357
How "Ruby" Played George W. Bagby 311
Letter, A Petroleum V. Nasby 282
Lost Word, The John Paul 293
Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum Wallace Irwin 307
Mr. Dooley on Gold-Seeking Finley Peter Dunne 304
Mr. Dooley on Reform Candidates Finley Peter Dunne 321
Natural Perversities James Whitcomb Riley 350
Nautical Ballad, A Charles E. Carryl 348
Old Deacon's Version of the Story
of the Rich Man and Lazarus, The Frank L. Stanton 227
Our Best Society George William Curtis 233
Plagiarism John B. Tabb 316
Recruit, The Robert W. Chambers 230
"Ringworm Frank" James Whitcomb Riley 395
Rival Entertainment, A Kate Field 362
Samuel Brown Phoebe Cary 259
Seffy and Sally John Luther Long 372
She Talked Sam Walter Foss 264
Strike at Hinman's, The Robert J. Burdette 342
Two Brothers, The Carolyn Wells 281
Two Farmers, The Carolyn Wells 258
Two New Houses, The Carolyn Wells 221
Two Suitors, The Carolyn Wells 229
Vive La Bagatelle Gelett Burgess 280
Walk William Devere 300
Way it Wuz, The James Whitcomb Riley 261
Yawcob Strauss Charles Follen Adams 370
Yes? John Boyle O'Reilly 222

COMPLETE INDEX AT THE END OF VOLUME X.

THE TWO NEW HOUSES

BY CAROLYN WELLS

Once on a Time, there were Two Men, each of whom decided to build for
himself a Fine, New House.

One Man, being of an Arrogant and Conceited Nature, took counsel of
Nobody, but declared that he would build his House to suit himself.

"For," said he, "since it is My House and I am to Live in It, why should
I ask the Advice of my N