Chapter I: Front Matter

_SUBE CANE_

_BY_

EDWARD BELLAMY PARTRIDGE

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

PHILADELPHIA

1917

COPYRIGHT
1917 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

"Sube Cane"

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I BEFORE USING 1

II ASTONISHING RESULTS 16

III THE LAST SAD RITES 28

IV AN INTERRUPTED HAIRCUT 40

V OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH 49

VI REIMBURSEMENT 60

VII A NEW FACE 75

VIII IN THE LION'S CAGE 86

IX IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME 100

X HIS DAY 112

XI A FLYER IN CATS 124

XII THE FUGITIVES 135

XIII THE EVER-GLORIOUS FOURTH 149

XIV THE GHOSTS 160

XV BISCUIT LEARNS TO SWIM 174

XVI SANCTUARY 190

XVII AN OLFACTORY RETORT 200

XVIII OF HOLY WRIT 208

XIX SUBE THE SHOWMAN 218

XX TEN KNIGHTS IN A BARROOM 228

XXI THE BARNSTORMERS 242

XXII A SECOND-HAND WAR BABY 254

XXIII RUMORS OF FRAUD 264

XXIV THE AUCTIONEER 275

XXV STUNG 286

XXVI SUBE GOES TO THE MOVIES 298

XXVII TRIAL MERSHUM 309

XXVIII THE TIMBER CRUISER 322

XXIX THE PARTY 334

XXX THE TRUTH 347

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Professional jealousy _Frontispiece_

A great light broke on him 7

The sheriff flashed a light 22

"I ain't done a thing!" 40

"Look how he left me" 57

"Want another haircut?" 67

"Now what does he mean?" 114

"I'll show you!" 131

"See what I've got" 146

He beheld two white figures 171

"Plain and fancy swimming" 178

He would have liked one for a pet 210

The audience was spell-bound 221

"Who's goin' to be the little girl?" 237

"Perhaps I can save your life" 251

"We want to sell all this" 269

The auctioneer paused 278

Piercing shrieks greeted their appearance 319

"My father got it for me" 327

"Put the tray on the table" 344

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