Bindle

Bindle: Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle. (1918)
by Herbert Jenkins

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Also published as Bindle: The Story Of A Cheerful Soul.

"I draws the line there; I don't 'old with 'ammerin' women. Yer can't 'ammer somethink wot can't 'ammer back, Ginger: that's for furriners. No, tack's the thing. Now take my missis. If yer back-answers 'er when she ain't feelin' chatty, you're as good as done. Wot I does is to keep quiet an' seem sorry, then she dries up. Arter a bit I'll whistle or 'um 'Gospel Bells' (that's 'er favourite 'ymn, Ginger) as if to meself. Then out I goes, an' when I gets 'ome to supper I takes in a tin o' salmon, an' it's all over till the next time. Wi' tack, 'Gospel Bells,' and a tin o' salmon yer can do a rare lot wi' women, Ginger."

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BINDLE

SOME CHAPTERS IN THE
LIFE OF JOSEPH BINDLE


THE CRITICS' WELCOME TO BINDLE
Bystander	Bindle is delicious
Scotsman	A Cockney Mr. Dooley.
Sunday times	A humorist of humorists.
Outlook	Bindle is a great creation.
Daily Express	A new character in fiction.
Punch	Mr. Herbert Jenkins is a humorist.
Daily News	Pickwickian... Bindle should "go."
Pall Mall Gaz.	The immortal mirth-provoking Bindle.
Sportsman	We bespeak a hearty welcome for Bindle.
Sporting Life	Bindle is simply great .. a classic of its kind.
Observer	One of the most "knowing" books ever written.

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BINDLE
SOME CHAPTERS IN THE
LIFE OF JOSEPH BINDLE

BY
HERBERT
JENKINS

TORONTO:WILLIAM BRIGGS
LONDON : HERBERT JENKINS Ltd.
MCMXVII

Printed in Great Britain

TO
MY MOTHER
WHO AS HER SON'S
BEST FRIEND IS
PROBABLY HIS
WORST CRITIC

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	FOREWORD	vii
I.	THE BINDLES AT HOME	11
II.	A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE	30
III.	THE HYPNOTIC FIASCO	44
IV.	THE HEARTYS AT HOME	56
V.	BINDLE TRIES A CHANGE OF WORK	71
VI.	THE HOTEL CORRIDOR	82
VII.	BINDLE COMMITS AN INDISCRETION	97
VIII.	THE GREAT CONSPIRACY	111
IX.	THE TEMPERANCE FÊTE	126
X.	MR. HEARTY PRAYS FOR BINDLE	138
XI.	MR. HEARTY BECOMES EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR	149
XII.	BINDLE AGREES TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE	167
XIII.	OXFORD'S WELCOME TO BINDLE	179
XIV.	MR. HEARTY GIVES A PARTY	203
XV.	BINDLE AND THE GERMAN MENACE	225
XVI.	THE AMATEUR DETECTIVES	238
XVII.	BINDLE MAKES A MISTAKE	251
XVIII.	BINDLE ASSISTS IN AN ELOPEMENT	270
XIX.	THE SCARLET HORSE COTERIE	290
XX.	MILLIE LEAVES HOME	302
XXI.	CONCLUSION	315

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