PUBLISHED BY HERBERT S. STONE AND COMPANY CHICAGO & NEW YORK MDCCCCI COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY HERBERT S. STONE & CO. The Author and the Publishers wish to acknowledge the courtesy of Victor F. Lawson, Esq. , in permitting the reissue of these Fables in book form, after their appearance in the columns of The Chicago Record. SIXTY-EIGHTH THOUSAND The Fable of the Visitor Who Got a Lot for