63

_The_ Fable _of_ Handsome Jethro, _Who was_ Simply Cut
Out _to_ be _a_ Merchant 75

_The_ Fable _of_ Paducah's Favorite Comedians _and the_
Mildewed Stunt 83

_The_ Fable _of_ Flora _and_ Adolph _and a_ Home Gone Wrong 93

_The_ Fable _of the_ Copper _and the_ Jovial Undergrads 105

_The_ Fable _of the_ Professor _Who_ Wanted _to be_ Alone 111

_The_ Fable _of a_ Statesman _Who_ Couldn't Make Good 115

_The_ Fable _of the_ Brash Drummer _and the_ Peach _Who_
Learned _that_ There Were Others 123

_The_ Fable _of_ Sister Mae, _Who_ Did _as_ Well _as_ Could
Be Expected 135

_The_ Fable _of_ How _the_ Fool-Killer Backed Out _of a_ Contract 143

_The_ Fable _of the_ Caddy _Who_ Hurt His Head while Thinking 147

_The_ Fable _of the_ Martyr _Who_ Liked _the_ Job 151

_The_ Fable _of the_ Bohemian _Who_ had Hard Luck 157

_The_ Fable _of the_ Coming Champion _Who was_ Delayed 163

_The_ Fable _of the_ Lawyer _Who_ Brought in _a_ Minority Report 177

_The_ Fable _of the Two_ Mandolin Players _and the_ Willing Performer 181

_The_ Fable _of the_ Man _Who_ Didn't Care _for_ Story-Books 195

_THE_ FABLE _OF THE_ VISITOR _WHO_ GOT _A_ LOT _FOR_ THREE DOLLARS.

The Learned Phrenologist sat in his Office surrounded by his Whiskers.

Now and then he put a Forefinger to his Brow and glanced at the Mirror
to make sure that he still resembled William Cullen Bryant.

Near him, on a Table, was a Pallid Head made of Plaster-of-Paris and
stickily ornamented with small Labels. On the wall was a Chart showing
that the Orangoutang does not have Daniel Webster's facial angle.

"Is the Graft played out?" asked the Learned Phrenologist, as he waited.
"Is Science up against it or What?"

Then he heard the fall of Heavy Feet and resumed his Imitation. The Door
opened and there came into the Room a tall, rangy Person with a Head in
the shape of a Rocky Ford Cantaloupe.

Aroused from his Meditation, the Learned Phrenologist looked up at the
Stranger as through a Glass, darkly, and pointed to a Red Plush Chair.

The Easy Mark collapsed into the Boarding