Odd Numbers

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Ford Sewell. Odd Numbers

CHAPTER I. GOLIAH AND THE PURPLE LID

CHAPTER II. HOW MAIZIE CAME THROUGH

CHAPTER III. WHERE SPOTTY FITTED IN

CHAPTER IV. A GRANDMOTHER WHO GOT GOING

CHAPTER V. A LONG SHOT ON DELANCEY

CHAPTER VI. PLAYING HAROLD BOTH WAYS

CHAPTER VII. CORNELIA SHOWS SOME CLASS

CHAPTER VIII. DOPING OUT AN ODD ONE

CHAPTER IX. HANDING BOBBY A BLANK

CHAPTER X. MARMADUKE SLIPS ONE OVER

CHAPTER XI. A LOOK IN ON THE GOAT GAME

CHAPTER XII. MRS. TRUCKLES’ BROAD JUMP

CHAPTER XIII. HEINEY TAKES THE GLOOM CURE

CHAPTER XIV. A TRY-OUT FOR TOODLEISM

CHAPTER XV. THE CASE OF THE TISCOTTS

CHAPTER XVI. CLASSING TUTWATER RIGHT

CHAPTER XVII. HOW HERMY PUT IT OVER

CHAPTER XVIII. JOY RIDING WITH AUNTY

CHAPTER XIX. TURNING A TRICK FOR BEANY

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Then again, there’s other kinds from other States, and no two of ’em alike. They float in from all quarters, some on ten-day excursions, and some with no return ticket. And, of course, they’re all jokes to us at first, while we never suspicion that all along we may be jokes to them.

And say, between you and me, we’re apt to think, ain’t we, that all the rapid motion in the world gets its start right here in New York? Well, that’s the wrong dope. For instance, once I got next to a super-energized specimen that come in from the north end of nowhere, and before I was through the experience had left me out of breath.

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“Sundays he made us go to church twice, and the rest of the day he talked to us about our souls. Between times he ran the Palace Emporium; that is, he and I and a half baked Swede by the name of Jens Torkil did. To look at Jens you wouldn’t have thought he could have been taught the difference between a can of salmon and a patent corn planter; but say, Uncle Hen had him trained to make short change and weigh his hand with every piece of salt pork, almost as slick as he could do it himself.

“All I had to do was to tend the drygoods, candy, and drug counters, look after the post-office window, keep the books, and manage the telephone exchange. Euphemia had the softest snap, though. She did the housework, planted the garden, raised chickens, fed the hogs, and scrubbed the floors. Have I got the catalogue right, Phemey?”

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