X. AN EXTRAORDINARY INTERVIEW 175

XI. A ROYAL OUTING 192

XII. I AM DISMISSED 212




ILLUSTRATIONS


BRANCH OFFICE OF MAMMON & CO. _Frontispiece_

HIPPOPOPOLIS EXPLAINS _Facing p._ 8

A DREAM OF BRIGANDAGE " 22

IN THE ELEVATOR " 30

"'THE GODDESS OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW'" " 42

"ANYTHING COULD BE GOT FOR THE RINGING" " 60

"JUPITER HURLED A THUNDER-BOLT AT HIM" " 64

THE OLYMPIAN LINKS " 84

CARING FOR THE CALVES " 104