ILLUSTRATIONS

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"'WILL YOU TELL ME IF IT'S STRAIGHT?'"[Frontispiece]
"SHE WAS SO CHARMINGLY WATTEAU-LIKE"Facing p. [10]
"NOW SIMON'S TASTES WERE MOST PROFUSE"Facing p. [40]
"WHILE BY KICKS HE LOOSENED BRICKS"Facing p. [78]
"SHE PLUCKED HIM WITH RELENTLESS FROWN"Facing p. [114]

THE ADMIRABLE ASSERTIVENESS
OF
JILTED JACK


A noble and a generous mind

Was Jack's;

Folks knew he would not talk behind

Their backs:

But when some maiden fresh and young,