Andiron Tales

by John Kendrick Bangs

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
Tom and the Andirons	[9]
CHAPTER II.
The Story of Ebenezer	[17]
CHAPTER III.
Off in the Clouds	[25]
CHAPTER IV.
The Poker Tells His Story	[38]
CHAPTER V.
The Poker Concludes His Story	[45]
CHAPTER VI.
The Literary Bellows	[52]
CHAPTER VII.
They Reach the Crescent Moon	[61]
CHAPTER VIII.
On the Trolley Cloud	[70]
CHAPTER IX.
On the Oscycle—A Narrow Escape	[80]
CHAPTER X.
Home Again	[91]

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS

"Get him a mirror," said the Lefthandiron. In colors	[Frontispiece]
"I'm not a Dormouse"	[12]
"A little tale which I will wag for you"	[15]
"And then die without paying for it"	[20]
"Just what I wanted for my lunch"	[22]
"Tried to bite my head off"	[23]
"A mouse with a door to him"	[31]
"There's no better place than this cloud," said the Poker. In colors	[33]
"In one ear and out of the other"	[34]
"A poker who could only poke"	[39]
"No," she said, "I'm not your mother, I am a Fairy." In colors	[40]
"Doesn't have to live in a bathtub"	[41]
"Eagles never have umbrellas"	[46]
"One day the woodcutters came"	[49]
"So I really live home"	[51]
"What's the use of fighting?"	[53]
"I blow a story of two, now and then," said the Bellows. In Colors	[54]
He Gave a Tremendous Wheeze	[58]
"Columbus was a great man"	[63]
"You see, it's this shape"	[66]
"Why, it's really a trolley!" he cried. In colors	[68]
"It keeps me jumping all the time"	[72]
"I haven't the money"	[78]
On the Oscycle. In colors	[80]
"My own private iceberg"	[83]
The Man from Saturn Jumped	[86]
Tom Jumped, and in a Moment was Sitting Astride the Great Bird's Neck. In colors	[89]
"Upon the Anvil in his Sanctum"	[93]
Devouring His Favorite Author	[98]
Tom is Awakened by the Avalanche. In colors	[100]
Tail Piece	[102]

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Andiron Tales By John Kendrick Bangs

Being the Remarkable Adventures of a Boy
with a Lively Imagination