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                          BY JOSEPH C. LINCOLN

          Author of "The Depot Master," "Cap'n Warrens Wards,"
                     "Cap'n Eri," "Mr. Pratt," etc.

                       _With Four Illustrations_
                           _By_ HOWARD HEATH

                           A. L. BURT COMPANY
                         _Publishers New York_

                         _Copyright, 1912, by_
                        D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

        Copyright, 1911, 1912, by the Curtis Publishing Company
         Copyright, 1911, 1912, by the Ainslee Magazine Company
                Copyright, 1912, by the Ridgeway Company

                         Published, April, 1912

                Printed in the United States of America

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[Illustration: _Seems to me I never saw her look prettier._]

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CONTENTS


    CHAPTER I--I MAKE TWO BETS--AND LOSE ONE OF 'EM
    CHAPTER II--WHAT A "PULLET" DID TO A PEDIGREE
    CHAPTER III--I GET INTO POLITICS
    CHAPTER IV--HOW I MADE A CLAM CHOWDER; AND WHAT A CLAM CHOWDER MADE
    OF ME
    CHAPTER V--A TRAP AND WHAT THE "RAT" CAUGHT IN IT
    CHAPTER VI--I RUN AFOUL OF COUSIN LEMUEL
    CHAPTER VII--THE FORCE AND THE OBJECT
    CHAPTER VIII--ARMENIANS AND INJUNS; LIKEWISE BY-PRODUCTS
    CHAPTER IX--ROSES--BY ANOTHER NAME