Chapter I: Erected My Pole on the Sand 73

ITS OLD STATELY SELF AGAIN 75

THE DOCTOR

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FAR SOONER HAVE THE MUMPS 83

THE PUFF BAKER 87

TREATED WITH DELICIOUS JALAPS 88

AS SOME PATIENT PREPARED HIS DOSE 89

THE VERY SPARROWS GREW THIN 91

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THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN

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BOWING POLITELY TO THE PILLAR-BOXES 103

THE CHURCH STEEPLE HAD BEEN REMOVED 104

STANDING ALONE UPON THE WALL 106

DANGLING BY HIS LEGS 109

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VIGNETTE 114

THE SICILIAN CHAR-WOMAN

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I TOOK LEAVE OF MY SORROWING FATHER 120

HARDLY DISGUISING HIS EFFORTS TO IGNORE ME 121

THEY WERE COMPELLED TO SEND FOR A PHYSICIAN 125

THE IMPROVEMENT WAS MAINTAINED 129

DISCOVERED A CLOVE KERNEL 130

VIGNETTE 132

THE INTERVAL

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