Produced by Darleen Dove, Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY] _SUBE CANE_ _BY_ EDWARD BELLAMY PARTRIDGE [Illustration] THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1917 COPYRIGHT 1917 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY [Illustration] "Sube Cane" CONTENTS CHAPTER I BEFORE USING 1 II ASTONISHING RESULTS 16 III THE LAST SAD RITES 28 IV AN INTERRUPTED HAIRCUT 40 V OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH 49 VI REIMBURSEMENT 60 VII A NEW FACE 75 VIII IN THE LION'S CAGE 86 IX IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME 100 X HIS DAY 112 XI A FLYER IN CATS 124 XII THE FUGITIVES 135 XIII THE EVER-GLORIOUS FOURTH 149 XIV THE GHOSTS 160 XV BISCUIT LEARNS TO SWIM 174 XVI SANCTUARY 190 XVII AN OLFACTORY RETORT 200 XVIII OF HOLY WRIT 208 XIX SUBE THE SHOWMAN 218 XX TEN KNIGHTS IN A BARROOM 228 XXI THE BARNSTORMERS 242 XXII A SECOND-HAND WAR BABY 254 XXIII RUMORS OF FRAUD 264 XXIV THE AUCTIONEER 275 XXV STUNG 286 XXVI SUBE GOES TO THE MOVIES 298 XXVII TRIAL MERSHUM 309 XXVIII THE TIMBER CRUISER 322 XXIX THE PARTY 334 XXX THE TRUTH 347 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Professional jealousy _Frontispiece_ A great light broke on him 7 The sheriff flashed a light 22