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Title: The Story of Dago

Author: Annie Fellows-Johnston

Illustrator: Etheldred B. Barry

Release Date: December 31, 2005 [EBook #17429]

Language: English

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THE STORY OF DAGO

BY

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

[Illustration: "IT WAS HER SWINGING AND JERKING ON THE ROPE THAT RANG
THE BELL."]

THE STORY OF DAGO

BY

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE COLONEL," "BIG BROTHER,"
"OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT," "THE GATE OF THE
GIANT SCISSORS," "TWO LITTLE KNIGHTS
OF KENTUCKY," ETC.

Illustrated by

ETHELDRED B. BARRY

BOSTON
L.C. PAGE & COMPANY
1900

Copyright, 1900

BY L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(Incorporated)

TO

"Gin the Monk"

WHOSE PRANKS ARE LINKED
WITH THE BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF DR. GAVIN FULTON,
ONE OF THE BEST OF PHYSICIANS AND FRIENDS,
THIS STORY OF DAGO
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

CONTENTS

PAGE

I. THIS IS THE STORY THAT DAGO TOLD TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY
ON MONDAY 1

II. WHAT DAGO SAID TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON TUESDAY 16

III. WHAT THE MIRROR-MONKEY HEARD ON WEDNESDAY 32

IV. THE TALE THE MIRROR-MONKEY HEARD ON THURSDAY 46

V. WHAT DAGO TOLD ON FRIDAY 60

VI. WHAT DAGO SAID TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON SATURDAY 72

VII. WHAT DAGO TOLD THE MIRROR-MONKEY ON SUNDAY 92

VIII. DAGO BIDS FAREWELL TO THE MIRROR-MONKEY 102

ILLVSTRATIONS

PAGE

"IT WAS HER SWINGING AND JERKING ON THE ROPE THAT RANG THE
BELL" _Frontispiece_

"THE GARDENER FISHED HER OUT OF THE FOUNTAIN"