Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) ADE'S FABLES BY GEORGE ADE BY THE SAME AUTHOR _The College Widow, In Pastures New, Knocking the Neighbors, Fables in Slang_ _Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon_ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1914 _Copyright, 1912, 1913, by_ COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE _Copyright, 1914, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ CONTENTS PAGE The New Fable of the Private Agitator and What He Cooked Up 3 The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite 23 The New Fable of the Intermittent Fusser 43 The New Fable of the Search for Climate 62 The New Fable of the Father Who Jumped In 83 The New Fable of the Uplifter and His Dandy Little Opus 100 The New Fable of the Wandering Boy and the Wayward Parent 119 The New Fable of What Transpires After the Wind-up 137 The Dream That Came Out with Much to Boot 155 The New Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table-Land 171 The New Fable of the Aerial Performer, the Buzzing Blondine, and the Daughter of Mr. Jackson 193 The New Fable of Susan and the Daughter and the Granddaughter, and then Something Really Grand 212 The New Fable of the Scoffer Who Fell Hard and the Woman Sitting By 237 The New Fable of the Lonesome Camp on the Frozen Heights 257 The New Fable of the Marathon in the Mud and the Laurel Wreath 281 ILLUSTRATIONS "You are entitled to One Hundred Thousand Dollars," murmurs the stealthy Promoter. _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Every time he sauntered carelessly across the porch, he gave a correct Imitation of a troop of Cavalry going over a Wooden Bridge 43 Father came in and took one look and said: "Not for Mine! I won't stand for any Puss Willow being grafted on to our Family Tree" 83 He was dazed and horrified to find himself suddenly subjected to the demoralizing Influences of the Small Town 119 Nearly every evening the Tradesman would back up to the Student Lamp and put in a delirious half-hour with the Views 155