WILLIAM BOWEN

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William Bowen

Though you believe it not, I care not much: but an honest man, and of good judgment, believeth still what is told him, and that which he finds written.—Rabelais.


New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1921
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Copyright, 1921
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and Electrotyped. Published October, 1921

FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY
NEW YORK

To
BILLY AND JOHN
TWO LITTLE BOYS

PRINCIPAL PERSONS

Freddie
Mr. Toby
Aunt Amanda
Mr. Punch
The Churchwarden
Mr. Hanlon
The Sly Old Fox
The Old Codger with the Wooden Leg
Mr. Lemuel Mizzen
The Cabin-Boy
Marmaduke
Captain Lingo
Ketch the Practitioner
The Third Vice-President
Mr. Matthew Speak
Shiraz the Rug-Merchant
The King and Queen
Robert, Jenny, and James
Mr. Punch's Father

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "Lord bless us!" cried the hunch back. "Look at that!" Frontispiece
  2. "I'm Lemuel Mizzen, A.B., that's me!" 50
  3. "L-l-Lem!" shrieked the parrot. "Who's your f-f-f-friends?" 86
  4. Mr. Hanlon was standing on his feet by the log on which his head had been cut off 134
  5. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant looked at his visitor with little beady black eyes 188
  6. "Ah, yes," said Aunt Amanda, "there's no place like the Old Tobacco Shop after all" 235

CONTENTS

  1. Mr. Punch and the Clock-Tower 1
  2. Aunt Amanda and the Two Old Codgers 9
  3. Introducing the Churchwarden 22
  4. In which Mr. Hanlon makes a Great Impression 31
  5. The Chinaman's Head 39
  6. Lemuel Mizzen, A.B. 48
  7. The Hands of the Clock come Together 54
  8. Celluloid Cuffs and a Silk Hat 60
  9. The Odour of Sanctity 65
  10. Captain Higginson and the Spanish Main 69
  11. A Mixed Company in search of Adventure 74
  12. The Voyage of the Sieve 81
  13. The Cabin-Boy's Revenge 93
  14. The Cruise of the Mattresses 107
  15. A Fall in the Dark 111
  16. Captain Lingo and a Fine Piece of Head-Work 122
  17. High Dudgeon and Low Dudgeon 139
  18. The Society for Piratical Research 146
  19. A Knock at the Door 160
  20. The City of Towers 171
  21. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant 178
  22. Six Enchanted Souls 187
  23. From the Fire Back to the Frying-Pan 196
  24. Disenchantment Complete 200
  25. The Old Man of the Mountain 209
  26. The King's Tower 216
  27. The Sorcerer's Den 222
  28. The Old Tobacco Shop 231

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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