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 HAPPY JACK

 BY

 

 THORNTON W. BURGESS

 

            With Illustrations by HARRISON CADY

            This book, while produced under wartime conditions, in full compliance with government regulations for the conservation of paper and other essential materials, is COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED.

            1918,

 TO

 

 DR. WILLIAM T. HORNADAY

 

 TO WHOM POSTERITY WILL OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS VALIANT FIGHT TO PRESERVE AMERICAN WILD LIFE, WHO HAS BEEN A LIFELONG CHAMPION OF HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL, AND TO WHOM THE AUTHOR IS DEEPLY INDEBTED FOR ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED

 

 CONTENTS

 

  I. HAPPY JACK DROPS A NUT

 

  II. THE QUARREL

 

             III. STRIPED CHIPMUNK Is KEPT VERY BUSY

  IV. HAPPY JACK AND CHATTERER FEEL FOOLISH

 

  V. HAPPY JACK SUSPECTS STRIPED CHIPMUNK

 

  VI. HAPPY JACK SPIES ON STRIPED CHIPMUNK

 

  VII. STRIPED CHIPMUNK HAS FUN WITH HAPPY JACK

 

  VIII. HAPPY JACK TURNS BURGLAR

 

  IX. HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL'S SAD MISTAKE

 

  X. STRIPED CHIPMUNK'S HAPPY THOUGHT

 

  XI. STRIPED CHIPMUNK'S THANKSGIVING DINNER

 

  XII. HAPPY JACK DOES SOME THINKING

 

  XIII. HAPPY JACK GETS A WARNING

 

  XIV. HAPPY JACK'S RUN FOR LIFE

 

  XV. WHO SAVED HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL?

 

  XVI. HAPPY JACK MISSES FARMER BROWN'S BOY

 

  XVII. TOMMY TIT BRINGS NEWS

 

  XVIII. HAPPY JACK DECIDES TO MAKE A CALL

 

  XIX. TOMMY TIT AND HAPPY JACK PAY A VISIT

 

  XX. WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH FARMER BROWN'S BOY?

 

  XXI. HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL GROWS VERY BOLD

 

  XXII. HAPPY JACK DARES TOMMY TIT

 

  XXIII. SAMMY JAY IS QUITE UPSET

 

  XXIV. A DREAM COMES TRUE

 

  XXV. HAPPY JACK HAS A HAPPY THOUGHT

 

  XXVI. FARMER BROWN'S BOY WAKES WITH A START

 

  XXVII. HAPPY JACK IS AFRAID TO GO HOME

 

  XXVIII. HAPPY JACK FINDS A NEW HOME

 

  XXIX. FARMER BROWN'S BOY TAKES A PRISONER

 

  XXX. A PRISONER WITHOUT FEAR

 

  XXXI. WHAT FARMER BROWN'S BOY DID WITH SHADOW

 

  XXXII. HAPPY JACK IS PERFECTLY HAPPY

 

  XXXIII. SAMMY JAY UPSETS HAPPY JACK