Dr. Sevier
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Cable George Washington. Dr. Sevier
CHAPTER I. THE DOCTOR
CHAPTER II. A YOUNG STRANGER
CHAPTER III. HIS WIFE
CHAPTER IV. CONVALESCENCE AND ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER V. HARD QUESTIONS
CHAPTER VI. NESTING
CHAPTER VII. DISAPPEARANCE
CHAPTER VIII. A QUESTION OF BOOK-KEEPING
CHAPTER IX. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
CHAPTER X. GENTLES AND COMMONS
CHAPTER XI. A PANTOMIME
CHAPTER XII “SHE’S ALL THE WORLD.”
CHAPTER XIII. THE BOUGH BREAKS
CHAPTER XIV. HARD SPEECHES AND HIGH TEMPER
CHAPTER XV. THE CRADLE FALLS
CHAPTER XVI. MANY WATERS
CHAPTER XVII. RAPHAEL RISTOFALO
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW HE DID IT
CHAPTER XIX. ANOTHER PATIENT
CHAPTER XX. ALICE
CHAPTER XXI. THE SUN AT MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER XXII. BORROWER TURNED LENDER
CHAPTER XXIII. WEAR AND TEAR
CHAPTER XXIV. BROUGHT TO BAY
CHAPTER XXV. THE DOCTOR DINES OUT
CHAPTER XXVI. THE TROUGH OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XXVII. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN
CHAPTER XXVIII “OH, WHERE IS MY LOVE?”
CHAPTER XXIX. RELEASE. – NARCISSE
CHAPTER XXX. LIGHTING SHIP
CHAPTER XXXI. AT LAST
CHAPTER XXXII. A RISING STAR
CHAPTER XXXIII. BEES, WASPS, AND BUTTERFLIES
CHAPTER XXXIV. TOWARD THE ZENITH
CHAPTER XXXV. TO SIGH, YET FEEL NO PAIN
CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT NAME?
CHAPTER XXXVII. PESTILENCE
CHAPTER XXXVIII “I MUST BE CRUEL ONLY TO BE KIND.”
CHAPTER XXXIX “PETTENT PRATE.”
CHAPTER XL. SWEET BELLS JANGLED
CHAPTER XLI. MIRAGE
CHAPTER XLII. RISTOFALO AND THE RECTOR
CHAPTER XLIII. SHALL SHE COME OR STAY?
CHAPTER XLIV. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
CHAPTER XLV. NARCISSE WITH NEWS
CHAPTER XLVI. A PRISON MEMENTO
CHAPTER XLVII. NOW I LAY ME —
CHAPTER XLVIII. RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE
CHAPTER XLIX. A BUNDLE OF HOPES
CHAPTER L. FALL IN!
CHAPTER LI. BLUE BONNETS OVER THE BORDER
CHAPTER LII. A PASS THROUGH THE LINES
CHAPTER LIII. TRY AGAIN
CHAPTER LIV “WHO GOES THERE?”
CHAPTER LV. DIXIE
CHAPTER LVI. FIRE AND SWORD
CHAPTER LVII. ALMOST IN SIGHT
CHAPTER LVIII. A GOLDEN SUNSET
CHAPTER LIX. AFTERGLOW
CHAPTER LX “YET SHALL HE LIVE.”
CHAPTER LXI. PEACE
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In 1856 New Orleans was in the midst of the darkest ten years of her history. Yet she was full of new-comers from all parts of the commercial world, – strangers seeking livelihood. The ravages of cholera and yellow-fever, far from keeping them away, seemed actually to draw them. In the three years 1853, ’54, and ’55, the cemeteries had received over thirty-five thousand dead; yet here, in 1856, besides shiploads of European immigrants, came hundreds of unacclimated youths, from all parts of the United States, to fill the wide gaps which they imagined had been made in the ranks of the great exporting city’s clerking force.
Upon these pilgrims Dr. Sevier cast an eye full of interest, and often of compassion hidden under outward impatience. “Who wants to see,” he would demand, “men —and women– increasing the risks of this uncertain life?” But he was also full of respect for them. There was a certain nobility rightly attributable to emigration itself in the abstract. It was the cutting loose from friends and aid, – those sweet-named temptations, – and the going forth into self-appointed exile and into dangers known and unknown, trusting to the help of one’s own right hand to exchange honest toil for honest bread and raiment. His eyes kindled to see the goodly, broad, red-cheeked fellows. Sometimes, though, he saw women, and sometimes tender women, by their side; and that sight touched the pathetic chord of his heart with a rude twangle that vexed him.
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“Give it to me,” he said, frowning; “mark you, this is your way,” – he dropped the gold into his vest-pocket, – “it isn’t mine.”
The young man laughed with visible relief, and rubbed his knee with his somewhat too delicate hand. The Doctor examined him again with a milder glance.
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