THE PRODIGAL PRO TEM
“I am to do the library. The servants are all busy.”
“There is nothing like giving the servants a great deal
ofwork,” he declared enthusiastically.
See page 147
THE
PRODIGAL PRO TEM
BY
FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT
Author of “The Seventh Noon,” “The
Web of the Golden Spider,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1910
By Small, Maynard & Company
(INCORPORATED)
Entered at Stationers’ Hall
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
TO
DAN
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I | Barnes—the Preposterous | 13 |
| II | The Courtesy of the Road | 30 |
| III | Dreams for the Old | 39 |
| IV | Questions of Diplomacy | 51 |
| V | Three-Fingered Bill | 63 |
| VI | The Mystery of a Vision | 74 |
| VII | The Call of the Road | 83 |
| VIII | An Estimable Young Man | 94 |
| IX | A Lullaby | 105 |
| X | On Trout Fishing and Bow-Knots | 116 |