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Title: Wilt Thou Torchy

Author: Sewell Ford

Release Date: December 17, 2005 [EBook #17333]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: "But the impudence of you, to do it right here!" she
goes on. "No one but you, Torchy, would have thought of that."]

WILT THOU TORCHY

BY

SEWELL FORD

AUTHOR OF

TORCHY, TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC, ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

FRANK SNAPP AND ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1916, 1917, BY

SEWELL FORD

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY

EDWARD J. CLODE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. ON THE WAY WITH CYBIL
II. TOWING CECIL TO A SMEAR
III. TORCHY HANDS OUT A SPILL
IV. HOW HAM PASSED THE BUCK
V. WITH ELMER LEFT IN
VI. A BALANCE FOR THE BOSS
VII. TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH
VIII. BREAKING ODD WITH MYRA
IX. REPORTING BLANK ON RUPERT
X. WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN
XI. A JOLT FROM OLD HICKORY
XII. TORCHY HITS THE HIGH SEAS
XIII. WHEN THE NAVY HORNED IN
XIV. AUNTIE TAKES A NIGHT OFF
XV. PASSING THE JOKE BUCK
XVI. TORCHY TAKES A RUNNING JUMP
XVII. A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH

ILLUSTRATIONS

"But the impudence of you, to do it right here!" she goes on. "No one
but you, Torchy, would have thought of that." . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"I don't think I ever saw Auntie come so near beamin' before. She
seems right at home, fieldin' that line of chat. And Vee, too, is more
or less under the spell.

"For a second it looked like Gladys was goin' to freeze with horror;
but she just gives Valentina the once-over and indulges in a panicky
little giggle."

"Then she grips me around the neck and snuggles her head down on my
necktie--say, then I knew."

WILT THOU TORCHY

CHAPTER I

ON THE WAY WITH CECIL

It was a case of declarin' time out on the house. Uh-huh--a whole
afternoon. What's the use bein' a private sec. in good standin' unless
you can put one over on the t