HONEST JOHN VANE. A STORY.
BYJ. W. DE FOREST,
AUTHOR OF KATE BEAUMONT, THE WETHEREL AFFAIR, OVERLAND, MISS RAVENAL'S CONVERSION, ETC.NEW HAVEN, CONN.:, RICHMOND & PATTEN.
1875.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874. BY RICHMOND & PATTEN, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. HARTFORD, CONN.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- I. HONEST JOHN AS A LOVER, 3
- II. HOPELESS IN LOVE, BUT HOPEFUL IN POLITICS, 13
- III. RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND WINNING A SMILE, 24
- IV. REPRESENTATIVE VANE'S EMINENT FITNESS, 36
- V. OLYMPIAN ENCOURAGEMENTS, 46
- VI. A SECOND SHOT HITS THE MARK, 54
- VII. MAKING THE ENDS MEET IN WASHINGTON, 63
- VIII. A SPECIAL LEGISLATOR AND HIS AGENT, 72
- IX. A SPECIAL LEGISLATOR'S VIEWS OF CONGRESSIONAL USEFULNESS, 83
- X. HONEST JOHN RESISTS TEMPTATION, 93
- XI. A DISCONTENTED WIFE, 106
- XII. AN EMINENT SENATOR, 119
- XIII. RUNNING IN DEBT AND ASKING ADVICE, 129
- XIV. PAINFUL ECONOMY AND ANOTHER TEMPTATION, 144
- XV. HONESTY IN DECADENCE, 152
- XVI. SATAN'S MESSENGER TRIUMPHANT, 162
- XVII. WEATHERCOCK JOHN, 172
- XVIII. A CARCASS FATTENING ON CARCASSES, 182
- XIX. CAMPAIGN LIES NAILED TO THE COUNTER, 192
- XX. A COMING SHADOW OF PUNISHMENT, 201
- XXI. LOVE MY WIFE, LOVE ME, 214
- XXII. DODGING AND SKULKING, 227
- XXIII. THE INVESTIGATION, 237
- XXIV. WEATHERCOCK JOHN TRIUMPHANT, 247
