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I	The Steamboat Pier	[1]
II	The Baby, the Man, and the Mastery	[7]
III	Matthew Vassar	[16]
IV	Lodloe Undertakes to Nominate his Successor	[25]
V	The Landlord and his Inn	[32]
VI	The Greek Scholar	[40]
VII	Rockmores Ahead	[47]
VIII	Miss Mayberry	[56]
IX	The Preservation of Literature	[61]
X	Rose versus Mayberry	[68]
XI	Lanigan Beam	[78]
XII	Lanigan Changes his Cravat	[90]
XIII	Decrees of Exile	[96]
XIV	Backing Out	[101]
XV	The Baby is Passed Around	[110]
XVI	Messrs. Beam and Lodloe Decline to Wait for the Second Table	[119]
XVII	Bananas and Oats	[132]
XVIII	Sweet Peas	[138]
XIX	The Aroused Rose	[149]
XX	An Ingenuous Maid	[157]
XXI	Twisted Trysts	[163]
XXII	The Blossom and the Little Jar	[175]
XXIII	Hammerstein	[181]
XXIV	Translations	[197]
XXV	Mr. Tippengray Mounts High	[204]
XXVI	Another Squirrel in the Tap-Room	[213]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Squirrel Inn	[FRONTISPIECE]
On Deck	[11]
A Wagon-load of Nurse-maids	[28]
Stephen Petter	[33]
The Sign	[38]
A Greek in an Outhouse	[42]
Mr. Tippengray	[44]
"I Suppose this is Mrs. Cristie"	[49]
Lodloe is Introduced to Stephen Petter	[53]
"Passing Nearer, Mr. Tippengray Stopped"	[65]
"Teach the Old Hens Good Manners"	[76]
"Don't Get Excited"	[80]
"Have you Happened to Hear anybody Speak of Me?"	[83]
"I am Here for a Purpose"	[92]
Ida Makes Herself Comfortable	[102]
"Back!"	[108]
"He Began Slowly to Push it towards the Squirrel Inn"	[112]
"I will Wheel it Down to my Summer-house where it is Cool and Shady"	[113]
"He Leaned over the Other Side of the Carriage"	[118]
"Calthy, this is Truly Like Old Times"	[129]
"Will you not Take These Instead?"	[143]
"I Have Dissected One"	[147]
Mrs. Cristie Considers	[153]
A Matrimonial Conversation	[160]
Calthea Holds him with her Listening Ear	[165]
The Baby and the Sweet-pea Blossom	[179]
Miss Calthea Steps Out	[187]
"What Skeered Him?"	[191]
Mr. Tippengray Stopped and Listened	[192]
The Translation	[198]
The Proposal	[206]
Mr. Petter Takes off his Hat	[209]
Lanigan Beam Wants his Ladder	[210]

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