[Frontispiece: The sweetest picture of family contentment
I have ever witnessed.]
SKIDDOO!
BY HUGH McHUGH
(George V. Hobart)
AUTHOR OF
"JOHN HENRY," "DOWN THE LINE WITH JOHN HENRY,"
"IT'S UP TO YOU," "BACK TO THE WOODS,"
"OUT FOR THE COIN," "I NEED THE MONEY,"
"I'M FROM MISSOURI," "YOU CAN SEARCH ME,"
"GET NEXT," ETC.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GORDON H. GRANT
TORONTO
THE COPP, CLARK CO., LTD.
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1906,
BY G. W. DILLINGHAM Co.
ISSUED MARCH, 1906.
All rights strictly reserved, and any infringement of
copyright will be dealt with according to law.
SKIDDOO!
CONTENTS
JOHN HENRY ON UPPER BERTHS
JOHN HENRY ON COOKS
JOHN HENRY ON PATRIOTISM
JOHN HENRY ON MOSQUITOES
JOHN HENRY ON STREET CAR ETIQUETTE
JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS
JOHN HENRY ON CHAFING DISHES
ILLUSTRATIONS
The sweetest picture of family contentment I have
ever witnessed . . . . . . Frontispiece
I made a short prayer and concluded to fall out
Ollie was half Swede and the rest of her was deaf
With the fire-crackers cheering him on
"Ping-ding-a-zing-a-boom!" [missing from book]
"Naw, we don't take no transfers, needer!"
To the five hundred and seventy-five thousands friends who have madethis series of John Henry books a success beyond all dreaming, mydeepest gratitude.
To the Good Fellows of the Press who have looked upon John Henry withthe Eye of Understanding, and who, realizing that these books werenever intended to be more than an humble form of entertainment, havewritten thereof with the Pen of Patience, I say thank you, with all myheart.
To the Busy Little Bunch of Newspaper Knockers who have so assiduouslyplied hammer and harpoon since this series began, I want to say that575,000 John Henry books were sold up to March 1st, 1906.
There is your answer, O Beloved of the Short Arm Jab!
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