Chapter I: Front Matter

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BILLY BOUNCE

by

W. W. DENSLOW and DUDLEY A. BRAGDON

Pictures by Denslow

G. W. Dillingham Co. Publishers New York

Copyright 1906 by W. W. Denslow All rights reserved.

Issued September, 1906.

To

"Pete" and "Ponsie"

List of Chapters.

CHAPTER PAGE I. DARK PLOT OF NICKEL PLATE, THE POLISHED VILLAIN 9 II. A JUMP TO SHAMVILLE 22 III. BILLY IS CAPTURED BY TOMATO 34 IV. ADVENTURES IN EGGS-AGGERATION 47 V. PEASE PORRIDGE HOT 63 VI. BLIND MAN'S BUFF 77 VII. THE WISHING BOTTLE 88 VIII. GAMMON AND SPINACH 97 IX. IN SILLY LAND 110 X. SEA URCHIN AND NE'ER DO EEL 124 XI. IN DERBY TOWN 138 XII. O'FUDGE 152 XIII. BILLY PLAYS A TRICK ON BOREA 167 XIV. KING CALCIUM AND STERRY OPTICAN 181 XV. BILLY MEETS GLUCOSE 195 XVI. IN SPOOKVILLE 210 XVII. IN THE VOLCANO OF VOCIFEROUS 221 XVIII. THE ELUSIVE BRIDGE 236 XIX. IN THE DARK, NEVER WAS 247 XX. THE WINDOW OF FEAR 257 XXI. IN THE QUEEN BEE PALACE 267

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"_Why it_ is, _a large fried egg," said Billy, excitedly_. --Page 47....Frontispiece. PAGE "I _can't tell you where Bogie Man lives, it's against the rules_." 14 _"Now," said Mr. Gas, "be careful not to sit on the ceiling."_ 17 "_Come, now, don't give me any of your tomato sauce._" 39 _Billy never wanted for plenty to eat._ 64 _"He-he-ho-ho, oh! what a joke," cried the Scally Wags._ 82 _"That's my black cat-o-nine tails," said the old woman._ 90 _The Night Mare and the Dream Food Sprites._ 101 _"Get off, you're sinking us," cried Billy._ 134 _He saw flying to meet him several shaggy bears._ 141 _"Talking about me, were you?" said Boreas, arriving in a swirl of snow._ 172 _"Me feyther," cried she, in a tragic voice, "the light, the light."_ 187 "_Come up to the house and spend an unpleasant evening._" 217 _Billy shot a blast of hot air from his pump full in Bumbus's face._ 263 "_Allow me to present Bogie Man._" 271

Preface

OUR PURPOSE.--Fun for the "children between the ages of one and one hundred."

AND INCIDENTALLY--the elimination of deceit and gore in the telling: two elements that enter, we think, too vitally into the construction of most fairy tales.

AS TO THE MORAL.--That is not obtrusive. But if we can suggest to the children that fear alone can harm them through life's journey; and to silly nurses and thoughtless parents that the serious use of ghost stories, Bogie Men and Bugbears of all kinds for the sheer purpose of frightening or making a child mind is positively wicked; we will admit that the tale has a moral.