Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's notes

Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently corrected. A list of other changes made can be found at the end of the book.

Mark-up: _italics_

The King _of_ Gee-Whiz

The King _of_ Gee-Whiz

_By_ Emerson Hough

Author of The Mississippi Bubble The Law of the Land, etc.

With Lyrics by

Wilbur D. Nesbit

Author of The Trail to Boyland, etc.

Illustrated by

Oscar E. Cesare

Indianapolis

The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers

Copyright 1906 By Emerson Hough

PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Widow Pickle's Twins and Their Peculiar Hair 1

II The Widow Pickle's Strange Visitor 4

III The Enchanted Banjo 9

IV The Search in the Cupboard 12

V The Gee-Whiz Submarine Express 18

VI The Journey Through the Air 22

VII The Journey Through the Water 27

VIII The Explosion of the Submarine Express 37

IX The Arrival at the Island 41

X The King of Gee-Whiz 44

XI The Royal Hereditary Twins 49

XII The Gold Waffle-Iron 57

XIII The Fairy Telephone 66

XIV Jankow the Dragon 72

XV The Golden Ladder to Fairy-Land 79

XVI The King and the Wicked Fairy 85

XVII The King and the Rubber Tree 92

XVIII The King Loses His Shadow 97

XIX Troubles at the Royal Palace 103

XX The Disappearance of the Royal Twins 109

XXI The Journey to Fairy-Land 114

XXII The Bumblebee Express 120

XXIII To the Valley of the Fairies 127

XXIV The Royal and Official Council 131

XXV The Fairy City of Almalena 141

XXVI The Journey to Candy-Town 149

XXVII The Valley of Gold 163

XXVIII The Mother of Gold 173

XXIX The Secret Wish of the Fairy Queen 179

XXX The Queen Recovers the Shadow 184

XXXI The Messengers of the Fairy Queen 191

XXXII The Return to the Island 196

XXXIII The Happy Ending of the Story 201

The King _of_ Gee-Whiz