An Idyll of All Fools' Day
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Copyright, 1908, by
The Phillips Publishing Co.
Copyright, 1908, by
Dodd, Mead & Company
Published, October, 1908
To
A. A. B.
this bit of busy nonsense
is dedicated.
J. D. B.
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Only her shriek of terror saved them from the stone wall" (p, 47)Frontispiece
Facing page "'Here we are at last, Nette dear, dressed in our bestfor you!'"
"'On the right,' he began didactically"
"The red-headed boy bounded beside them, whooping madly"
"At the risk of losing his straight course he stole a rapid glanceat her"
"'Jump! Jump!' he cried hoarsely"
"'Well, here we are!' he said tentatively"
"Nette, wringing her hair and murmuring incoherent abnegations"
"'Mademoiselle,' he began, 'you are--you are--' he paused, forgenuine lack of words"
"'This gentleman here will take you down directly'"
THE ESCAPE
I.
THE ESCAPE
'TWAS a bloomy morning, all crocuses and tree buds, and Antonysniffed it into his nostrils thankfully, even while he scowled.
"Come, come!" said his Uncle Julius, a wealthy old gentlemanbuttoned firmly into a white vest, "what a face! It is nothing soterrible that I ask of you! One would think it a hanging matter, tobeau a pretty y