CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Competitive Nephew [ 3]
A Story of Business, Nepotism, Asthma, and Even Love
II. Opportunity [ 41]
How It Knocked but Once on Mr. Zamp's Door, and Found Him onthe Job
III. The Sorrows of Seiden [ 60]
Why You Should Never Even Begin with Your Wife's Relations
IV. Serpents' Teeth [ 99]
Showing That Sometimes They Bite Both Ways
V. Making Over Milton [ 147]
The Regeneration of a Lowlife
VI. Birsky & Zapp [ 186]
They Do Good by Stealth and Blush to Find It Pays
VII. The Moving Picture Writes [ 238]
And the Bella Hirshkind Home Nearly Makes a Haul
VIII. Coercing Mr. Trinkmann [ 288]
So That Louis Berkfield Gets His Job Back
IX. "Rudolph Where Have You Been" [ 304]
The Viennese Knockout of Two Continents
X. Caveat Emptor [ 327]
Meaning, the Buyer Would Better Look Out