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Title: The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode
Author: Marie Van Vorst
Illustrator: Alonzo Kimball
Release Date: October 13, 2010 [EBook #34065]
Language: English
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[Frontispiece: The amiable shopman pressed various toys on monsieur and
madame "_pour les enfants_"]
The Sentimental
Adventures of
Jimmy Bulstrode
BY
MARIE VAN VORST
With Illustrations by
ALONZO KIMBALL
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published March, 1908
TO THE MEMORY
OF
H. E. TESCHEMACHER
CONTENTS
_THE FIRST ADVENTURE_
In which he buys a Christmas tree
_THE SECOND ADVENTURE_
In which he tries to buy a portrait
_THE THIRD ADVENTURE_
In which he finds there are some things which one cannot buy
_THE FOURTH ADVENTURE_
In which he makes three people happy
_THE FIFTH ADVENTURE_
In which he makes nobody happy at all
_THE SIXTH ADVENTURE_
In which he discards a knave and saves a queen
_THE SEVENTH ADVENTURE_
In which he becomes the possessor of a certain piece of property
_THE EIGHTH ADVENTURE_
In which he comes into his own
ILLUSTRATIONS
From drawings by ALONZO KIMBALL
_The amiable shopman pressed various toys on monsieur and madame "pour
les enfants"_ . . . . . . Frontispiece
"_I only like him like a kind, kind friend_"
_In the midst of this rabble little Simone was dancing_
"_I've had a telegram from my husband_"
THE FIRST ADVENTURE
I
IN WHICH HE BUYS A CHRISTMAS TREE
There was never in the world a better fellow than Jimmy Bulstrode. If
he had been poorer his generosities would have ruined him over and over
again. He was always being taken in, was the recipient of hundreds of
begging letters, which he hired another soft-hearted person to read.
He offended charitable organizations by never passing a beggar's
outstretched hand
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