LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "Lord bless us!" cried the hunch back. "Look at that!" [Frontispiece]
  2. "I'm Lemuel Mizzen, A.B., that's me!" [50]
  3. "L-l-Lem!" shrieked the parrot. "Who's your f-f-f-friends?" [86]
  4. Mr. Hanlon was standing on his feet by the log on which his head had been cut off [134]
  5. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant looked at his visitor with little beady black eyes [188]
  6. "Ah, yes," said Aunt Amanda, "there's no place like the Old Tobacco Shop after all" [235]

CONTENTS

  1. Mr. Punch and the Clock-Tower [1]
  2. Aunt Amanda and the Two Old Codgers [9]
  3. Introducing the Churchwarden [22]
  4. In which Mr. Hanlon makes a Great Impression [31]
  5. The Chinaman's Head [39]
  6. Lemuel Mizzen, A.B. [48]
  7. The Hands of the Clock come Together [54]
  8. Celluloid Cuffs and a Silk Hat [60]
  9. The Odour of Sanctity [65]
  10. Captain Higginson and the Spanish Main [69]
  11. A Mixed Company in search of Adventure [74]
  12. The Voyage of the Sieve [81]
  13. The Cabin-Boy's Revenge [93]
  14. The Cruise of the Mattresses [107]
  15. A Fall in the Dark [111]
  16. Captain Lingo and a Fine Piece of Head-Work [122]
  17. High Dudgeon and Low Dudgeon [139]
  18. The Society for Piratical Research [146]
  19. A Knock at the Door [160]
  20. The City of Towers [171]
  21. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant [178]
  22. Six Enchanted Souls [187]
  23. From the Fire Back to the Frying-Pan [196]
  24. Disenchantment Complete [200]
  25. The Old Man of the Mountain [209]
  26. The King's Tower [216]
  27. The Sorcerer's Den [222]
  28. The Old Tobacco Shop [231]

THE OLD TOBACCO SHOP

CHAPTER I