The Happy Average
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Brand Whitlock. The Happy Average
CHAPTER I. A YOUNG MAN’S FANCY
CHAPTER II. WADE POWELL
CHAPTER III. GREENWOOD LAKE
CHAPTER IV. MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE SERENADE
CHAPTER VI. LOVE’S ARREARS
CHAPTER VII. AN UNNECESSARY OPPOSITION
CHAPTER VIII. A JUDICIAL DECISION
CHAPTER IX. A FILIAL REBUKE
CHAPTER X. PUT-IN-BAY
CHAPTER XI. MACOCHEE
CHAPTER XII. A CONDITIONAL SURRENDER
CHAPTER XIII. SUMMER
CHAPTER XIV. ONE SUNDAY MORNING
CHAPTER XV. A SAINT’S ADVICE
CHAPTER XVI. LOVE AND A LIVING
CHAPTER XVII. THE COUNTY FAIR
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROAD TO MINGO
CHAPTER XIX. WAKING
CHAPTER XX. HEART OF GRACE
CHAPTER XXI. CHRISTMAS EVE
CHAPTER XXII. AN ADVERTISEMENT OF DESTINY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BREAK
CHAPTER XXIV. THE GATES OF THE CITY
CHAPTER XXV. LETTERS HOME
CHAPTER XXVI. THE ARMY OF THE UNEMPLOYED
CHAPTER XXVII. A FOOTHOLD
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE TALK OF THE TOWN
CHAPTER XXIX. A MAN OF LETTERS
CHAPTER XXX. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXI. ILLUSIONS AND DISILLUSIONS
CHAPTER XXXII. AT LAST
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Marley halted at the threshold and glanced up at the sign that swung over the doorway. The gilt lettering of the sign had long ago been tarnished, and where its black sanded paint had peeled in many weathers the original tin was as rusty as the iron arm from which it creaked. Yet Macochee had long since lost its need of the shingle to tell it where Wade Powell’s law office was. It had been for many years in one of the little rooms of the low brick building in Miami Street, just across from the Court House; it was almost as much of an institution as the Court House itself, with which its triumphs and its trials were identified. Marley gathered enough courage from his inspection of the sign to enter, but once inside, he hesitated. Then a heavy voice spoke.
“Well, come in,” it said peremptorily.
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“I thought—that is, that I might have some duties. How am I to begin?”
“Why, just open the book to the first page and read that, then turn over to the second page and read that, and so on—till you get to the end.”
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