CHAPTER PAGE I. THE IDEA 1 II. IN WHICH THOMAS SNOBBE, ESQ., OF YONKERS, UNFOLDS A TALE 21 III. IN WHICH A MINCE-PIE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE 44 IV. BEING THE CONTRIBUTION OF MR. BEDFORD PARKE 59 V. THE SALVATION OF FINDLAYSON 80 VI. IN WHICH HARRY SNOBBE RECITES A TALE OF GLOOM 102 VII. THE DREAMERS DISCUSS A MAGAZINE POEM 123 VIII. DOLLY VISITS CHICAGO 142 IX. IN WHICH YELLOW JOURNALISM CREEPS IN 163 X. THE MYSTERY OF PINKHAM'S DIAMOND STUD 185 XI. LANG TAMMAS AND DRUMSHEUGH SWEAR OFF 207 XII. CONCLUSION--LIKEWISE MR. BILLY JONES 228 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE FIRST GLOOMSTER _Frontispiece_ DISCUSSING THE IDEA 3 AND SO TO DREAM 17 THE DREAMERS DINE 25 "'REMEMBER TO BE BRAVE'" 35 "'ELEANOR HUYLER HAS DISAPPEARED'" 39 "WRIT A POME ABOUT A KID" 47 "I BOUGHT A BOOK OF VERSE" 51 "IT FILLED ME WITH DISMAY" 55 "'COME IN'" 61 MARY 65 EDWARDS REBELS 71 THE VICEROY EXAMINES HIS RUINED SMILE 85 THEY GAVE HIM _PUNCH_ 89 THE DONKEY ENGINE CALLS ON FINDLAYSON 93 THE END OF THE GLOOMSTER 109 WISHED HER A HAPPY NEW-YEAR 117 "'O ARGENT-BROWED SARCOPHAGUS'" 125 "_SARCOPHAGUSTUS_" 131 MR. BILLY JONES 137 "'I MUST SEE HIM,' SAID DOLLY" 145 "'KAPE YOUR HOOSBAND HOME'" 155 MIXING ILLUSTRATIONS 159 THE SHIP'S BARBER AT WORK 167 A CLEVER CAROM 177 SINKING THE _CASTILLA_ 181 THE LAMP-POSTS WERE TWISTED 191