CASTLE CRANEYCROW

BY

George Barr McCutcheon

NEW YORK

1902






CASTLE CRANEYCROW

THE TAKING OF TURK





It was characteristic of Mr. Philip Quentin that he first lectured
his servant on the superiority of mind over matter and then took him
cheerfully by the throat and threw him into a far corner of the
room. As the servant was not more than half the size of the master,
his opposition was merely vocal, but it was nevertheless
unmistakable. His early career had increased his vocabulary and his
language was more picturesque than pretty. Yet of his loyalty and