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E-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org)
THE BISHOP AND THE BOOGERMAN
BEING THE STORY OF A LITTLE TRULY-GIRL, WHO GREW UP; HER MYSTERIOUS COMPANION; HER CRABBED OLD UNCLE; THE WHISH-WHISH WOODS; A VERY CIVIL ENGINEER, AND MR. BILLY SANDERS THE SAGE OF SHADY DALE
Drawings by Charlotte Harding
NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1909
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY SUNNY SOUTH PUBLISHING CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, JANUARY, 1909
"They paused—then she pointed to the darkest corner"
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE BISHOP AND THE BOOGERMAN
PART I
"It seemed to Adelaide that it held a whole bushel of fried chicken and biscuits"
"The child stared at her uncle so seriously that he was actually embarrassed"
PART II
"Old Jonas would listen by her bedside to convince himself that she was really breathing"
"They began to creep forward, making as little noise as possible"
PART III
"'You are pouting,' she said, 'or you'd never be sitting in this room where nobody ever comes'"
PART IV
"'That's why you see these shoes lookin' like they're spang new'"
"Mr. Sanders went from the courthouse with a sweeping stride"
PART V
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