ADE'S FABLES
By
GEORGE ADE
By the Same Author
The College Widow,In Pastures New,Knocking the Neighbors,Fables in Slang
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Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon

garden city      new york
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1914
Copyright, 1912, 1913, by
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Copyright, 1914, by
Doubleday, Page & Co.
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
"You are entitled to One Hundred Thousand Dollars,", murmurs the stealthy Promoter
"You are entitled to One Hundred Thousand Dollars," murmurs the stealthy Promoter
CONTENTS
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  • The New Fable of the Private Agitator and What He Cooked Up3
  • The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite23
  • The New Fable of the Intermittent Fusser43
  • The New Fable of the Search for Climate62
  • The New Fable of the Father Who Jumped In83
  • The New Fable of the Uplifter and His Dandy Little Opus100
  • The New Fable of the Wandering Boy and the Wayward Parent119
  • The New Fable of What Transpires After the Wind-up137
  • The Dream That Came Out with Much to Boot155
  • The New Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table-Land171
  • The New Fable of the Aerial Performer, the Buzzing Blondine, and
    the Daughter of Mr. Jackson193
  • The New Fable of Susan and the Daughter and the Granddaughter, and
    then Something Really Grand212
  • The New Fable of the Scoffer Who Fell Hard and the Woman Sitting By237
  • The New Fable of the Lonesome Camp on the Frozen Heights257
  • The New Fable of the Marathon in the Mud and the Laurel Wreath281

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