Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry

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FOREWORD

I IN WHICH HARRY SWIFTLY PASSES FROM ONE STAGE OF HIS CAREER TO ANOTHER

II WHICH BEGINS THE STORY OF THE BISHOP'S HEAD

III WHICH IS THE STORY OF THE PIMPLED QUEEN AND THE BLACK SPOT

IV IN WHICH SOCRATES ENCOUNTERS "NEW THOUGHT" AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HAIR

V IN WHICH SOCRATES DISCUSSES THE OVER-PRODUCTION OF TALK

VI IN WHICH BETSEY COMMITS AN INDISCRETION

VII IN WHICH SOCRATES ATTACKS THE WORST DOERS AND BEST SELLERS

VIII IN WHICH SOCRATES ATTACKS THE HELMET AND THE BATTLE-AX

IX IN WHICH SOCRATES INCREASES THE SUPPLY OF SPLENDOR

X IN WHICH SOCRATES BREAKS THE DRAG AND TANDEM MONOPOLY IN POINTVIEW

XI IN WHICH SUNDRY PEOPLE MAKE GREAT DISCOVERIES

XII IN WHICH HARRY IS FORCED TO ABANDON SWAMP FICTION AND LIKE

XIII IN WHICH THE MINISTER GETS INTO LOVE AND TROUBLE

XIV IN WHICH SOCRATES DISCOVERS A NEW FOLLY

XV IN WHICH HARRY RETURNS TO POINTVIEW AND GOES TO WORK

XVI WHICH PRESENTS AN INCIDENT IN OUR CAMPAIGN AGAINST NEW NEW ENGLAND

XVII WHICH PRESENTS A DECISIVE INCIDENT IN OUR CAMPAIGN AGAINST OLD NEW ENGLAND

“SHE WISHED ME TO SUGGEST SOMETHING FOR HER TO DO” [See page 56]

“CHARGE IT”

OR

KEEPING UP WITH HARRY

A story of fashionable extravagance and of the
successful efforts to restrain it made
by The Honorable Socrates Potter
the genial friend of Lizzie

BY

IRVING BACHELLER

ILLUSTRATED

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HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

MCMXII

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HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1912. BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1912

K-M

TO MY DEAR FRIEND

LEDYARD PARK HALE

ANOTHER HONEST LAWYER

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. In Which Harry Swiftly Passes from One Stage of His Career to Another 1
II. Which Begins the Story of the Bishop’s Head 11
III. Which Is the Story of the Pimpled Queen and the Black Spot 33
IV. In Which Socrates Encounters “New Thought” and Psychological Hair 45
V. In Which Socrates Discusses the Over-Production of Talk 55
VI. In Which Betsey Commits an Indiscretion 69
VII. In Which Socrates Attacks the Worst Doers and Best Sellers 75
VIII. In Which Socrates Attacks the Helmet and the Battle-Ax 84
IX. In Which Socrates Increases the Supply of Splendor 91
X. In Which Socrates Breaks the Drag and Tandem Monopoly in Pointview 99
XI. In Which Sundry People Make Great Discoveries 106
XII. In Which Harry Is Forced to Abandon Swamp Fiction and Like Follies and to Study the Geography and Natives of a Land Unknown to Our Heiristocracy 118
XIII. In Which the Minister Gets Into Love and Trouble 127
XIV. In Which Socrates Discovers a New Folly 139
XV. In Which Harry Returns to Pointview and Goes to Work 148
XVI. Which Presents an Incident in Our Campaign Against New New England 171
XVII. Which Presents a Decisive Incident in Our Campaign Against Old New England 176

ILLUSTRATIONS

“SHE WISHED ME TO SUGGEST SOMETHING FOR HER TO DO” Frontispiece
“WHAT DIDN’T THEY SAY? THEY FLEW AT ME LIKE WILDCATS.” 60
“‘IT’S THE VAN ALSTYNE CREST,’ I SAID. ‘IT’S A PROOF OF RESPECTABILITY.’” 86
“RADIANT IN SILK, LACE, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, AND RUBIES” 94
“HARRY’S PET COLLIE HAD COME UP TO THE BACK DOOR WITH A HUMAN SKULL IN HIS MOUTH” 148
“HE LOOKED LIKE A MAN WITH A WOODEN LEG” 188
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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