Ketch the Practitioner
The Third Vice-President
Mr. Matthew Speak
Shiraz the Rug-Merchant
The King and Queen
Robert, Jenny, and James
Mr. Punch's Father

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. "Lord bless us!" cried the hunch back. "Look at that!" Frontispiece

2. "I'm Lemuel Mizzen, A.B., that's me!" 50

3. "L-l-Lem!" shrieked the parrot. "Who's your f-f-f-friends?" 86

4. Mr. Hanlon was standing on his feet by the log on
which his head had been cut off 134

5. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant looked at his visitors
with little beady black eyes 188

6. "Ah, yes," said Aunt Amanda, "there's no place like
the Old Tobacco Shop after all" 235

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Mr. Punch and the Clock-Tower 1

II. Aunt Amanda and the Two Old Codgers 9

III. Introducing the Churchwarden 22

IV. In which Mr. Hanlon makes a Great Impression 31

V. The Chinaman's Head 39

VI. Lemuel Mizzen, A.B. 48

VII. The Hands of the Clock come Together 54

VIII. Celluloid Cuffs and a Silk Hat 60

IX. The Odour of Sanctity 65

X. Captain Higginson and the Spanish Main 69

XI. A Mixed Company in search of Adventure 74

XII. The Voyage of the Sieve 81

XIII. The Cabin-Boy's Revenge 93

XIV. The Cruise of the Mattresses 107

XV. A Fall in the Dark 111

XVI. Captain Lingo and a Fine Piece of Head-Work 122

XVII. High Dudgeon and Low Dudgeon 139

XVIII. The Society for Piratical Research 146

XIX. A Knock at the Door 160

XX. The City of Towers 171

XXI. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant 17