1909
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
[ He Seemed to Take a Fancy To Rupert from the Fust. ]
[ An Elderly Old Party Wot Would Keep Jabbing 'im in The Ribs With Her Umbrella. ]
[ “Back!” Ses Rupert in a Whisper, Pointing. ]
[ She Stood Blocking up the Doorway With Her 'ands on Her 'ips. ]
[ Taking One of the Vases from The Mantelpiece, he Dashed It To Pieces on the Fender. ]
[ “I Called About the Bill in The Window.” ]
[ “'I—i Thought I Smelled Something Cooking,' he Said.” ]
[ “'K-k-k-kch! K-kch!' he Said, Explosively.” ]
[ “''E Comes Along and Hits You over Your Tenderest Corn With a Oar.'” ]
[ “Mr. Cubbins Winked at 'im and Tapped 'is Nose.” ]
[ “Let Drive With All his Might in 'is Face. “ ]
[ “'Wot on Earth's the Matter, Ginger?'” ]
[ “An Elderly Man With a Wooden Leg, Who Joined The Indignant Officer in the Pursuit.” ]
[ “He Was Administering First Aid to a Right Leg.” ]
[ “Give This to the Skipper, Will You, My Lad?” Said The Sergeant. ]
[ “Miss Dowson, Subsiding in Her Chair, Went on With Her Book.” ]
[ “I Just Came in to Tell You a Joke.” ]
[ “He Edged his Chair a Little Nearer to Flora.” ]
[ “Mr. Foss Bade Them Good-night Suddenly.” ]
[ “She Muttered Some Strange Words and Bent Her Head Lower Over the Girl's Hand.” ]
[ “Friendship, he Said, Decidedly, is a Deloosion and A Snare.” ]
[ “When They Turned up They Found Emma and 'er Friend Waiting for Them.” ]
[ “He Put his Arm Round Mrs. Jennings's Waist and Made 'er Dance to a Piano-organ.” ]
[ “He Was Running Down the Road Without 'is Hat As Hard As He Could Run.” ]
[ “I'm a Poor Man, But I Wouldn't Spend the Night in That House for a Hundred Pounds.” ]
[ “They Saw the Gates of The House Before Them.” ]
[ “Barnes, Stood Peering at the Sleepers in Silence And Dropping Tallow over the Floor.” ]
[ “Into a Vast Bare Kitchen With Damp Walls and A Broken Floor.” ]
[ “All Three Stood Gazing at the Dead Man Below.” ]
[ “Put a Bishop in My Clothes, and You'd Ask 'im to 'ave A 'arf-pint As Soon As You Would Me.” ]
[ “Mr. Goodman Came in a Four-wheel Cab With A Big Bag and A Fat Umbrella.” ]
[ “'It Aint So 'orrid As I 'ad Fancied.' Ses Sam.” ]
[ “He Reached Acrost the Table and Shook 'ands With Peter.” ]
[ “After Some Years Spent in Long Voyages” ]
[ “Then and There Mr. Letts's Mind Was Made Up. ]
[ “A Disagreeable-looking Man Was Eying Them in Some Astonishment from the Doorway.” ]
[ “What's Mine is Mother's.” ]
[ “The Sign of the Cauliflower Was Stiff With Snow.” ]
[ “He's Won It!” he Ses, in a Choky Voice. “it's Number 1.” ]
[ “The Door Opened and Henery Walker Came Staggering In.” ]
[ “'Where's Henery Walker?' he Ses, in a Loud Voice.” ]
[ “Stood on the Spacious Common, Inhaling The Salt Smell Of The Sea Below.” ]
[ “A Gentleman of Middle Age Was Peeping Round the Door.” ]
[ “Superstitiousness is Right and Proper, to a Certain Extent.” ]
[ “Silas Was Very Perlite at Fust.” ]
[ “She Saw Silas Winch Standing at the Foot of The Bed.” ]
[ “With Tears in his Eyes 'e Emptied a Little Barrel O' Beer Down the Sink.” ]
[ “Other wimmen 'as to be satisfied looking at new 'ats.” ]