Copyright, 1915, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY, N.Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Competitive Nephew [ 3]
A Story of Business, Nepotism, Asthma, and Even Love
II. Opportunity [ 41]
How It Knocked but Once on Mr. Zamp's Door, and Found Him onthe Job
III. The Sorrows of Seiden [ 60]
Why You Should Never Even Begin with Your Wife's Relations
IV. Serpents' Teeth [ 99]
Showing That Sometimes They Bite Both Ways
V. Making Over Milton [ 147]
The Regeneration of a Lowlife
VI. Birsky & Zapp [ 186]
They Do Good by Stealth and Blush to Find It Pays
VII. The Moving Picture Writes [ 238]
And the Bella Hirshkind Home Nearly Makes a Haul
VIII. Coercing Mr. Trinkmann [ 288]
So That Louis Berkfield Gets His Job Back
IX. "Rudolph Where Have You Been" [ 304]
The Viennese Knockout of Two Continents
X. Caveat Emptor [ 327]
Meaning, the Buyer Would Better Look Out

ILLUSTRATIONS

"He ain't been in the place a year, y'understand, and to-night he marries a relation of his boss and he gets three hundred dollars in the bargain" [ Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
"You heard what Sam says, Aaron, and me, I stick to it also" [ 28]
"Nu, Belz, ain't you going to congradulate me?" [ 274]
She postured, leaped, and pranced by turns [ 308]