CONTENTS

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I.[The Chums Return To The Land Of The Free And The Brave]7
II.[The New York Dog And Cat Club]19
III.[An Exciting Evening]29
IV.[An Unexpected Shower Bath]41
V.[What Happened On The Fourth Of July]49
VI.[Billy Whiskers Makes Trouble At School]65
VII.[Button's Day With Bella]73
VIII.[Stubby Tells What Happened To Him]81
IX.[The Chums Run Away]93
X.[Up In A Dirigible]103
XI.[The Old Crow Carries A Message To Nannie]113
XII.[Billy Whiskers' Family Start For Chicago]119
XIII.[Billy Whiskers' Family Arrive At Lincoln Park]127
XIV.[The Twins Are Lost]133
XV.[The Elephants Are Enraged At The Goats]143
XVI.[A Panther Escapes From The Cage]155

ILLUSTRATIONS

[They went running off, Button with a big lamb chop between his teeth and Stubby with a huge steak, while Billy contented himself with a head of lettuce.]Frontispiece
[Billy saw the man raise the mop to come after him.]18
[Billy overtook her and gave her a gentle butt that landed her in the middle of the bed.]66
[It was Stubby's and Button's frantic efforts to escape that had caused all the fun and laughter.]82
["Aren't you ashamed of yourself to take the baby's bottle away from it!" reproved Nannie.]114
["Oh, oh! Where did you come from?" wailed one little girl when the kids jumped out of the shrubbery and grabbed her bag of popcorn.]130