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'When the Rain raineth and the Goose winketh,
Little wots the Gosling what the Goose thinketh.’
Copyright, 1900
by Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1901
by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
TO
FRANK GELETT BURGESS
THESE UNPREMEDITATIONS WERE
AND ARE INSCRIBED
EPISODES.
PAGE I. SUGAR AND LEMON 1 II. A HYPOTHETICAL CASE 10 III. A MILITARY MANŒUVRE 21 IV. A CHILDREN’S PARTY 32 V. THE IDEAL IN PERIL 47 VI. A CORNER IN TREACLE 58 VII. THREE’S COMPANY 69 VIII. A VETERAN RECRUIT 81 IX. THE ETHICS OF ANGLING
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97 X. AN UNDRESS REHEARSAL 109 XI. QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY 122 XII. A MODERN SABINE 137 XIII. POT LUCK 150 XIV. THE THINGS THAT ARE CÆSAR’S 165 XV. SETTLING DAY 179