Among his books are "The Idiot," "A House Boat on the Styx," "The Bicyclers, and Other Farces," "Songs of Cheer," "Line o' Cheer for Each Day o' the Year," "The Foothills of Parnassus," "A Quest for Song," and "The Cheery Way."

With them, all fleeing from the same foe, all moving in one direction, were family carriages, the servants on the box in disordered livery, as they had served dinner, or coatless, but still in the striped waistcoats and silver buttons of grooms or footmen, and bicyclers with bundles strapped to their shoulders, and men and women stumbling on foot, carrying their children.

Title: The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces Author: John Kendrick Bangs Release Date: March 30, 2004

[eBook #11759] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES*** Transcribed by David Price, email [email protected] THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES Contents: The Bicyclers A Dramatic Evening The Fatal Message A Proposal Under Difficulties THE BICYCLERS CHARACTERS: MR.

[eBook #11759] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES*** Transcribed by David Price, email [email protected] THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES Contents: The Bicyclers A Dramatic Evening The Fatal Message A Proposal Under Difficulties THE BICYCLERS CHARACTERS: MR.

[eBook #11759] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES*** Transcribed by David Price, email [email protected] THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES Contents: The Bicyclers A Dramatic Evening The Fatal Message A Proposal Under Difficulties THE BICYCLERS CHARACTERS: MR.

[eBook #11759] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES*** Transcribed by David Price, email [email protected] THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES Contents: The Bicyclers A Dramatic Evening The Fatal Message A Proposal Under Difficulties THE BICYCLERS CHARACTERS: MR.

The best bicyclers in the world are all the time falling off, taking headers, and banging their ankles.

Best bicyclers always smashing ankles, falling off, taking headers!

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A road which seems most seductive on the bicycler's road map may be a sea of sand or a veritable quagmire, but with a fine bicycle path at the side.