Adventures of Bindle

by Herbert George Jenkins

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  ADVENTURES OF BINDLE

  WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT

  This Bindle Book deals with the further adventures of Joseph Bindle,furniture remover. One of the criticisms levelled at "The Night Club"was that there was not enough of Bindle in it. In the new volumeBindle is there all the time.

  The story is told of how he helped Mr. Hearty to advertise his newshop; how Lady Knob-Kerrick's drawing-room was, without her knowledge,turned into billets for soldiers; how Mrs. Bindle decided to take alodger and what came of it; how Bindle became a porter at the FulhamSquare Mansions and let the same flat to two people, and thecomplications that ensued; how he discouraged the Rev. Andrew MacFie'sattentions to his niece, Millie Hearty.

  In this volume reappear practically all those in the previous volume,including the gloomy Ginger, Wilkes, Huggles, Lady Knob-Kerrick, DickLittle, "Guggers," Mr. and Mrs. Hearty, "Millikins," together with anumber of new characters.

  _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

  THE BINDLES ON THE ROCKS BINDLE THE NIGHT CLUB JOHN DENE OF TORONTO MALCOLM SAGE, DETECTIVE MRS. BINDLE PATRICIA BRENT, SPINSTER THE RETURN OF ALFRED THE RAIN GIRL THE STIFFSONS and other stories

  ADVENTURES OF BINDLE

  _by_ HERBERT JENKINS

  HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 3 DUKE OF YORK STREET, ST. JAMES'S LONDON, S.W.I

  A HERBERT JENKINS BOOK]

  _Twelfth printing, completing 167,461 copies_

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  TO

  THE CHILDREN OF THE DEAD END

  There are Fairies in the city, There are Fairies on the down, When Wee Hughie comes from Ireland To visit London Town.

  There is sunshine in the dungeon, There is starlight in the grave, If June will but remember The things that April gave.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. THE COMING OF THE LODGER 9 II. A DOWNING STREET SENSATION 20 III. THE AIR-RAID 35 IV. THE DUPLICATION OF MR. HEARTY 41 V. THE GATHERING OF THE BANDS 50 VI. MR. GUPPERDUCK'S MISHAP 61 VII. THE COURTING OF THE REV. ANDREW MACFIE 69 VIII. THE CHAPEL CONVERSAZIONE 80 IX. THE LETTING OF NUMBER SIX 95 X. THE DOWNFALL OF MR. JABEZ STIFFSON 105 XI. THE CAMOUFLAGING OF MR. GUPPERDUCK 117 XII. THE TRAGEDY OF GIUSEPPI ANTONIO TOLMENICINO 123 XIII. THE RETURN OF CHARLIE DIXON 135 XIV. MR. HEARTY YIELDS 142 XV. A BILLETING ADVENTURE 150 XVI. MILLIE'S WEDDING 162

  _All the characters in this book are entirely imaginary and have no relation whatsoever to any living persons._

  ADVENTURES OF BINDLE