Dedication
To
BILLY AND JOHN
TWO LITTLE BOYS
Epigraph
“I’m Lemuel Mizzen, A.B., that’s me!” 50
“L-l-Lem!” shrieked the parrot. “Who’s your f-f-f-friends?” 86
Mr. Hanlon was standing on his feet by the log on which his head had been cut off 134
Shiraz the Rug-Merchant looked at his visitor with little beady black eyes 188
“Ah, yes,” said Aunt Amanda, “there’s no place like the Old Tobacco Shop after all” 235