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  "Get him a mirror."]

  ANDIRON TALES

  BY

  JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

  ILLUSTRATED BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS

  THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA

  COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I. TOM AND THE ANDIRONS 9

  CHAPTER II. THE STORY OF EBENEZER 17

  CHAPTER III. OFF IN THE CLOUDS 25

  CHAPTER IV. THE POKER TELLS HIS STORY 38

  CHAPTER V. THE POKER CONCLUDES HIS STORY 45

  CHAPTER VI. THE LITERARY BELLOWS 52

  CHAPTER VII. THEY REACH THE CRESCENT MOON 61

  CHAPTER VIII. ON THE TROLLEY CLOUD 70

  CHAPTER IX. ON THE OSCYCLE--A NARROW ESCAPE 80

  CHAPTER X. HOME AGAIN 91

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS

  "GET HIM A MIRROR," SAID THE LEFTHANDIRON. _In colors Frontispiece_

  "I'M NOT A DORMOUSE" 12

  "A LITTLE TALE WHICH I WILL WAG FOR YOU" 15

  "AND THEN DIE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" 20

  "JUST WHAT I WANTED FOR MY LUNCH" 22

  "TRIED TO BITE MY HEAD OFF" 23

  "A MOUSE WITH A DOOR TO HIM" 31

  "THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE THAN THIS CLOUD," SAID THE POKER. _In colors_ 33

  "IN ONE EAR AND OUT OF THE OTHER" 34

  "A POKER WHO COULD ONLY POKE" 39

  "No," she said, "I'm not your mother, I am a Fairy." _In colors_ 40

  "DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN A BATHTUB" 41

  "EAGLES NEVER HAVE UMBRELLAS" 46

  "ONE DAY THE WOODCUTTERS CAME" 49

  "SO I REALLY LIVE HOME" 51

  "WHAT'S THE USE OF FIGHTING?" 53

  "I BLOW A STORY OF TWO, NOW AND THEN," SAID THE BELLOWS. _In Colors_ 54

  HE GAVE A TREMENDOUS WHEEZE 58

  "COLUMBUS WAS A GREAT MAN" 63

  "YOU SEE, IT'S THIS SHAPE" 66

  "WHY, IT'S REALLY A TROLLEY!" HE CRIED. _In colors_ 68

  "IT KEEPS ME JUMPING ALL THE TIME" 72

  "I HAVEN'T THE MONEY" 78

  ON THE OSCYCLE. _In colors_ 80

  "MY OWN PRIVATE ICEBERG" 83

  THE MAN FROM SATURN JUMPED 86

  TOM JUMPED, AND IN A MOMENT WAS SITTING ASTRIDE THE GREAT BIRD'S NECK. _In colors_ 89

  "UPON THE ANVIL IN HIS SANCTUM" 93

  DEVOURING HIS FAVORITE AUTHOR 98

  TOM IS AWAKENED BY THE AVALANCHE. _In colors_ 100

  TAIL PIECE 102

  Andiron Tales

  By John Kendrick Bangs

  Being the Remarkable Adventures of a Boy with a Lively Imagination