Index:Bill the minder.djvu

Title	Bill the Minder
Author	W. Heath Robinson
Year	1912
Publisher	Henry Holt and Co.
Location	New York
Source	djvu
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Transclusion	Fully transcluded
Validated in	August 2012

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOURED PLATES

FRONTISPIECE
THE KING OF TROY COMPELLED TO ASK HIS WAY	To face page	30
THE SPORT OF EVERY MER-KID	,,	48
HE WAS ALWAYS AT HAND	,,	58
I FELL FROM MY POSITION	,,	72
THE LORD MAYOR HELD A LONG COUNCIL	,,	88
THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN	,,	110
BASIL HERBERT DEVELOPS A CHILBLAIN	,,	122
AND LEFT HIM TO HAVE HIS CRY OUT	,,	140
REGINALD COMPLETELY LOST HIS TEMPER	,,	156
HARMLESS INDEED WERE OUR JOYS	,,	168
AND PLAYED IT FOR MY DELIGHT	,,	190
FOLLOWED HIM AT THE GREATEST SPEED	,,	208
BRINGING WITH THEM A LITTLE OLD MAN	,,	216
THEY CAME UPON A GREAT STONE SPHINX	,,	230
CLOSELY OBSERVED FROM THE WATCH TOWERS	,,	244

BILL THE MINDER

	PAGE
TITLE-PAGE	1
HEADPIECE	2
HIS HOWLS BECAME TERRIFIC	7
ALWAYS INVENTING NEW WAYS OF MINDING	10
YOUNG TOOTH-CUTTERS FORGOT THEIR TROUBLES	11
THE ONLY MINDER OF THE DISTRICT	13
TAILPIECE	14

THE KING OF TROY

THE ANCIENT MARINER

THE TRIPLETS

TITLE-PAGE	51
HEADPIECE	52
ENDEAVOURING TO COMFORT THE OLD MAN	55
WE GREW UP IN COMPARATIVE HAPPINESS	58
THE TRIPLETS ACCOMPANY THE ARMY	63
TAILPIECE	64

GOOD AUNT GALLADIA

TITLE-PAGE	65
HEADPIECE	66
I JUST MANAGED TO REACH THE EGGS	71
I ANGLE THE AIR	72
I ERECTED MY POLE ON THE SANDS	73
ITS OLD STATELY SELF AGAIN	75

THE DOCTOR

TITLE-PAGE	79
HEADPIECE	80
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
POSTCARD	94
POSTCARD	95
TAILPIECE	96

THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN

TITLE-PAGE	97
HEADPIECE	98
BOWING POLITELY TO THE PILLAR-BOXES	103
THE CHURCH STEEPLE HAD BEEN REMOVED	104
STANDING ALONE UPON THE WALLS	106
DANGLING BY HIS LEGS	109
TAILPIECE	113
VIGNETTE	114

THE SICILIAN CHAR-WOMAN

TITLE-PAGE	115
HEADPIECE	116
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

TITLE-PAGE	133
HEADPIECE	134
I FELL ON TO THE PARSNIP	137
THEY ALL ONCE MORE STARTED	138
ON THEIR ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY	139
THE WHOLE CAMP WAS FAST ASLEEP	142
TAILPIECE	145
VIGNETTE	146

THE REAL SOLDIER

TITLE-PAGE	147
HEADPIECE	148
THE REAL SOLDIER	153
'BUT HOLD!' CRIED THE PRESIDENT	156
'YOUR FATE BE UPON YOUR OWN HEAD'	157
FLOUNDERING ABOUT IN THE SEA	159
IN EXPECTATION OF THEIR LEADER	161
TAILPIECE	163
VIGNETTE	164

THE WILD MAN

THE MUSICIAN

TITLE-PAGE	183
HEADPIECE	184
SHE NOW MADE OFF TO THE WOODS	189
HE WOULD CLIMB TO THE TOPMOST BRANCHES	190
SWEEPING THE DEAD LEAVES	195
WITH NO OTHER WEALTH THAN MY CONCERTINA	197
TAILPIECE	198

THE LOST GROCER

TITLE-PAGE	199
HEADPIECE	200
AFFECTED BY HIS STORY	205
PLUMP INTO THE RIVER WE WENT	206
THERE GREW IN FRONT OF ME A GREAT MOUND	209
SNEEZING AND SNEEZING	211

THE MERCHANT'S WIFE

TITLE-PAGE	213
HEADPIECE	214
MOPING ABOUT THE COMMON	219
KEPT HIM OUT OF MISCHIEF	223
GLORIOUS TARTS AND SWEETS	224
IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ATE	225
TAILPIECE	226

THE CAMP-FOLLOWERS

TITLE-PAGE	227
HEADPIECE	228
THE HEADS SERVED FOR DOLLS	233
YOU ARE NOW OUR ONLY HOPE	234
I FISHED AND FISHED AND FISHED	237
TAILPIECE	239
VIGNETTE	240

THE SIEGE OF TROY

TITLE-PAGE	241
HEADPIECE	242
PLAN OF SIEGE	245
THESE PARCELS WERE NOW LABELLED	248
AND PACKED HIM OFF TO PERSIA	251
TROY BECAME THE HAPPIEST TOWN	253

THE END

VIGNETTE

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