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“‘Sisters? Do we look it?’ says Maisie”


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BEING FURTHER CHRONICLES

OF SHORTY McCABE

BY

SEWELL FORD

AUTHOR OF

TRYING OUT TORCHY, ETC.

Illustrations by

F. VAUX WILSON

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS


Copyright, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, by

SEWELL FORD

Copyright, 1912, by

EDWARD J. CLODE


Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Goliah and the Purple Lid [1]
II.How Maizie Came Through [17]
III.Where Spotty Fitted In [35]
IV.A Grandmother Who Got Going [50]
V.A Long Shot on DeLancey [67]
VI.Playing Harold Both Ways [84]
VII.Cornelia Shows Some Class [100]
VIII.Doping Out an Odd One [116]
IX.Handing Bobby a Blank [134]
X.Marmaduke Slips One Over [151]
XI.A Look In on the Goat Game [167]
XII.Mrs. Truckles’ Broad Jump [183]
XIII.Heiney Takes the Gloom Cure [199]
XIV.A Try-Out for Toodleism [214]
XV.The Case of the Tiscotts [230]
XVI.Classing Tutwater Right [246]
XVII.How Hermy Put It Over [262]
XVIII.Joy Riding with Aunty [279]
XIX.Turning a Trick for Beany [294]

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