CALEB KRINKLE. A STORY OF AMERICAN LIFE.
BYCHARLES CARLETON COFFIN. "CARLETON".
AUTHOR OF "WINNING HIS WAY," "OUR NEW WAYY ROUND THE WORLD, "MY DAYS AND NIGHTS ON THE BATTLE-FIELD," ETC.BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: LEE, SHEPARD, AND DILLINGHAM.
1875.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
TO
MAJOR ALFRED LITTLE,
PLAYMATE OF MY CHILDHOOD,
AND THE STEADFAST FRIEND OF MY LATER YEARS,
THIS VOLUME IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
CONTENTS.
- I. MILLBROOK. 1
- II. WHITE HAIR'S FIRST BATTLE. 8
- III. SUNDAY IN MILLBROOK. 18
- IV. DAN DISHAWAY. 33
- V. WHITE HAIR AT SCHOOL. 47
- VI. WORTH HER WEIGHT IN GOLD. 54
- VII. THE SPECTRE THAT APPEARED TO MR. MEEK. 67
- VIII. HOW RANDA WENT OVER THE RIVER. 73
- IX. THE SPELLING-MATCH. 78
- X. THE LADY IN BLACK. 91
- XI. THE WAYLAND FAMILY. 96
- XII. JAKE NUBBIN'S PRESENT. 107
- XIII. DAN DOESN'T SEE IT. 116
- XIV. BOILING SAP. 131
- XV. SUGARING OFF. 140
- XVI. POETIC DAYS. 152
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- XVII. THANKSGIVING. 159
- XVIII. LINDA'S GIFT, AND HOW IT CAME. 179
- XIX. HOW THINGS WERE TURNED TOPSY-TURVY. 189
- XX. LOVE THAT CAN WAIT. 199
- XXI. STRIKING OUT IN THE WORLD. 211
- XXII. CALLING ON AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. 216
- XXIII. BERTHA'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN SOCIETY. 223
- XXIV. LINDA'S BRAIN IN A WHIRL. 236
- XXV. THE BRIGHT STAR OF SOCIETY. 242
- XXVI. DOCTORS IN COUNCIL. 248
- XXVII. PETER AND HIS PATIENT. 259
- XXVIII. MOSES BURNS THE MIDNIGHT GAS. 271
- XXIX. BERTHA'S DINNER-PARTY. 279
- XXX. MOSES COOKS CALEB'S GOOSE. 289
- XXXI. A DAY AT NAHANT. 299
- XXXII. WHAT HOPE AND FEAR SAID TO LINDA. 313
- XXXIII. MR. MEEK'S LITTLE GAME. 319
- XXXIV. MR. BLOSSOM FINDS FAULT WITH MOSES' WATCH-CHAIN. 329
- XXXV. LITTLE MAID'S HEAD IS LEVEL. 336
- XXXVI. MR. MEEK TWISTS HIS WHISKERS. 344
- XXXVII. DISAPPOINTMENTS. 355
- XXXVIII. A SHIPWRECK. 363
- XXXIX. THE GREAT SORROW. 374
- XL. WHAT MR. KETCHUM DISCOVERED. 381
- XLI. BERTHA'S STRANGE WAYS. 392
- XLII. ONLY A ROSE. 404
- XLIII. THE KINDNESS OF THE RIVER TO MR. PICKET. 415
- XLIV. MOSES PLAYS A GAME AND LOSES IT. 421
- XLV. MRS. PICKET'S RAG-BAG. 431
- XLVI. A SMOULDERING FIRE BURSTS INTO FLAME. 442
- XLVII. A GREAT QUESTION. 451
- XLVIII. A GREAT HOPE FADES AWAY. 460
- XLIX. IN GOD'S GOOD TIME. 465
- L. AT HOME. 476
- LI. A BUZZING IN MILLBROOK. 483
- LII. THE OLD HOME. 494
