Ade's Fables

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Ade George. Ade's Fables

THE NEW FABLE OF THE PRIVATE AGITATOR AND WHAT HE COOKED UP

THE NEW FABLE OF THE SPEEDY SPRITE

THE NEW FABLE OF THE INTERMITTENT FUSSER

THE NEW FABLE OF THE SEARCH FOR CLIMATE

THE NEW FABLE OF THE FATHER WHO JUMPED IN

THE NEW FABLE OF THE UPLIFTER AND HIS DANDY LITTLE OPUS

THE NEW FABLE OF THE WANDERING BOY AND THE WAYWARD PARENT

THE NEW FABLE OF WHAT TRANSPIRES AFTER THE WIND-UP

THE DREAM THAT CAME OUT WITH MUCH TO BOOT

THE NEW FABLE OF THE TOILSOME ASCENT AND THE SHINING TABLE-LAND

THE NEW FABLE OF THE AERIAL PERFORMER, THE BUZZING BLONDINE, AND THE DAUGHTER OF MR. JACKSON

THE NEW FABLE OF SUSAN AND THE DAUGHTER AND THE GRAND-DAUGHTER, AND THEN SOMETHING REALLY GRAND

THE NEW FABLE OF THE SCOFFER WHO FELL HARD AND THE WOMAN SITTING BY

THE NEW FABLE OF THE LONESOME CAMP ON THE FROZEN HEIGHTS

THE NEW FABLE OF THE MARATHON IN THE MUD AND THE LAUREL WREATH

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One Monday Morning a range and well-conditioned Elfin of the Young Unmarried Set, yclept Loretta, emerged into the Sunlight and hit the Concrete Path with a ringing Heel.

This uncrowned Empress of the 18th Ward was a she-Progressive assaying 98 per cent. pure Ginger.

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There was nothing on the Cards that night except a Subscription Dance, which got under way at 10 P. M. and never subsided until the cold Daylight began to spill in at the Windows.

Loretta did a 27 out of a possible 29. Percentage .931—six better than Bogey and 400 points ahead of Ty Cobb.

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