A collection of humorous short stories featuring Torchy, a young office worker, and his friend Vee. Set in the United States during the First World War, the tales offer a light-hearted look at everyday life on the home front. They are part of Sewell Ford's Torchy series.
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TORCHY AND VEE BY SEWELL FORD AUTHOR OF TORCHY, THE HOUSE OF TORCHY SHORTY McCABE, Etc. emblem GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1918, 1919, by SEWELL FORD Copyright, 1919, BY EDWARD J. CLODE All rights reserved PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOREWORD In the Nature of an Alibi Some of these stories were written while the Great War was still on. So the setting and local coloring and atmosphere and all that sort of thing, such as it is, came from those strenuous days when we heroic civilians read the war extras with stern, unflinching eye, bought as many Liberty bonds as we were told we should, and subscribed to various drives as cheerfully as we might. Have you forgotten your reactions of a few short months ago? Perhaps then, these may revive your memory of some of them. You may note with disappointment that Torchy got no nearer to the front-line trenches than Bridgeport, Conn. That is a sentiment the writer shares with you. But the blame lies with an overcautious government which hesitated, perhaps from super-humane reasons, from turning loose on a tottering empire a middle-aged semi-literary person who was known to handle a typewriter with such reckless abandon. And where he could not go himself he refused to send another. So Torchy remained on this side, and whether or not his stay was a total loss is for you to decide. S. F.
Contents CHAPTER I THE QUICK SHUNT FOR PUFFY II OLD HICKORY BATS UP ONE III TORCHY PULLS THE DEEP STUFF IV A FRAME-UP FOR STUBBY V THE VAMP IN THE WINDOW VI TURKEYS ON THE SIDE VII ERNIE AND HIS BIG NIGHT VIII HOW BABE MISSED HIS STEP IX HARTLEY AND THE G. O. G.'S X THE CASE OF OLD JONESEY XI AS LUCY LEE PASSED BY XII TORCHY MEETS ELLERY BEAN XIII TORCHY STRAYS FROM BROADWAY XIV SUBBING FOR THE BOSS XV A LATE HUNCH FOR LESTER XVI TORCHY TACKLES A MYSTERY XVII WITH VINCENT AT THE TURN TORCHY AND VEE CHAPTER I THE QUICK SHUNT FOR PUFFY
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