_King Time or the Mystical Land of the Hours_ _A Fantasy_

_BY P.K. Fitzhugh_

_Illustrated By L.J. Bridgman_

_H M Caldwell Company New York and Boston_

_Published simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and British Possessions_

=To Lawrence=

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_Contents_

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PRELUDE 13

WHAT THE CLOCK HAD TO DO WITH IT 19

MR. THREE O’CLOCK’S INVITATION 25

THE SECRET OF THE PASSING HOURS 27

THE JOURNEY 34

SONG OF THE MINSTRELS ON THE FRONTIER 43

THE MAGICAL FLOWER 47

THE SAD STORY OF THE WOLLERPERLECK 63

THE WOLLERPERLECK, OR THE LEGEND OF THE ROADS 71

THE WHOPPER THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON TOLD 83

MR. THREE O’CLOCK’S AWFUL CONFESSION 97

AN EVENING WITH THE COLONIAL HOURS 123

THE DREADFUL NEWS FROM TICKERLEEN 145

ON TO TICKERLEEN! 153

FATHER TIME GIVES HIS OPINION 169

THE MIGHTY DUKE PROCRASTINATE 207

THE REASON WHY 221

THE CLOCK STRIKES EIGHT 229

_List of Colored Plates_

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“‘MAY I SAY A WORD TO YOU, FATHER TIME?’” (_Page_ 186) _Frontispiece_

“‘I AM THE HOUR THE BOYS ALL LIKE’” 21

ON THE SWINGER 33

“AND THE FIRE SMILED ON THE GENIAL HOST, THE IMP, AND THE LITTLE BOY” 69

“‘HE TRIED TO BUTTON IT HERE WHEN HE COULDN’T!’” 93

THE BULLETIN 116

“THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF TOCKERLORE WENT THE QUEER LITTLE CLOCK-WORK TRAIN” 154

THE DUKE PROCRASTINATE 213