# Bill the Minder

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
| | PAGE |
| BILL THE MINDER | 1 |
| THE KING OF TROY | 15 |
| THE ANCIENT MARINER | 33 |
| THE TRIPLETS | 51 |
| GOOD AUNT GALLADIA | 65 |
| THE DOCTOR | 79 |
| THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN | 97 |
| THE SICILIAN CHAR-WOMAN | 115 |
| THE INTERVAL | 133 |
| THE REAL SOLDIER | 147 |
| THE WILD MAN | 165 |
| THE MUSICIAN | 183 |
| ​THE LOST GROCER | 199 |
| THE MERCHANT'S WIFE | 213 |
| THE CAMP-FOLLOWERS | 227 |
| THE SIEGE OF TROY | 241 |
| THE END | 255 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
COLOURED PLATES
| FRONTISPIECE | | |
| THE KING OF TROY COMPELLED TO ASK HIS WAY | To face page | 30 |
| THE SPORT OF EVERY MER-KID | ,, | 48 |
| HE WAS ALWAYS AT HAND | ,, | 58 |
| I FELL FROM MY POSITION | ,, | 72 |
| THE LORD MAYOR HELD A LONG COUNCIL | ,, | 88 |
| THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN | ,, | 110 |
| BASIL HERBERT DEVELOPS A CHILBLAIN | ,, | 122 |
| AND LEFT HIM TO HAVE HIS CRY OUT | ,, | 140 |
| REGINALD COMPLETELY LOST HIS TEMPER | ,, | 156 |
| HARMLESS INDEED WERE OUR JOYS | ,, | 168 |
| AND PLAYED IT FOR MY DELIGHT | ,, | 190 |
| FOLLOWED HIM AT THE GREATEST SPEED | ,, | 208 |
| BRINGING WITH THEM A LITTLE OLD MAN | ,, | 216 |
| THEY CAME UPON A GREAT STONE SPHINX | ,, | 230 |
| CLOSELY OBSERVED FROM THE WATCH TOWERS | ,, | 244 |
BILL THE MINDER
| | PAGE |
| TITLE-PAGE | 1 |
| HEADPIECE | 2 |
| HIS HOWLS BECAME TERRIFIC | 7 |
| ALWAYS INVENTING NEW WAYS OF MINDING | 10 |
| YOUNG TOOTH-CUTTERS FORGOT THEIR TROUBLES | 11 |
| THE ONLY MINDER OF THE DISTRICT | 13 |
| TAILPIECE | 14 |
THE KING OF TROY
| TITLE-PAGE | 15 |
| HEADPIECE | 16 |
| HE CLIMBED THE RICK | 18 |
| HE COMMENCED HIS TALE | 21 |
| WHAT A TIME WE HAD | 26 |
| TAILPIECE | 31 |
| VIGNETTE | 32 |
THE ANCIENT MARINER
| TITLE-PAGE | 33 |
| HEADPIECE | 34 |
| I SIGN ON AS CABIN BOY | 39 |
| I WENT ON WITH MY SANDWICHES | 42 |
| FOR YEARS WE SAILED | 47 |
| TAILPIECE | 49 |
| VIGNETTE | 50 |
THE TRIPLETS
| TITLE-PAGE | 51 |
| HEADPIECE | 52 |
| ENDEAVOURING TO COMFORT THE OLD MAN | 55 |
| WE GREW UP IN COMPARATIVE HAPPINESS | 58 |
| THE TRIPLETS ACCOMPANY THE ARMY | 63 |
| TAILPIECE | 64 |
GOOD AUNT GALLADIA
| TITLE-PAGE | 65 |
| HEADPIECE | 66 |
| I JUST MANAGED TO REACH THE EGGS | 71 |
| I ANGLE THE AIR | 72 |
| I ERECTED MY POLE ON THE SANDS | 73 |
| ITS OLD STATELY SELF AGAIN | 75 |
THE DOCTOR
| TITLE-PAGE | 79 |
| HEADPIECE | 80 |
| FAR SOONER HAVE THE MUMPS | 83 |
| THE PUFF BAKER | 87 |
| TREATED WITH DELICIOUS JALAPS | 88 |
| AS SOME PATIENT PREPARED HIS DOSE | 89 |
| THE VERY SPARROWS GREW THIN | 91 |
