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Alfred Henry Lewis. The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York
The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York
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THE WORD OF PREFACE
THE BOSS
CHAPTER I—HOW THE BOSS CAME TO NEW YORK
CHAPTER II—THE BOSS MEETS WITH POLITICS
CHAPTER III—THE BOSS SEES THE POWER OF TAMMANY
CHAPTER IV—THE BOSS ENTERS THE PRIMARY GRADE OF POLITICS
CHAPTER V—THE BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS
CHAPTER VI—THE RED JACKET ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER VII—HOW THE BOSS WAS NAMED FOR ALDERMAN
CHAPTER VIII—THE FATE OF SHEENY JOE
CHAPTER IX—HOW BIG KENNEDY BOLTED
CHAPTER X—HOW JIMMY THE BLACKSMITH DIED
CHAPTER XI—HOW THE BOSS STOOD AT BAY FOR HIS LIFE
CHAPTER XII—DARBY THE GOPHER
CHAPTER XIII—BIG KENNEDY AND THE MUGWUMPS
CHAPTER XIV—THE MULBERRY FRANCHISE
CHAPTER XV—THAT GAS COMPANY INJUNCTION
CHAPTER XVI—THE BOSS IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE BOSS!
CHAPTER XVII—THE REPUTABLE OLD GENTLEMAN IS MAYOR
CHAPTER XVIII—HOW THE BOSS TOOK THE TOWN
CHAPTER XIX—THE SON OF THE WIDOW VAN FLANGE
CHAPTER XX—THE MARK OF THE ROPE
CHAPTER XXI—THE REVEREND BRONSON'S REBELLION
CHAPTER XXII—THE MAN OF THE KNIFE
CHAPTER XXIII—THE WEDDING OF BLOSSOM
CHAPTER XXIV—HOW VAN FLANGE WENT INTO STOCKS
CHAPTER XXV—PROFIT AND LOSS; MAINLY THE LATTER
CHAPTER XXVI—THE VICTOR AND THE SPOILS
CHAPTER XXVII—GOLD CAME, AND DEATH STEPPED IN
CHAPTER XXVIII—BEING THE EPILOGUE
THE END
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Alfred Henry Lewis
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Anne did not observe me as she came in, for I stood somewhat to the rear, with several turnkeys and officers between. I could see the white face of her, and how the lamps of a great alarm were lighted in her eyes. Her voice was so low with terror I could not hear her words. Evidently she was pleading, girl-fashion, for my liberty. The tones of the captain, however, rose clear and high.
“That'll do ye now,” said he in a manner of lordly insolence, looking up from the desk to which he had returned. “If we put a prisoner on the pavement every time a good-looking girl rushed in with a yarn about bein' his sister, we wouldn't need no cells at all. This boy stays till the judge takes a look at him in the mornin'. Meanwhile, you had better get back to your window, or all the men will have left the street.”
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