of Findlayson	[80]
VI. In which Harry Snobbe Recites a Tale of Gloom	[102]
VII. The Dreamers Discuss a Magazine Poem	[123]
VIII. Dolly Visits Chicago	[142]
IX. In which Yellow Journalism Creeps In	[163]
X. The Mystery of Pinkham’s Diamond Stud	[185]
XI. Lang Tammas and Drumsheugh Swear off	[207]
XII. Conclusion—Likewise Mr. Billy Jones	[228]

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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]

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