| POSTCARD | 94 |
| POSTCARD | 95 |
| TAILPIECE | 96 |
THE RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN
| TITLE-PAGE | 97 |
| HEADPIECE | 98 |
| BOWING POLITELY TO THE PILLAR-BOXES | 103 |
| THE CHURCH STEEPLE HAD BEEN REMOVED | 104 |
| STANDING ALONE UPON THE WALLS | 106 |
| DANGLING BY HIS LEGS | 109 |
| TAILPIECE | 113 |
| VIGNETTE | 114 |
THE SICILIAN CHAR-WOMAN
| TITLE-PAGE | 115 |
| HEADPIECE | 116 |
| I TOOK LEAVE OF MY SORROWING FATHER | 120 |
| HARDLY DISGUISING HIS EFFORTS TO IGNORE ME | 121 |
| THEY WERE COMPELLED TO SEND FOR A PHYSICIAN | 125 |
| THE IMPROVEMENT WAS MAINTAINED | 129 |
| DISCOVERED A CLOVE KERNEL | 130 |
| VIGNETTE | 132 |
THE INTERVAL
| TITLE-PAGE | 133 |
| HEADPIECE | 134 |
| I FELL ON TO THE PARSNIP | 137 |
| THEY ALL ONCE MORE STARTED | 138 |
| ON THEIR ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY | 139 |
| THE WHOLE CAMP WAS FAST ASLEEP | 142 |
| TAILPIECE | 145 |
| VIGNETTE | 146 |
THE REAL SOLDIER
| TITLE-PAGE | 147 |
| HEADPIECE | 148 |
| THE REAL SOLDIER | 153 |
| 'BUT HOLD!' CRIED THE PRESIDENT | 156 |
| 'YOUR FATE BE UPON YOUR OWN HEAD' | 157 |
| FLOUNDERING ABOUT IN THE SEA | 159 |
| IN EXPECTATION OF THEIR LEADER | 161 |
| TAILPIECE | 163 |
| VIGNETTE | 164 |
THE WILD MAN
| TITLE-PAGE | 165 |
| HEADPIECE | 166 |
| I PLEADED MY CASE | 169 |
| AND KILLED IT ON THE SPOT | 173 |
| WE COOKED ONE GREAT STEAK | 177 |
| TAILPIECE | 181 |
| VIGNETTE | 182 |
THE MUSICIAN
| TITLE-PAGE | 183 |
| HEADPIECE | 184 |
| ​SHE NOW MADE OFF TO THE WOODS | 189 |
| HE WOULD CLIMB TO THE TOPMOST BRANCHES | 190 |
| SWEEPING THE DEAD LEAVES | 195 |
| WITH NO OTHER WEALTH THAN MY CONCERTINA | 197 |
| TAILPIECE | 198 |
THE LOST GROCER
| TITLE-PAGE | 199 |
| HEADPIECE | 200 |
| AFFECTED BY HIS STORY | 205 |
| PLUMP INTO THE RIVER WE WENT | 206 |
| THERE GREW IN FRONT OF ME A GREAT MOUND | 209 |
| SNEEZING AND SNEEZING | 211 |
THE MERCHANT'S WIFE
| TITLE-PAGE | 213 |
| HEADPIECE | 214 |
| MOPING ABOUT THE COMMON | 219 |
| KEPT HIM OUT OF MISCHIEF | 223 |
| GLORIOUS TARTS AND SWEETS | 224 |
| IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ATE | 225 |
| TAILPIECE | 226 |
THE CAMP-FOLLOWERS
| TITLE-PAGE | 227 |
| HEADPIECE | 228 |
| THE HEADS SERVED FOR DOLLS | 233 |
| YOU ARE NOW OUR ONLY HOPE | 234 |
| I FISHED AND FISHED AND FISHED | 237 |
| TAILPIECE | 239 |
| VIGNETTE | 240 |
THE SIEGE OF TROY
| TITLE-PAGE | 241 |
| HEADPIECE | 242 |
| PLAN OF SIEGE | 245 |
| THESE PARCELS WERE NOW LABELLED | 248 |
| AND PACKED HIM OFF TO PERSIA | 251 |
| TROY BECAME THE HAPPIEST TOWN | 253 |
THE END
| VIGNETTE | 256 |
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