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BUNKER BEAN
BY
HARRY LEON WILSON
The Spenders, The Lions of the Lord, The Boss of LittleArcady, etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY F. R. GRUGER
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1913
CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Every time I get alone I just giggle myself into spasms. Isn't itthe funniest?"
It was a friendly young face he saw there, but troubled
"I feared he was discommoding you," ventured the Countess, elegantlyapologetic
"Daughter!" said Breede with half a glance at the flapper
"Oh, put up your trinkets!" said Bean, with a fine affectation ofweariness
Thereafter, until late at night, the red car was trailed by thetaxi-cab
BUNKER BEAN
I
Bunker Bean was wishing he could be different. This discontent withhimself was suffered in a moment of idleness as he sat at a desk on ahigh floor of a very high office-building in "downtown" New York. Thefirst correction he would have made was that he should be "well over sixfeet" tall. He had observed that this was the accep