GOING WEST;
OR,
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS
A NOVEL
BY MRS. M. ALEXANDER
AUTHOR OF "A WIDOW'S LIFE," "HERE AND HEREAFTER," "THE
OUTCAST RECLAIMED," "CHRISTIANITY AND INFIDELITY."
Through the broad prairies
I'll merrily ride.
FOR SALE TO THE TRADE BY
WILLIS CHARLES, BOOKSELLER,
No. 53 Main St., Mt. Vernon, Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS:
CARLON & HOLLENBECK, PRINTERS AND BINDERS.
1881.
BY MRS. M. ALEXANDER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTER
- I. The Starting................................................. 3
- II. The Meeting ............................................... 10
- III. Austria's Trials........................................... 21
- IV. A Page in Mary's Life Unfolded.............................. 26
- V. Austria's and Mary's Friendship.............................. 35
- VI. George Kent................................................. 40
- VII. The Storm in Kansas........................................ 55
- VIII. Clifford and Dr. Throop Going West........................ 68
- IX. Dr. Throop's Love .......................................... 79
- X. Joe's Trip to Colorado..................................... 93
- XI. Mr. Howe's Home on the Mountain Side........................ 102
- XII. George's Fear of Discovery................................. 112
- XIII. A Night of Suspense...................................... 122
- XIV. Dark Hours for Austria and Mary............................ 139
- XV. George Kent in his New Home................................. 151
- XVI. George's First Ride........................................ 162
- XVII. Clement's Home-Coming..................................... 195
- XVIII. Clement Reflects on the Past............................. 202
- XIX. Dr. Throop's Sorrow for Adelaide........................... 213
- XX. The Mountain Robbers........................................ 223
- XXI. The Meeting of Georgie with her Uncle...................... 241
- XXII. The Meeting between Austria and Horace.................... 245
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS.
A SECOND PARTY SENT TO THE WEST—THIRTY-EIGHT DESTITUTE BOYS AND A FAMILY OF SEVEN POOR PERSONS STARTED ON TUESDAY—BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE BOYS.
"In a special car attached to the express train for the west, which left the Erie railway station at Jersey City Tuesday night, were thirty-eight destitute boys and a family consisting of seven persons who were going to seek work and homes and a brighter future than they could hope for here. They were accompanied by Mr. James Brace, an agent of the Children's Aid Society, but the expenses of their removal were defrayed by Mr. Whitelaw Reid, from funds which had been placed in his hands by charitable gentlemen to expend as he thought best in relieving the wants of the suffering in New York, with the requirement that what he did should be reported in detail in the Tribune. The boys who made up the party Tuesday are more than usually intelligent and thoughtful. Short sketches of the boys are given, their simple histories being related mainly in their own words."—[From the New York Tribune, Friday, April 25, 1879.
My story is confined mainly to the history of two boys we will call Joe Clifford and George Kent.
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