As far as this book is concerned, the public may Take It, or the publicmay Let It Alone. But the authors feel it their duty to say that nodeductions as to their own private habits are to be made from the storyhere offered. With its composition they have beguiled the moments ofthe valley of the shadow.
Acknowledgement should be made to the Evening Public Ledger ofPhiladelphia for permission to reprint the ditty included in Chapter VI.
The public will forgive this being only a brief preface, for at themoment of writing the time is short. Wishing you a Merry Abstinence,and looking forward to meeting you some day in Europe,
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, BART HALEY.
Philadelphia, Ten minutes before Midnight, June 30, 1919.
| I. | MYSTERY OF THE UNEXPECTED JULEP |
| II. | THE HOUSE ON CARAWAY STREET |
| III. | INCIDENT OF THE GOOSEBERRY BOMBS |
| IV. | THE GREAT WAR BEGINS |
| V. | THE TREACHERY OF MISS CHUFF |
| VI. | DEPARTED SPIRITS |
| VII. | THE DECANTERBURY PILGRIMS |
| VIII. | WITH BENEFIT OF CLERGY |
| IX. | THE ELECTION |
| X. | E PLURIBUS UNUM! |
| XI. | IT'S A LONG WORM THAT HAS NO TURNING |