



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: The amiable shopman pressed various toys on monsieur and
madame "_pour les enfants_"]





The Sentimental
  Adventures of
    Jimmy Bulstrode



BY

MARIE VAN VORST



With Illustrations by

ALONZO KIMBALL




NEW YORK

HURST & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS




COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS


Published March, 1908




TO THE MEMORY

OF

H. E. TESCHEMACHER




CONTENTS


_THE FIRST ADVENTURE_

In which he buys a Christmas tree


_THE SECOND ADVENTURE_

In which he tries to buy a portrait


_THE THIRD ADVENTURE_

In which he finds there are some things which one cannot buy


_THE FOURTH ADVENTURE_

In which he makes three people happy


_THE FIFTH ADVENTURE_

In which he makes nobody happy at all


_THE SIXTH ADVENTURE_

In which he discards a knave and saves a queen


_THE SEVENTH ADVENTURE_

In which he becomes the possessor of a certain piece of property


_THE EIGHTH ADVENTURE_

In which he comes into his own




ILLUSTRATIONS

From drawings by ALONZO KIMBALL


_The amiable shopman pressed various toys on monsieur and madame "pour
les enfants"_...... Frontispiece

"_I only like him like a kind, kind friend_"

_In the midst of this rabble little Simone was dancing_

"_I've had a telegram from my husband_"




THE FIRST ADVENTURE



I

IN WHICH HE BUYS A CHRISTMAS TREE

There was never in the world a better fellow than Jimmy Bulstrode.  If
he had been poorer his generos