# The Imp and the Angel (collection)

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He looked back once or twice hesitatingly, but they did not call him.
THE IMP
AND THE
ANGEL
By
Josephine Dodge Daskam
ILLUSTRATED BY
Bernard J. Rosenmeyer
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1901
Copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published October, 1901
THE CAXTON PRESS NEW YORK
To J. S. D.
Kind Sponsor to the Author
and
Good Friend to the Imp
These Stories are
Dedicated
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* The Imp and the Angel, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* The Imp and the Drum, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
* The Imp and the Author, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* The Imp's Matinée, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7l
* The Imp's Christmas Dinner, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* The Imp Disposes, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* The Prodigal Imp, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................151
ILLUSTRATIONS
* FACING PAGE
* He looked back once or twice hesitatingly, but they did not call him, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece
* "Look out, Algy!" he said dutifully, "this is my second suit!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
* "As they went round, till every girl was lifted out," ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
* The audience waited with dogged patience for twenty minutes, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
* "They can't play for one boy—they simply can't," said the man, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................80
* So he lurked on the outside of the ring that always surrounded her, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................752
* "One for the City," he said, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158
* He wept quietly on her white lawn shoulder, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................166
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