Wilt Thou Torchy

About this eBook

Author

Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Florida -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17333

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17333

Release Date

December 17, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: "But the impudence of you, to do it right here!" she goes on. "No one but you, Torchy, would have thought of that."] — WILT THOU TORCHY — BY
2. 2.SEWELL FORD — AUTHOR OF TORCHY, TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC, ETC. — ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK SNAPP AND ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN — NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS — "But the impudence of you, to do it right here!" she goes on. "No one but you, Torchy, would have thought of that." . . . . . . Frontispiece — "I don't think I ever saw Auntie come so near beamin' before. She seems right at home, fieldin' that line of chat. And Vee, too, is more or less under the spell. — "For a second it looked like Gladys was goin' to freeze with horror; but she just gives Valentina the once-over and indulges in a panicky little giggle." — "Then she grips me around the neck and snuggles her head down on my necktie—say, then I knew." — WILT THOU TORCHY — CHAPTER I — ON THE WAY WITH CECIL — CHAPTER II — TOWING CECIL TO A SMEAR — CHAPTER III — TORCHY HANDS OUT A SPILL — [Illustration: "I don't think I ever saw Auntie come so near beamin' before. She seems right at home, fieldin' that line of chat. And Vee, too, is more or less under the spell."] — CHAPTER IV — HOW HAM PASSED THE BUCK — CHAPTER V — WITH ELMER LEFT IN — [Illustration: For a second it looked like Gladys was goin' to freeze with horror; but she just gives Valentina the once-over and indulges in a panicky little giggle.] — CHAPTER VI — A BALANCE FOR THE BOSS — CHAPTER VII — TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH — CHAPTER VIII — BREAKING ODD WITH MYRA — CHAPTER IX — REPORTING BLANK ON RUPERT — CHAPTER X — WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN — CHAPTER XI — A JOLT FROM OLD HICKORY — CHAPTER XII — TORCHY HITS THE HIGH SEAS — CHAPTER XIII — WHEN THE NAVY HORNED IN — CHAPTER XIV — AUNTIE TAKES A NIGHT OFF — CHAPTER XV — PASSING THE JOKE BUCK — CHAPTER XVI — TORCHY TAKES A RUNNING JUMP — CHAPTER XVII — A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH — [Illustration: "Then she grips me around the neck, and snuggles her head down on my necktie—say, then I knew."]

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