



Produced by Al Haines










[Frontispiece: "Cats for the cats' home!" said Sir Maurice Falconer.]






THE TERRIBLE TWINS


By

EDGAR JEPSON



Author of

The Admirable Tinker, Pollyooly, etc.




WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

HANSON BOOTH




INDIANAPOLIS

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

PUBLISHERS




COPYRIGHT 1913

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY




[Updater's note: In the originally posted version of this book (August
14, 2006), four pages (3, 4, 53, 54) were missing.  In early February
2008, the missing pages were found, scanned and submitted by a reader
of the original etext and incorporated into this updated version.]




CONTENTS


Chapter

    I  AND CAPTAIN BASTER
   II  GUARDIAN ANGELS
  III  AND THE CATS' HOME
   IV  AND THE VISIT OF INSPECTION
    V  AND THE SACRED BIRD
   VI  AND THE LANDED PROPRIETOR
  VII  AND PRINGLE'S POND
 VIII  AND THE MUTTLE DEEPING PEACHES
   IX  AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
    X  AND THE ENTERTAINMENT OF ROYALTY
   XI  AND THE UNREST CURE
  XII  AND THE MUTTLE DEEPING FISHING
 XIII  AND AN APOLOGY
  XIV  AND THE SOUND OF WEDDING BELLS




ILLUSTRATIONS


"Cats for the cats' home!" said
  Sir Maurice Falconer...... _Frontispiece_

"This is