Odd Numbers is a collection of linked humorous stories narrated by Shorty McCabe, a New York physical-culture trainer with an eye for city characters. The tales follow his dealings with various New Yorkers and their schemes. They are worth hearing for their vernacular humor and portrait of early twentieth-century urban life.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
“‘SƗǪǵŧǡǪ? DLj ΅ŧ ƯLjLjƫ Ɨǵ?’ ǪĵΏǪ MĵƗǪƗŧ” ODD NUMBERS BEING FURTHER CHRONICLES OF SHORTY McCABE BY SEWELL FORD AUTHOR OF TRYING OUT TORCHY, ETC. Illustrations by F. VAUX WILSON NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, œΏ SEWELL FORD CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1912, œΏ EDWARD J. CLODE Contents CHAPTER I. GLjƯƗĵƒ ĵƿŠ ǵƒŧ PǼǡǙƯŧ LƗŠ II. How Maizie Came Through III. Where Spotty Fitted In IV. A Grandmother Who Got Going V. A Long Shot on DeLancey VI. Playing Harold Both Ways VII. Cornelia Shows Some Class VIII. Doping Out an Odd One IX. Handing Bobby a Blank X. Marmaduke Slips One Over XI. A Look In on the Goat Game XII. Mrs. Truckles’ Broad Jump XIII. Heiney Takes the Gloom Cure XIV. A Try-Out for Toodleism XV. The Case of the Tiscotts XVI. Classing Tutwater Right XVII. How Hermy Put It Over XVIII. Joy Riding with Aunty XIX. Turning a Trick for Beany ODD NUMBERS
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