ILLUSTRATIONS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

POKER JIM, GENTLEMAN

POKER JIM, GENTLEMAN (2)

TOMMY THE OUTCAST

JOHNNY A STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES

MY FRIEND THE UNDERTAKER

A GRIM MEMENTO

A WISE CHILD

LEAVES FROM A SUICIDE'S DIARY

CHIQUITA

A DEAD IDEAL A ROMANCE OF THE DISSECTING ROOM

A MATTER OF PROFESSIONAL SECRECY

A LEGEND OF THE YOSEMITE THE LOVE OF TIS-SA-ACK AND TU-TOCH-A-NU-LAH

A GREAT CITY'S SHAME

Transcriber's Notes

AND

Other Tales and Sketches

BY

G. FRANK LYDSTON

PUBLISHERS
MONARCH BOOK COMPANY
CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT 1906 BY
MONARCH BOOK COMPANY
CHICAGO

To
The Most Indulgent of My Friends
And the Least Charitable of My Critics
This Book will Give Joy.
To Them I Dedicate It.
The Author