Chapter I: Front Matter

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=_By Emma C. Dowd_=

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DOODLES. Illustrated in color.

THE OWL AND THE BOBOLINK. Illustrated.

POLLY OF LADY GAY COTTAGE. Illustrated in color.

POLLY OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF. Illustrated in color.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

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DOODLES

The Sunshine Boy

EMMA C. DOWD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MARIA L. KIRK

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
_The Riverside Press Cambridge_
1915

Published April 1915

TO
MY PHYSICIAN AND FRIEND
EDWARD THOMAS BRADSTREET, M.D.

CONTENTS

I. THE BARGAIN 1
II. CARUSO 10
III. THE ROBBERY ON THE TOP FLOOR 19
IV. DOODLES TURNS MATCHMAKER 36
V. CARUSO AND DOCTOR SANDY 43
VI. GRANDPA MOON COMES TO TOWN 49
VII. A FRIEND FROM GREECE 64
VIII. THE STRIKE 71
IX. THOMAS FITZPATRICK’S WHISTLE 81
X. “COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE” 99
XI. THE PASSING OF THE DANCER 116
XII. THE HEART OF THE FLATIRON 129
XIII. “JIM’S FIDDLE” 133
XIV. THE LETTER 140
XV. HOSPITAL DAYS 146
XVI. CARUSO SINGS IN PUBLIC 159
XVII. A THUNDERBOLT 177
XVIII. “THE TRUE─BLUEST BOY” 189
XIX. JOSEPH SITNITSKY PROVES HIS VALOR 201
XX. DOODLES AND BLUE, DETECTIVES 212
XXI. SURPRISING NEWS 238
XXII. THE COMFORTING OF EUDORA FLEMING 245
XXIII. “THE MIRACLE VOICE” 267
XXIV. DOODLES KEEPS ON 279
XXV. IN FAIR HARBOR 291
XXVI. “DR. POLLY” 307
XXVII. “AULD LANG SYNE” 325

ILLUSTRATIONS

HE WAS NEVER LONELY WHEN HE COULD Frontispiece
SING

“I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE IT” 16

ONE STORMY EVENING HE BEGAN TO PLAY 144

“IT WOULD KILL DOODLES TO GIVE UP 260
CARUSO”

DOODLES

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