The Project Gutenberg eBook, Skinner's Dress Suit, by Henry Irving Dodge,
Illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

Title: Skinner's Dress Suit

Author: Henry Irving Dodge

Release Date: July 17, 2008 [eBook #26080]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT***

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this
file which includes the original illustrations.
See 26080-h.htm or 26080-h.zip:
(http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/6/0/8/26080/26080-h/26080-h.htm)
or
(http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/6/0/8/26080/26080-h.zip)

SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT

by

HENRY IRVING DODGE

With Illustrations

[Frontispiece: "I won't take your order unless you throw in that trout
dinner"]

Toronto
Thomas Allen
Publisher
1916

Copyright, 1916, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1916, by Henry Irving Dodge
All Rights Reserved

TO

MY WIFE

CONTENTS

I. SKINNER ASKS FOR A RAISE
II. HOW SKINNER GOT HIS RAISE
III. SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT
IV. SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT BEGINS TO GET IN ITS FINE WORK
V. THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE DRESS SUIT
VI. DODGING A MAGNATE AND WHAT CAME OF IT
VII. SKINNER AND THE "GOLD BUGS"
VIII. CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST
IX. SKINNER FISHES WITH A DIPLOMATIC HOOK
X. SKINNER LANDS A CURMUDGEON
XI. THE OSTRICH FEATHER

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I WON'T TAKE YOUR ORDER UNLESS YOU THROW IN
THAT TROUT DINNER" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"IT'S COME AT LAST! SKINNER'S ASKED FOR A RAISE"

"THE GENERAL EFFECT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT!"

"THERE," SHE CRIED, "YOU CAN CREDIT YOUR
DRESS-SUIT ACCOUNT WITH THAT!"

"MRS. SKINNER, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD,
OF HASTINGS-ON-THE-HUDSON, ACCOMPANIES HER HUSBAND"

"WHY CAN'T _I_ GO WITH THOSE PEOPLE," SHE SNIFFLED

_From Drawings by F. Vaux Wilson_

SKINNER'S DRESS SUIT

CHAPTER I

SKINNER ASKS FOR A RAISE

Skinner had inhabited the ironbound enclosure labeled "CASHIER" at
McLaughlin & Perkins, Inc., so long, that the messenger boys had dubbed
hi