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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