The Project Gutenberg E-text of Alex the Great
by H. C. Witwer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles), 1890-1929
- Title
- Alex the Great
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Humorous stories
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 29763
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29763
- Release Date
- August 22, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Along he comes with some dame he must have kidnapped from the Follies when Ziegfeld was busy countin' up the receipts or somethin'. — ALEX THE GREAT — BY
- 2.H. C. WITWER — Author of "From Baseball to Boches," "A Smile a Minute," etc. — ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN — BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS — DEDICATED TO RALPH T. HALE —EDITOR OF SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY— MY PUBLISHER—BUT STILL MY FRIEND
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — Along he comes with some dame he must have kidnapped from the Follies when Ziegfeld was busy countin' up the receipts or somethin'. . . . . . . Frontispiece — I struck a match and he tells me they is 9,765,543 of them used in New York every fiscal year. — "She's going to marry me, she's going to marry me!" — She's knittin' a sweater for me that will prob'ly make me off her for life. — "How perfectly sweet! If you two only knew what a pretty picture you make!" — "Heavens!" says the vampire. "You must have worked all your life to acquire ignorance, for no one was ever born as stupid as you!" — When the dames cast languishing glances at his handsome form, he glared at them like an infuriated turtle. — ALEX THE GREAT — CHAPTER I — INTRODUCING ALEX THE GREAT — CHAPTER II — THE SELF-COMMENCER — CHAPTER III — PLAY YOUR ACE! — CHAPTER IV — DON'T GIVE UP THE TIP! — CHAPTER V — YOU CAN DO IT! — CHAPTER VI — THE LITTLE THINGS DON'T COUNT — I struck a match and he tells me they is 9,765,543 of them used in New York every fiscal year. — "She's going to marry me, she's going to marry me!" — CHAPTER VII — ART IS WRONG — She's knittin' a sweater for me that will prob'ly make me off her for life. — "How perfectly sweet! If you two only knew what pretty picture you make!" — "Heavens!" says the vampire. "You must have worked a your life to acquire ignorance, for no one was ever born as stupid as you!" — When the dames cast languishing glances at his handsome form, he glared at them like an infuriated turtle.
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