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COPYRIGHT, 1875, BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. BOSTON: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY RAND, AVERY, & CO.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I. WHICH IS PRELIMINARY AND TO VERY LITTLE PURPOSE. 5
• CHAPTER II. IN WHICH MR. JOHN HOULDWORTHY GIVES A DINNER TO A FEW TWIDDLERS. 5
• CHAPTER III. IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT MR. LUSH HAS A BAD HEADACHE, AND THAT MR. HOULDWORTHY IS ESTEEMED BY THE WORLD A VERY LUCKY FELLOW. 11
• CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH THE SMOKE CLEARS AWAY, AND A QUIET DINING-TABLE IS DISCOVERED. 15
• CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THERE IS A SOUND OF REVELRY BY NIGHT. 19
• CHAPTER VI. WHICH IS RENDERED DOLEFUL BY THE DEPARTURE OF MISS HARLEY FOR BALTIMORE. 23
• CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH A GUN IS FIRED. 27
• CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH JACK RECEIVES A LETTER. 29
• CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO STILL ANOTHER DINING-TABLE, 32
• CHAPTER X. WHICH IS DISMAL, ON ACCOUNT OF JACK'S LOW SPIRITS. 36
• CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH SEVERAL EFFORTS ARE MADE WITHOUT MUCH RESULT. 39
• CHAPTER XII. WHICH SHOWS HOW JACK CONTINUED TO PERSEVERE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT, 43
• CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH JACK MEETS SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES 47
• CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH MR. FELIX SHORT MEETS WITH A SLIGHT ACCIDENT, AND MR. JOHN HOULDWORTHY TAKES AN EARLY DINNER. 52
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• CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH THERE IS A DISCUSSION. 56
• CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH JACK CROSSES THE FERRY TO WILLIAMSBURG. 59
• CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH JACK HOULDWORTHY IS ASKED TO DINE, AND OTHERWISE ANNOYED. 66
• CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH MR. FELIX SHORT MEETS WITH A SIGNAL DEFEAT, AND MR. HOBBS IS DRIVEN TO DESPERATION. 72
• CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH THERE IS AN ODOR OF ORANGE-BLOSSOMS. 77
• CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH THERE IS A LITTLE MUSIC, AND A GREAT DEAL OF ANXIETY. 86
• CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH JACK HOULDWORTHY RECEIVES A VERY SEVERE BUFFET. 92
• CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH JACK HOULDWORTHY FINALLY REACHES HOME. 98
• CHAPTER XXIII. WHICH, TO THE AUTHOR'S GREAT REGRET, IS EXCEEDINGLY MELODRAMATIC. 103
• CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH THE MAN WITH THE BLACK PATCH OVER HIS EYE RELATES ANOTHER ADVENTURE. 109
• CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH TWO OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ ARE SUMMARILY THROWN OUT, 115
• CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH JACK HOULDWORTHY GRADUALLY RECOVERS HIS HEALTH, AND HIS FRIEND ROVINGSTON PROVES HIS GENEROSITY. 119
• CHAPTER XXVII. IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW HYMEN WAS KEPT BUSY. 124
• CHAPTER XXVIII. IN WHICH JACK HOULDWORTHY'S FORTUNES IMPROVE, AND A GENTLEMAN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONTINENT CALLS ON HIM. 128
• CHAPTER XXIX. IN WHICH ROVINGSTON EXPERIENCES BOTH A LOSS AND A GAIN, AND A NEW LIGHT BREAKS IN UPON JACK HOULDWORTHY. 135
• CHAPTER XXX. WHICH HAS THE MERIT OF BEING THE LAST AND SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THE STORY. 142