The Lucky Piece: A Tale of the North Woods

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Paine Albert Bigelow. The Lucky Piece: A Tale of the North Woods

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER I. BUT PALADINS RIDE FAR BETWEEN

CHAPTER II. OUT IN THE BLOWY WET WEATHER

CHAPTER III. THE DEEP WOODS OF ENCHANTMENT

CHAPTER IV. A BRIEF LECTURE AND SOME INTRODUCTIONS

CHAPTER V. A FLOWER ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

CHAPTER VI. IN THE "DEVIL'S GARDEN"

CHAPTER VII. THE PATH THAT LEADS BACK TO BOYHOOD

CHAPTER VIII. WHAT CAME OUT OF THE MIST

CHAPTER IX. A SHELTER IN THE FOREST

CHAPTER X. THE HERMIT'S STORY

CHAPTER XI. DURING THE ABSENCE OF CONSTANCE

CHAPTER XII. CONSTANCE RETURNS AND HEARS A STORY

CHAPTER XIII. WHAT THE SMALL WOMAN IN BLACK SAW

CHAPTER XIV. WHAT MISS CARROWAY DID

CHAPTER XV. EDITH AND FRANK

CHAPTER XVI. THE LUCKY PIECE

EPILOGUE

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Frank rose and, plunging his hands into his pockets, lounged over to the wide window and gazed out on the wild March storm which was drenching and dismaying Fifth Avenue. A weaving throng of carriages, auto-cars and delivery wagons beat up and down against it, were driven by it from behind, or buffeted from many directions at the corners. Coachmen, footmen and drivers huddled down into their waterproofs; pedestrians tried to breast the rain with their umbrellas and frequently lost them. From where he stood the young man could count five torn and twisted derelicts soaking in gutters. They seemed so very wet – everything did. When a stage – that relic of another day – lumbered by, the driver on top, only half sheltered by his battered oil-skins, seemed wetter and more dismal than any other object. It all had an art value, certainly, but there were pleasanter things within. The young man turned to the luxurious room, with its wide blazing fire and the young girl who sat looking into the glowing depths.

"Do you know, Constance," he said, "I think you are a bit hard on me." Then he drifted into a very large and soft chair near her, and, stretching out his legs, stared comfortably into the fire as if the fact were no such serious matter, after all.

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A look of amusement grew about the young man's mouth. He had seen much more of the world than she; was much older in a manner not reckoned by years.

"We do not monopolize it all, you know. Quite a few women are engaged in the professions and philanthropy; many in the arts."

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