Bangs John Kendrick. Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy
BIKEY THE SKICYCLE
I. HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT
II. WHEELING ON THE BIG RING OF SATURN
III. A SUDDEN STOP AT THE TYRED INN
IV. THE TYRED INN
V. IN THE HOSPITAL AND HOME AGAIN
THE IMP OF THE TELEPHONE
I. JIMMIEBOY MAKES HIS ACQUAINTANCE
II. IN THE IMP'S ROOM
III. ELECTRIC COOKING
IV. THE LIBRARY
V. THE CIRCUS
VI. THE CIRCUS CONTINUES
VII. THE POETRY BOOK, AND THE END
CAUGHT IN TOYTOWN
TOTHERWAYVILLE; THE ANIMAL TOWN
AN ELECTRICAL ERROR
IN THE BROWNIES' HOUSE
JIMMIEBOY – and SOMETHING
JIMMIEBOY'S FIREWORKS
HIGH JINKS IN THE BARN
JIMMIEBOY'S VALENTINE
THE MAGIC SLED
THE STUPID LITTLE APPLE-TREE
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Jimmieboy's father had bought him a bicycle, and inasmuch as it was provided with a bag of tools and a nickel plated bell the small youth was very much pleased with the gift.
"It's got rheumatic tires, too," he said, when describing it to one of his little friends.
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"What good'll the gas do?" he asked.
"Why, don't you know that gas makes balloons go up?" said Bikey. "They just cram the balloon as full of gas as they can get it and up she sails. That's my idea. Fill my rubber tires with gas and up we'll go. What do you say?"