THE WATER GOATS AND OTHER TROUBLES     

  

       By Ellis Parker Butler     

  

       By The Same Author     

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       Contents     

  THE WATER GOATS AND OTHER TROUBLES  

  I. THE WATER GOATS  

  II. MR. BILLINGS'S POCKETS  

  III. OUR FIRST BURGLAR  

   

    

    

       I. THE WATER GOATS     

       “And then,” said the landscape gardener, combing his silky, pointed beard gently with his long, artistic fingers, “in the lake you might have a couple of gondolas. Two would be sufficient for a lake of this size; amply sufficient. Yes,” he said firmly, “I would certainly advise gondolas. They look well, and the children like to ride on them. And so do the adults. I would have two gondolas in the lake.”      

       Mayor Dugan and the City Council, meeting as a committee of the 

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