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Title: Andiron Tales

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

Release Date: January 2, 2008 [EBook #24130]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "Get him a mirror."]

ANDIRON
TALES

BY

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

ILLUSTRATED BY
CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PUBLISHERS
PHILADELPHIA

[Illustration]

COPYRIGHT, 1906,
BY
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
TOM AND THE ANDIRONS 9

CHAPTER II.
THE STORY OF EBENEZER 17

CHAPTER III.
OFF IN THE CLOUDS 25

CHAPTER IV.
THE POKER TELLS HIS STORY 38

CHAPTER V.
THE POKER CONCLUDES HIS STORY 45

CHAPTER VI.
THE LITERARY BELLOWS 52

CHAPTER VII.
THEY REACH THE CRESCENT MOON 61

CHAPTER VIII.
ON THE TROLLEY CLOUD 70

CHAPTER IX.
ON THE OSCYCLE--A NARROW ESCAPE 80

CHAPTER X.
HOME AGAIN 91

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATIONS

BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS

"GET HIM A MIRROR," SAID THE LEFTHANDIRON. _In colors Frontispiece_

"I'M NOT A DORMOUSE" 12

"A LITTLE TALE WHICH I WILL WAG FOR YOU" 15

"AND THEN DIE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" 20

"JUST WHAT I WANTED FOR MY LUNCH" 22

"TRIED TO BITE MY HEAD OFF" 23

"A MOUSE WITH A DOOR TO