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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Skinner's Dress Suit, by Henry Irving Dodge, Illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Skinner's Dress Suit Author: Henry Irving Dodge Release Date: July 17, 2008 [eBook #26080] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT*** E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 26080-h.htm or 26080-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/6/0/8/26080/26080-h/26080-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/6/0/8/26080/26080-h.zip) SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT by HENRY IRVING DODGE With Illustrations [Frontispiece: "I won't take your order unless you throw in that trout dinner"] Toronto Thomas Allen Publisher 1916 Copyright, 1916, by the Curtis Publishing Company Copyright, 1916, by Henry Irving Dodge All Rights Reserved TO MY WIFE CONTENTS I. SKINNER ASKS FOR A RAISE II. HOW SKINNER GOT HIS RAISE III. SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT IV. SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT BEGINS TO GET IN ITS FINE WORK V. THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE DRESS SUIT VI. DODGING A MAGNATE AND WHAT CAME OF IT VII. SKINNER AND THE "GOLD BUGS" VIII. CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST IX. SKINNER FISHES WITH A DIPLOMATIC HOOK X. SKINNER LANDS A CURMUDGEON XI. THE OSTRICH FEATHER ILLUSTRATIONS "I WON'T TAKE YOUR ORDER UNLESS YOU THROW IN THAT TROUT DINNER" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ "IT'S COME AT LAST! SKINNER'S ASKED FOR A RAISE" "THE GENERAL EFFECT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT!" "THERE," SHE CRIED, "YOU CAN CREDIT YOUR DRESS-SUIT ACCOUNT WITH THAT!" "MRS. SKINNER, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD, OF HASTINGS-ON-THE-HUDSON, ACCOMPANIES HER HUSBAND" "WHY CAN'T _I_ GO WITH THOSE PEOPLE," SHE SNIFFLED _From Drawings by F. Vaux Wilson_ SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT CHAPTER I SKINNER ASKS FOR A RAISE Skinner had inhabited the ironbound enclosure labeled "CASHIER" at McLaughlin & Perkins, Inc., so long, that the messenger boys had dubbed hi
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