![]() The story was collected in A Wodehouse Bestiary, published in 1985 by Ticknor & Fields, New York, and edited by D. It was included in Short Stories, a 1983 collection of short stories by Wodehouse with illustrations by George Adamson, published by the Folio Society, London. ![]() "The Go-Getter" was included in the 1939 collection The Week-End Wodehouse (US edition), published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York. It was illustrated by Treyer Evans in the Strand. The story was illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg in Cosmopolitan. Lady Georgiana, meanwhile, is so impressed by Bottles' performance that she orders two tons of Dog-Joy off Freddie. His manly display shakes the scales from Gertrude's eyes, and she falls into his arms, while Watkins slinks off, defeated. Just in time, Bingham enters, sees the fight in progress, and breaks it up by the simple expedient of taking one dog in each massive hand and pulling. Watkins, to Gertrude's disgust, leaps atop a display cabinet, while the others dither about. Bottles remains, however, and when one of Lady Georgiana's Airedales comes in, a mighty battle commences. The family protest, and Beach is called to take the bag of rats away. That evening, while the household take after-dinner coffee in the drawing room, Freddie enters with Bottles and a sack of rats, intending to demonstrate the Dog-Joy reared mongrel's ratcatching prowess Orlo Watkins, observed by Gertrude, cringes somewhat at the sight. He later tries to reason with his cousin, but to no avail the glamour of the singer has taken her over. While visiting his friend Beefy Bingham to borrow his dog Bottles, Freddie learns that she has indeed all but "handed him the bird".įreddie tells this to Lady Georgiana, while giving a rather poor demonstration of Dog-Joy's powers, during which Bottles is scared off by Susan, one of Lady Georgiana's Pekes. Plot įreddie Threepwood, still trying to persuade his Aunt Georgiana of the benefits of Donaldson's Dog-Joy (even going so far as to act out the phrase "eating one's own dog food") hears that his cousin Gertrude has become infatuated with Orlo Watkins, a weedy tenor invited to the castle by Lady Constance. ![]() Part of the Blandings Castle canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935), although the story takes place sometime between the events of Leave it to Psmith (1923) and Summer Lightning (1929). Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the March 1931 issue ofĬosmopolitan (as "Sales Resistance"), and in the United Kingdom in the August 1931 Strand. Combine their abilities and mouseketools and they may succeed at finding him and bringing him back home.Short story by P. Bonus episode Goofys gone.Join the go getters as secret spy Daisy, Detective Minnie, Captain Clarabelle while they complete their mission to find missing clubhouse friend Goofy. Join Mickey and Daisy O Dare as they search for th e golden boo boo and find puzzle pieces along the way. Can they make it to the wizard without witch Pete getting them?Will Minnie and Pluto make it back to the clubhouse. Along the way they meet chipmunchkins, a goofy scarecrow and a lion who wants to be king. Watch out though! Bad witch Pete will do anything to get the shoes for himself. Good witch Clarabelle gives Minnie magical green shoes and she and Pluto are on their way to see the Wizard and get home. When the door opened a big wind comes through Minnies bow is carried away so she and Pluto chase it into the shoe garage and it blows the whole garage to a strange world called Dizz. Minnie forgets all about baking the special cake for the party. ![]() It's clubhouse day party and the gang is excited about it.
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