The Admirable Tinker--Child of the World
by Edgar Jepson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jepson, Edgar, 1863-1938
- Title
- The Admirable Tinker Child of the World
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Aeronautics -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 19010
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19010
- Release Date
- August 8, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.[Frontispiece: "Here's my father, or the police!"] — THE ADMIRABLE TINKER
- 2.CHILD OF THE WORLD
- 3.BY EDGAR JEPSON — Illustrated by Margaret Eckerson — NEW YORK McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. MCMIV
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — "Here's my father, or the police!" . . . . . . . Frontispiece — He surveyed himself with an excited curiosity. — "I can't hold him!" — He poured comforting assurances of safety into her ears. — "She was quite out of control for a good five minutes." — "To-night reflect on your misdeeds. To-morrow we will treat of your ransom." — The pursuit was lively, but short. — It was his first essay as coiffeur. — As a battering-ram against the first and second buttons of his waistcoat. — "Hold it back!" screamed Tinker. — Over these agreeable occupations they talked. — And she paused to let the splendour of the gift sink in. — It's time these lubbers walked the plank. — THE ADMIRABLE TINKER — CHAPTER ONE — SIR TANCRED'S QUEST — CHAPTER TWO — THE FINDING OF TINKER — CHAPTER THREE — TINKER ACCEPTS HIS NAME — [Illustration: He surveyed himself with an excited curiosity.] — CHAPTER FOUR — THE TRAINING OF TINKER — CHAPTER FIVE — TINKER'S BIRTHDAY BLOODHOUND — [Illustration: "I can't hold him!"] — CHAPTER SIX — THE RESCUE OF ELIZABETH KERNABY — [Illustration: He poured comforting assurances of safety into her ears.] — CHAPTER SEVEN — THE STOLEN FLYING-MACHINE — [Illustration: "She was quite out of control for a good five minutes!"] — CHAPTER EIGHT — THE BARON AND THE MONEY-LENDER — [Illustration: "To-night reflect on your misdeeds. To-morrow we will treat of your ransom."] — CHAPTER NINE — TINKER INTERVENES — [Illustration: The pursuit was lively, but short.] — CHAPTER TEN — TINKER'S FOUNDLING — [Illustration: It was his first essay as coiffeur.] — CHAPTER ELEVEN — TINKER FROM THE MACHINE — [Illustration: As a battering ram upon the first and second buttons of his waistcoat.] — CHAPTER TWELVE — TINKER BORROWS A MOTOR-CAR — [Illustration: "Hold it back!" screamed Tinker.] — CHAPTER THIRTEEN — TINKER MEETS HIS OLD NURSE — CHAPTER FOURTEEN — TINKER TAKES SEPTIMUS RAINER IN HAND — [Illustration: Over these agreeable occupations they talked.] — CHAPTER FIFTEEN — TINKER ASSERTS THE RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYER — CHAPTER SIXTEEN — TINKER DISOWNS HIS GRANDMOTHER — [Illustration: And she paused to let the splendour of the gift sink in.] — CHAPTER SEVENTEEN — TINKER AND THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE — [Illustration: It's time these lubbers walked the plank.] — THE END
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