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Title: Walter and the Wireless

Author: Sara Ware Bassett

Illustrator: William F. Stecher

Release Date: December 4, 2007 [EBook #23728]

Language: English

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WALTER AND THE WIRELESS

By Sara Ware Bassett

_The Invention Series_

PAUL AND THE PRINTING PRESS
STEVE AND THE STEAM ENGINE
TED AND THE TELEPHONE
WALTER AND THE WIRELESS

[Illustration: "K Y W Chicago, Illinois. Stand by fifteen minutes
for----." FRONTISPIECE. _See page_ 208.]

The Invention Series

WALTER AND
THE WIRELESS

BY
SARA WARE BASSETT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WILLIAM F. STECHER

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1923

_Copyright, 1923_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

Published March, 1923

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To
PAUL MARBLE
AND HIS COLLIE BOBS,
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I HIS HIGHNESS 1

II THE NEW JOB 17

III WHAT WORRIED MRS. KING 36

IV WALTER MAKES HIS BOW TO HIS EMPLOYER 50

V THE CONQUEST OF ACHILLES 64

VI HIS HIGHNESS IN A NEW ROLE 75

VII THE PURSUIT OF LOLA 92

VIII A BLUNDER AND WHAT CAME OF IT 104

IX MORE CLUES 116

X BOB 127

XI THE DECISION 138

XII LESSONS 147

XIII INFORMATION FROM A NEW SOURCE 162

XIV BOB AS PEDAGOGUE 169

XV TIDINGS 183