PARADISE GARDEN

THE SATIRICAL NARRATIVE
OF A GREAT EXPERIMENT

BY
GEORGE GIBBS

AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW DOVE, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM A. HOTTINGER

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Printed in the United States of America

"'Love!' he sneered ... 'I thought you'd say that.'"

CONTENTS

1. The Great Experiment
2. Jerry
3. Jerry Grows
4. Enter Eve
5. The Minx Returns
6. The Cabin
7. Jack Ballard Takes Charge
8. Jerry Emerges
9. Foot-work
10. Marcia
11. The Siren
12. Introducing Jim Robinson
13. Una
14. Jerry Goes Into Training
15. The Unknown Unmasked
16. The Fight
17. Marcia Recants
18. Two Embassies
19. The Path In The Woods
20. Revolt
21. Jerry Asks Questions
22. The Chipmunk
23. The Enemy's Country
24. Feet Of Clay
25. The Mystery Deepens
26. Dryad And Satyr
27. Revelations

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• "'Love!' he sneered ... 'I thought you'd say that.'"
• "In the evenings sometimes I read while Jerry whittled"
• "This then was Jerry's house-party—!"
• "'Have pity, Jerry,' she whimpered"

PARADISE GARDEN

CHAPTER I

THE GREAT EXPERIMENT

It might be better if Jerry Benham