Illustrated by May Wilson PrestonNEW YORKDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANYMCMIXCopyright, 1909, byDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANYPublished, November, 1909.Copyright, 1908, by The Curtis Publishing CompanyTOHARRY S. MOOREILLUSTRATIONS["Mrs. Gratz watched the thin man search the chicken yard for toober-chlosis bugs"][Frontispiece] Facingpage["He looked like a man who had lost nine hundred dollars, but he did not look like Santa Claus" ][12]