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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1911. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X LAST HISTORIC EXPLOIT OF THE FIRM Say did you pass? Then set ''em up! Good work, my brilliant brother. Say, did you flunk? Then pass the cup! Hard luck! Let''s have another! It heightens all the joys of Greek, Soothes Mathematics'' rigor, In each event of life we seek The ever-flowing jigger. Refrain The jig, jig, jigger, The jig, jig, jigger, The jig, jig, jigger, the jigger, But we, when waves of trouble roll, We hie us to the jigger. For Heaven''s sake, shut up, Goat! You''re ''way off the tune, said the Tennessee Shad irritably. Now, the Goat knew he was not off the tune and, likewise, perfectly understood the cause of the irritation. Wallowing gorgeously on heapedup sofa-cushions, breathing in the perfumed breeze at the open window, his chin in his hands, he looked down maliciously to where the Tennessee Shad, indolently on his back, retired under the brim of his sombrero, was nibbling at the pink-and-white petals that rocked languidly down. Then, with malice aforethought, the Goat''s floating tenor resumed: It cools in heat, it warms in cold, If sick it can restore us, And when our health becomes too good, ''Twill fix the matter for us; So eat a plenty while you''re small, Eat more when you are bigger, And lest we do not grow at all, Let''s take another jigger. Chorus now, Shad! The jig, jig, jigger, The jig, jig, jigger, The jig, jig, jigger, the jigger. But we, when waves of trouble roll, We hie us to the jigger. Whereupon the Goat, seized with the idea, disappeared from the dormer window and presently shuffled out on the esplanade. They''re fresh strawberry jiggers, Shad, he exclaimed tantalizingly; for the first time too. The Tennessee Shad snored loudly. Would you like me to set you up? said the Goat, frisking as near as he dared. Would you...
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