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Gallon Tom. The Cruise of the Make-Believes
The Cruise of the Make-Believes
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE PRINCESS NEXT DOOR
CHAPTER II. THE KING OF A LEAN KINGDOM
CHAPTER III. THE PRINCE JUMPS OVER THE WALL
CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCESS GOES TO DINNER
CHAPTER V. THE GREAT GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE
CHAPTER VI. SCHEMERS AND DREAMERS
CHAPTER VII. FAREWELL TO ARCADIA STREET
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRINCE CUTS THE KNOT
CHAPTER IX. AND THE PRINCESS TIES IT AGAIN
CHAPTER X. A DESPERATE REMEDY
CHAPTER XI. PURSUIT
CHAPTER XII. MISS MAKE-BELIEVE WAKES UP
CHAPTER XIII. MISERY MAKES STRANGE BOAT-FELLOWS
CHAPTER XIV. THE CASTAWAYS
CHAPTER XV. THE SIMPLE LIFE
CHAPTER XVI. THE AMAZING PRINGLE
CHAPTER XVII. EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XVIII. MISS MAKE-BELIEVE ESCAPES
CHAPTER XIX. THE LAMPS ARE LIT IN ARCADIA STREET
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Tom Gallon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The girl winced a little, and drew away from him. "I thought perhaps for once you were glad to come home, father," she said timidly. "And you know I always like to think of us sitting out in the garden—under the stars—and drinking our coffee. The best people do that every night of their lives—after dinner."
"After dinner!" he reminded her, raising a finger, and shaking it at her. "That makes all the difference in the world; I dare say anyone might drink the stuff after a good dinner—just to oblige a friend. But what is anyone to do—in what condition of mind do you imagine a man to be—when his dinner has been a thing not of the stalled ox order—but of herbs? Besides—I'm upset—annoyed."
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