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THE HORTONS: OR American Life at home.

DAVIS B. CASSEDAY.

FOR SALE BY JAMES S. CLAXTON, PHILADELPHIA: D. APPLETON & Co., NEW YORK: LEE & SHEPPARD, BOSTON: R. W. CARROLL & Co., CINCINNATI: S. C. GRIGGS & Co., CHICAGO: TRÜBNER & Co., LONDON.

1866.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by DAVIS B. CASSEDAY, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY ALFRED MARTIEN.

TO
ARTHUR W. MITCHELL,
OF
MARYLAND,
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

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Contents.

CHAPTER I. Bad News by the Telegraph-Father and Daughter. 5
CHAPTER II. The Breakfast-room at Belair-The Merchant in his Counting-house-An Old Clerk. 11
CHAPTER III. A Commercial "Panic"-Bartimeus Scroggs, and other creditors. 21
CHAPTER IV. Flower-fancies. 29
CHAPTER V. Autumn days, and the Family at Belair-A Cavalier encountered at Farmer Gregg's. 33
CHAPTER VI. Women in town and country contrasted-Caroline Mellen. 43
CHAPTER VII. A Birthday Party at Belair, and what was said and done thereat. 47
CHAPTER VIII. Some account of the Crosbys, and of a poor neighbor of theirs. 60
CHAPTER IX. A Storm at Sea, and a Calm Ashore-Bradley Horton. 67
CHAPTER X. The Spirits in Clement Horton's Counting-house 73
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CHAPTER XI. Bradley Horton at The Cedars-Lydia Bardleigh-The Sick-chamber. 88
CHAPTER XII. Bloker and Ball-The Captain's Widow. 100
CHAPTER XIII. A small Dinner-party at Belair, including two representatives of Commerce. 107
CHAPTER XIV. How the Anniversary of the Battle of Hickory Hollow was celebrated at Slumptown. 115
CHAPTER XV. A Moonlight Excursion on the water-Doctor Pledget tells the Story of a Nervous Patient, and becomes acquainted with an Astronomer. 126
CHAPTER XVI. Warned to Move. 145
CHAPTER XVII. At The Cedars-Rail-shooting. 149
CHAPTER XVIII. A Farm-house at evening-Two Lovers talk reasonably in the moonlight. 157
CHAPTER XIX. Clinkers and Charity. 162
CHAPTER XX. A Woman's Letter-Christmas at Belair without Grog, and what the guests thought of it. 174
CHAPTER XXI. Too much Whiskey-punch, together with a queer Experience of Mr. Broon's. 185
CHAPTER XXII. Winter in the Country, Sleighing and Courtship, and a Lover called to answer. 196
CHAPTER XXIII. Judge Bardleigh talks Ghost in the twilight. 205
CHAPTER XXIV. A Notable Couple-How Bartimeus Scroggs failed to go to Congress, and how Orator Puffin went. 210
CHAPTER XXV. Father and Daughter again. 216
CHAPTER XXVI. Brentlands-Scenery and Humor of the Country-Max Heyhurst-A Talk about Poetry, and Political Morals. 219
CHAPTER XXVII. Brentlands-A day's duck-shooting. 229
CHAPTER XXVIII. Brentlands-Bradley Horton as a Farmer-Field, Wood, and Garden-Tom Hance-Mr. Potteril of New Paradise, and his man, Simon Horseradish. 234
CHAPTER XXIX. At The Cedars-The Lovers-Uncle Steve Trencher. 248
CHAPTER XXX. Lydia Bardleigh at Aunt Dinah's death-bed. 259
CHAPTER XXXI. Jane Warner-Sewing for Bread-Little Lame Frank-An Accident and an Old Acquaintance. 262
CHAPTER XXXII. Jane Warner-Jacob Bloker-The Private Mad-House. 274
CHAPTER XXXIII. Tare and Tret out at Grass-Little Frank-Henry Davenport seeks for information. 282
CHAPTER XXXIV. Bloker's Benevolence. 292
CHAPTER XXXV. How a Christian woman can die. 297
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CHAPTER XXXVI. At the Old Clerk's-A Discovery. 304
CHAPTER XXXVII. A party in a city mansion, at which there is conversation both grave and gay: together with some account of Doctor Peter Mellen, and how a dispute concerning Hydrophobia was settled. 308
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A Conference concerning Jane Warner. 321
CHAPTER XXXIX. A Search for Jane Warner, and a Habeas Corpus. 327
CHAPTER XL. Some pleasant rides behind an old cab-horse-Friends part. 333
CHAPTER XLI. A Funeral at The Cedars-Bradley Horton at Brentlands-Hail-The old saddle sorrel. 337
CHAPTER XLII. New York-Bradley Horton becomes an "Able Editor." 342
CHAPTER XLIII. Washington Patriots, vulpine and vulturine-The Great Horse Fair at Hepzidam-Bloker reaps the Field of Blood. 345
CHAPTER XLIV. Bartimeus Scroggs is loyal to the Administration, and makes a Name in History. 349
CHAPTER XLV. Paul Mervine. 353
CHAPTER XLVI. A Death, and a Marriage. 358
CHAPTER XLVII. A Few Last Words. 361