Tamawaca Folks

by L. Frank Baum

 

Tamawaca Folks

A
Summer Comedy

By JOHN ESTES COOKE

 

Publishers
THE TAMAWACA PRESS
U. S. A.

 

 

Copyrighted 1907 by
G. J. WILSON

 

 

List of Chapters

1. PAGE

2. I

   The Lawyer

   9

3. II

   Jim

   18

4. III

   Wilder

   31

5. IV

   Just Girls

   53

6. V

   Getting Acquainted

   66

7. VI

   Found Out

   80

8. VII

   The Meeting

   96

9. VIII

   Something Doing

   114

10. IX

    Developing the Negative

    122

11. X

    Jim Gets a Raise

    135

12. XI

    Rough-housing

    152

13. XII

    Mrs. Herringford's Party

    161

14. XIII

    Reconciliation

    172

15. XIV

    Of Course

    184

 

 

Tamawaca Folks

 

EXPLANATIVE.

The author begs to state that whatever is contained in this modest volume has been written in a spirit of the broadest goodfellowship, and with malice toward none. He has met odd and entertaining people in all quarters of the world and has brought them together in "Tamawaca Folks" merely that he might weave them into his little romance, and with no thought of being in any way personal. Therefore, since these are many and variant types and can have no individuality for that reason, the writer begs his reader not to attempt to fit any of the fictitious characters to living persons, lest your neighbor try to fit one of my masquerade costumes to you—which would be an impertinence I am sure you would not like. The temptation, I admit, is natural, because the people portrayed are all human and even their composites have prototypes in nearly every locality. But desist, I entreat you.

Tamawaca exists, and is as beautiful as I have described it. I chose it as the scene of my story because I once passed an entire summer there and was fascinated by its incomparable charm. The middle West has no spot that can compete with it in loveliness.