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"I'VE GOT YOU NOW." (Frontispiece. See page 108.)
A MAN OF HONOR.
BYGEORGE CARY EGGLESTON.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
245 BROADWAY.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by the ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
TO MARION, MY WIFE.
page: 6-7[View Page 6-7]PREFACE.
I have long been curious to know whether or not I could write a pretty good story, and now that the publishers are about to send the usual press copies of this book to the critics I am in a fair way to have my curiosity on that point satisfied.
page: 8-9 (Table of Contents) [View Page 8-9 (Table of Contents) ]CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.—Mr. Pagebrook gets up and Calls an Ancient Lawgiver. 11
- CHAPTER II.—Mr. Pagebrook is Invited to Breakfast. 22
- CHAPTER III.—Mr. Pagebrook Eats his Breakfast. 26
- CHAPTER IV.—Mr. Pagebrook Learns something about the Customs of the Country. 35
- CHAPTER V.—Mr. Pagebrook Makes Some Acquaintances. 42
- CHAPTER VI.—Mr. Pagebrook Makes a Good Impression. 48
- CHAPTER VII.—Mr. Pagebrook Learns Several Things. 54
- CHAPTER VIII.—Miss Sudie Makes an Apt Quotation. 61
- CHAPTER IX.—Mr. Pagebrook Meets an Acquaintance. 65
- CHAPTER X.—Chiefly Concerning "Foggy." 70
- CHAPTER XI.—Mr. Pagebrook Rides. 79
- CHAPTER XII.—Mr. Pagebrook Dines with his Cousin Sarah Ann. 84
- CHAPTER XIII.—Concerning the Rivulets of Blue Blood. 95
- CHAPTER XIV.—Mr. Pagebrook Manages to be in at the Death. 102
- CHAPTER XV.—Some very Unreasonable Conduct. 109
- CHAPTER XVI.—What Occurred Next Morning. 118
- CHAPTER XVII.—In which Mr. Pagebrook Bids his Friends Good-by. 123
- CHAPTER XVIII.—Mr. Pagebrook Goes to Work. 128
- CHAPTER XIX.—A Short Chapter, not very interesting, perhaps, but of some Importance in the Story, as the Reader will probably discover after awhile. 134
- CHAPTER XX.—Cousin Sarah Ann Takes Robert's Part. 138
- CHAPTER XXI.—Miss Barksdale Expresses some Opinions. 143
- CHAPTER XXII.—Mr. Sharp Does His Duty. 150
- CHAPTER XXIII.—Mr. Pagebrook Takes a Lesson in the Law. 158
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- CHAPTER XXIV.—Mr. Pagebrook Cuts himself loose from the Past and Plans a Future. 163
- CHAPTER XXV.—In which Miss Sudie Acts very Unreasonably. 166
- CHAPTER XXVI.—In which Miss Sudie Adopts the Socratic Method. 175
- CHAPTER XXVII.—Mr. Pagebrook Accepts an Invitation to Lunch and another Invitation. 181
- CHAPTER XXVIII.—Major Pagebrook asserts himself. 188
- CHAPTER XXIX.—Mr. Barksdale, the Younger, Goes upon a Journey. 198
- CHAPTER XXX.—The younger Mr. Barksdale Asks to be put upon His Oath. 204
- CHAPTER XXXI.—Mr. William Barksdale Explains. 208
- CHAPTER XXXII.—Which Is also The Last. 216
ILLUSTRATIONS.
BY M. WOOLF.
- "I've got You Now." Frontispiece
- Mr. Robert Pagebrook was "Blue." 13
- "I fall at once into a Chronic State of Washing up Things." 57
- "Foggy." 73
- Cousin Sarah Ann 87
- The Rivulets of Blue Blood 98
- Miss Sudie declares herself "so glad." 116
- "Let him Serve it at once, then." 156
- "Very well, then." 194
- "I'm as Proud and as Glad as a Boy with Red Morocco Tops to his Boots." 218