How doth the Simple
Spelling Bee
BY
OWEN WISTER
AUTHOR OF "THE VIRGINIAN,"
"LADY BALTIMORE," ETC., ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. R. GRUGER
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: THE MACMILLAN CO., Ltd.
1907
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1907,
By THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Copyright, 1907,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1907.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
ILLUSTRATIONS
| FACING PAGE | |
| "Hup, hup, hup!" | Frontispiece |
| Flung the cakes at my man Edward. | 10 |
| "Chickle is not liquid refreshment." | 24 |
| Professors Totts and Egghorn signingtheir respective works. | 54 |
| Masticator B. Fellows. | 58 |
| Professor Dudelsacker. | 82 |
| Jesse had mounted upon the table withthe still faintly bellowing Totts. | 96 |
HOW DOTH THE SIMPLE SPELLING-BEE
Impruv each shining ower.
Of course, I know not how it may be with you; but with me the mailbrings daily a multitude of communications that I have not sought, anddo not want; nor do I refer to bills alone; and so, when there came oneday a printed card saying:—
Why Heifer?
I tossed it into my waste-paper basket, and remembered it no [Pg 2]more. Somedays had passed, during which I had worked onward at the index of myforthcoming volume, when my memory was jogged by the arrival of a newabsurdity:—
Why not Heffer?
Like its predecessor, this card went at once into my basket. I hadnearly finished the B's in my index before the mail brought thefollowing:—