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Title: Ade's Fables

Author: George Ade

Release Date: November 14, 2006 [EBook #19813]

Language: English

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ADE'S FABLES
BY GEORGE ADE

BY THE SAME AUTHOR
_The College Widow, In Pastures New, Knocking the Neighbors,
Fables in Slang_

_Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon_

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1914

_Copyright, 1912, 1913, by_
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE

_Copyright, 1914, by_
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

_All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian._

CONTENTS
The New Fable of the Private Agitator and What He Cooked Up
The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite
The New Fable of the Intermittent Fusser
The New Fable of the Search for Climate
The New Fable of the Father Who Jumped In
The New Fable of the Uplifter and His Dandy Little Opus
The New Fable of the Wandering Boy and the Wayward Parent
The New Fable of What Transpires After the Wind-up
The Dream That Came Out with Much to Boot
The New Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table-Land
The New Fable of the Aerial Performer, the Buzzing Blondine, and the
Daughter of Mr. Jackson
The New Fable of Susan and the Daughter and the Granddaughter, and then
Something Really Grand
The New Fable of the Scoffer Who Fell Hard and the Woman Sitting By
The New Fable of the Lonesome Camp on the Frozen Heights
The New Fable of the Marathon in the Mud and the Laurel Wreath

ILLUSTRATIONS [omitted]

ADE'S FABLES

THE NEW FABLE OF THE PRIVATE AGITATOR AND WHAT HE COOKED UP

Ambition came, with Sterling Silver Breast-Plate and Flaming Sword, and
sat beside a Tad aged 5. The wee Hopeful lived in a Frame House with
Box Pillars in front and Hollyhocks leading down toward the Pike.

"Whither shall I guide you?" asked Ambition. "Are you far enough from
the Shell to have any definite Hankering?"

"I have spent many Hours brooding over the possibilities of the
Future," replied the Larva. "I want to grow up to be a Joey in a
Cir