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Title: The Terrible Twins

Author: Edgar Jepson

Illustrator: Hanson Booth

Release Date: August 14, 2006 [EBook #19043]
[This file last updated February 8, 2008]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: "Cats for the cats' home!" said Sir Maurice Falconer.]

THE TERRIBLE TWINS

By

EDGAR JEPSON

Author of

The Admirable Tinker, Pollyooly, etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

HANSON BOOTH

INDIANAPOLIS

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1913

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

[Updater's note: In the originally posted version of this book (August
14, 2006), four pages (3, 4, 53, 54) were missing. In early February
2008, the missing pages were found, scanned and submitted by a reader
of the original etext and incorporated into this updated version.]

CONTENTS

Chapter

I AND CAPTAIN BASTER
II GUARDIAN ANGELS
III AND THE CATS' HOME
IV AND THE VISIT OF INSPECTION
V AND THE SACRED BIRD
VI AND THE LANDED PROPRIETOR
VII AND PRINGLE'S POND
VIII AND THE MUTTLE DEEPING PEACHES
IX AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
X AND THE ENTERTAINMENT OF ROYALTY
XI AND THE UNREST CURE
XII AND THE MUTTLE DEEPING FISHING
XIII AND AN APOLOGY
XIV AND THE SOUND OF WEDDING BELLS

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Cats for the cats' home!" said
Sir Maurice Falconer. . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"This is different," she said.

We are avenged.

She was almost sorry when they came at last to the foot of the knoll.

The Archduke bellowed, "Zerbst! Zerbst! Zerbst!"

Sir James turned and found himself looking into the deep brown eyes of
a very pretty woman.

THE TERRIBLE TWINS

CHAPTER I

AND CAPTAIN BASTER

For all that their voices rang high and hot, the Twins were really
discussing the question who had hit Stubb's bull-terrier with the
greatest number of stones, in the most amicable spirit. It was indeed
a nice question and hard to decide since both of th