Copyright, 1906, by The Baker & Taylor Company
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Published, September, 1906

The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. The House of the Tin Sailor[9]
II. In the Eyes of the Law[25]
III. The Firm of Groll and Bofinger[36]
IV. The Little Man of the Shovel Hat[61]
V. Bofinger Loses Hope[71]
VI. Miss Morissey is Miss Vaughn[82]
VII. The Compact[97]
VIII. The Discoverer of the Oyster[109]
IX. The Misanthrope in Love[122]
X. Bofinger Reports[134]
XI. Marriage as a Battlefield[145]
XII. Bofinger in Sheep's Clothing[160]
XIII. Sheila Retreats[172]
XIV. As a Flash in the Dark[189]
XV. The Ironical Moment[203]
XVI. Castles in the Air[220]
XVII. The Seven Years[231]
XVIII. Fargus is Dead[251]
XIX. Rout at Every Point[262]
XX. Bofinger in Despair[278]
XXI. Sammamon Acts[293]
Epilogue[302]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Any One Up There?"[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
"No, No, I Won't Sign!"[104]
"And How's Your Man, Nell?"[136]
"For Mile After Mile He Scurried Thus"[196]
"Keep Your Hands Off!"[298]