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Title: The Boss of Little Arcady
Author: Harry Leon Wilson
Release Date: December 1, 2003 [EBook #10358]
Language: English
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[Illustration: THE BOSS OF LITTLE ARCADY]
[Illustration: "A-CHESTIN' OUT HIS CHEST LAHK A OLE MA'ASH FRAWG."]
THE BOSS OF LITTLE ARCADY
BY
HARRY LEON WILSON
1905
TO
MY MOTHER
CONTENTS
_THE BOOK OF COLONEL POTTS_
CHAPTER
I. How the Boss won his Title
II. The Golden Day of Colonel Potts
III. The Perfect Lover
IV. Dreams and Wakings
V. A Mad Prank of the Gods
VI. A Matter of Personal Property
VII. "A World of Fine Fabling"
VIII. Adventure of Billy Durgin, Sleuth
IX. How the Boss saved Himself
X. A Lady of Powers
XI. How Little Arcady was Uplifted
XII. Troubled Waters are Stilled
_THE BOOK OF MISS CAROLINE_
XIII. A Catastrophe in Furniture
XIV. The Coming of Miss Caroline
XV. Little Arcady views a Parade
XVI. The Spectre of Scandal is Raised
XVII. The Truth about Shakspere at Last
XVIII. In which the Game was Played
XIX. A Worthless Black Hound
XX. In which Something must be Done
XXI. Little Arcady is grievously Shaken
_THE BOOK OF LITTLE MISS_
XXII. The Time of Dreams
XXIII. The Strain of Peavey
XXIV. The Loyalty of Jim
XXV. The Case of Fatty Budlow
XXVI. A Little Mystery is Solved
XXVII. How a Truce was Troublesome
XXVIII. The Abdication of the Boss
XXIX. In which All Rules are Broken
XXX. By Another Hand
ILLUSTRATIONS
"A chestin' out his chest lahk a ole ma'ash
frawg"
"And yet I have been pestered by cheap flings
at my personal bearing"
"We might get him to make a barrel of it for
the Sunday-school picnic"
"That will do," I said severely. "Remember
there is a gentleman present"
The Book of
COLONEL POTTS
CHAPTER I
HOW THE BOSS WON HIS TITLE
=Late last Thursday evening one Jonas Rodney Potts
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