Ellis Parker Butler
1) Pigs Is Pigs
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In this 1905 humorous short story, confusion over what a guinea pig truly is causes trouble for a stubborn railway agent. Mr. Morehouse would very much like to collect his two guinea pigs from the express office of the Interurban Express Company. However, railway agent Mike Flannery wants to charge him the livestock rate of thirty cents-not the lower pet rate of twenty-five cents. "Pigs is pigs," he tells an enraged Mr. Morehouse, believing that "guinea"...
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A hilarious parody of the detective genre — Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise — and those around him — proves to be rather adept at solving crimes. Amazingly, he solves many puzzles and even catches some real thieves and other...
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The Essential Ellis Butler Collection:
• The Cheerful Smugglers
• Goat-Feathers
• Kilo, Being the Love Story of Eliph' Hewlitt Book Agent
• Mike Flannery On Duty and Off
• "Pigs is Pigs"
• Solander's Radio Tomb
• The Thin Santa Claus
• The Water Goats and Other Troubles
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