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Title: More Fables

Author: George Ade

Release Date: April 7, 2004 [EBook #11930]
Last updated: January 30, 2009

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MORE FABLES

by GEORGE ADE

author of

FABLES in SLANG

ILLUSTRATED by

CLYDE J. NEWMAN

1900.

Table _of_ Contents

_The_ Fable _of_ How Uncle Brewster was _Too_ Shifty _for the_ Tempter

_The_ Fable _of the_ Grass Widow _and the_ Mesmeree _and the_ Six
Dollars

_The_ Fable _of the_ Honest Money-Maker and the Partner of His Joys,
_Such as They Were_

_The_ Fable _of_ Why Sweetie Flew _the_ Track

_The_ Fable _of the_ Ex-Chattel _and the_ Awful Swat _that_ was Waiting
_for the_ Colonel

_The_ Fable _of the_ Corporation Director _and the_ Mislaid Ambition

_The_ Fable _of_ What Happened _the_ Night the Men Came _to the_ Women's
Club

_The_ Fable _of_ Why Essie's Tall Friend Got _the_ Fresh Air

_The_ Fable _of the_ Michigan Counterfeit _Who_ Wasn't One Thing _or
the_ Other

_The_ Fable _of the_ Adult Girl Who Got Busy Before They Could Ring
_the_ Bell _on_ Her

_The_ Fable _of the_ Man-Grabber Who Went Out _of_ His Class

_The_ Fable _of the_ Inveterate Joker who Remained _in_ Montana

_The_ Fable _of the_ Cruel Insult _and the_ Arrival _of the_ Lover
_from_ No. 6

_The_ Fable _of the_ Lodge Fiend, _and the_ Delilah Trick Played _by_
His Wife

_The_ Fable _of the_ Apprehensive Sparrow _and_ Her Daily Escape

_The_ Fable _of the_ Regular Customer _and the_ Copper-Lined Entertainer

_The_ Fable _of_ Lutie, _the_ False Alarm, _and_ How She Finished about
_the_ Time _that_ She Started

_The_ Fable _of the_ Cotillon Leader _from the_ Huckleberry District
_with the_ Intermittent Memory

_The_ Fable _of the_ He-Gossip _and the_ Man's Wife _and the_ Man

_The_ Fable _of the_ Author Who was Sorry _for_ What He Did _to_ Willie

_THE_ FABLE _OF_ HOW UNCLE BREWSTER WAS _TOO_ SHIFTY _FOR THE_ TEMPTER

When Uncle Brewster had put on his Annual Collar and combed his Beard
and was ab