Produced by Irma Spehar, Jason Isbell, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "Get him a mirror."] ANDIRON TALES BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS ILLUSTRATED BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA [Illustration] COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. TOM AND THE ANDIRONS 9 CHAPTER II. THE STORY OF EBENEZER 17 CHAPTER III. OFF IN THE CLOUDS 25 CHAPTER IV. THE POKER TELLS HIS STORY 38 CHAPTER V. THE POKER CONCLUDES HIS STORY 45 CHAPTER VI. THE LITERARY BELLOWS 52 CHAPTER VII. THEY REACH THE CRESCENT MOON 61 CHAPTER VIII. ON THE TROLLEY CLOUD 70 CHAPTER IX. ON THE OSCYCLE--A NARROW ESCAPE 80 CHAPTER X. HOME AGAIN 91 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS "GET HIM A MIRROR," SAID THE LEFTHANDIRON. _In colors Frontispiece_ "I'M NOT A DORMOUSE" 12 "A LITTLE TALE WHICH I WILL WAG FOR YOU" 15 "AND THEN DIE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" 20 "JUST WHAT I WANTED FOR MY LUNCH" 22 "TRIED TO BITE MY HEAD OFF" 23 "A MOUSE WITH A DOOR TO HIM" 31 "THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE THAN THIS CLOUD," SAID THE POKER. _In colors_ 33 "IN ONE EAR AND OUT OF THE OTHER" 34 "A POKER WHO COULD ONLY POKE" 39 "No," she said, "I'm not your mother, I am a Fairy." _In colors_ 40 "DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN A BATHTUB" 41 "EAGLES NEVER HAVE UMBRELLAS" 46 "ONE DAY THE WOODCUTTERS CAME" 49 "SO I REALLY LIVE HOME" 51 "WHAT'S THE USE OF FIGHTING?" 53 "I BLOW A STORY OF TWO, NOW AND THEN," SAID THE BELLOWS. _In Colors_ 54 HE GAVE A TREMENDOUS WHEEZE 58 "COLUMBUS WAS A GREAT MAN" 63 "YOU SEE, IT'S THIS SHAPE" 66