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  PETER POODLE,
  BY WILLIAM HENRY BRADLEY




  [Illustration: _Toyville_]

  [Illustration: _A Story of the Valley of Happiness and the City of
  Toyville_]

  [Illustration: _The Banquet_]



  Peter Poodle

  _Toy Maker to the King_

  _By_

  WILL BRADLEY

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  _New York_

  DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

  1906




  _Copyright 1906_

  By _Dodd, Mead & Company_

  Published in October 1906.

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  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




  Peter Poodle

  _Toy Maker to the King_

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  _This is_

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  Peter Poodle _Book_

  Please Handle _Carefully_




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  _The Story_


  _The Chapter_                   _The Page_

  I.    THE TOY SHOP                       1

  II.   THE TOY LANGUAGE                   9

  III.  THE INN                           19

  IV.   A JOURNEY                         27

  V.    THE MESSENGER                     33

  VI.   THE CURLY ROAD                    39

  VII.  THE AMBUSH                        47

  VIII. THE GREETING                      53

  IX.   THE WELCOME                       63

  X.    THE MUSICIANS                     73

  XI.   RED BEARD                         81

  XII.  THE BANQUET                       87

  XIII.  THE SAIL                         97

  XIV.   THE CHASE                       105

  XV.    THE BARLEY MILL                 111

  XVI.   THE ROSE WREATH                 119

  XVII.  THE GARDEN PARTY                127

  XVIII. A SURPRISE                      133

  XIX.   THE FOUNTAIN OF THE FROG        141

  XX.    GOOD NIGHT                      149

  XXI.   JOY                             155

  _CONCLUSION_                           163

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To Fern, Willie and Paul this Story is Dedicated by their Father.

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_The Pictures_

  “_The BANQUET_”                  _Frontispiece_

  “_The Toy Shop_”                  _Facing Page_   3

  “_The Song_”                          “    “     11

  “_The Sign of the Black Lion_”        “    “     21

  “_The Gateway_”                       “    “     29

  “_The Capture_”                       “    “     35

  “_The Orchard_”                       “    “     41

  “_A Surprise_”                        “    “     49

  “_On to Toyville_”                    “    “     55

  “_The Arch of Welcome_”               “    “     65

  “_Professor Wow Bow_”                 “    “     68

  “_The Musicians_”                     “    “     75

  “_Stop!_”                             “    “     76

  “_The Black Rover_”                   “    “     83

  “_The House Guards_”                  “    “     89

  “_The Artillery_”                     “    “     94

  “_Fire!_”                             “    “     99

  “_To the Rescue_”                     “    “    107

  “_The Miller of Dee_”                 “    “    113

  “_The Rose Wreath_”                   “    “    121

  “_In the Gardens_”                    “    “    129

  “_The Parley_”                        “    “    135

  “_The Ducking_”                       “    “    143

  “_The Royal Guard_”                   “    “    151