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Edward Payson Roe. Opening a Chestnut Burr
Opening a Chestnut Burr
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I A HERO BUT NOT HEROIC
CHAPTER II OPENING A CHESTNUT BURR. CHAPTER III MORBID BROODING. CHAPTER IV HOW MISS WALTON MANAGED PEOPLE. CHAPTER V WAS IT AN ACCIDENT? CHAPTER VI UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS. CHAPTER VII A CONSPIRACY. CHAPTER VIII WITCHCRAFT. CHAPTER IX MISS WALTON RECOMMENDS A HOBBY. CHAPTER X A PLOT AGAINST MISS WALTON. CHAPTER XI A DRINKING SONG AT A PRAYER-MEETING. CHAPTER XII FOILED IN ONE DIRECTION. CHAPTER XIII INTERPRETING CHESTNUT BURRS. CHAPTER XIV A WELL-MEANIN' MAN. CHAPTER XV MISS WALTON'S DREAM. CHAPTER XVI AN ACCIDENT IN THE MOUNTAINS. CHAPTER XVII PROMISE OR DIE. CHAPTER XVIII IN THE DEPTHS. CHAPTER XIX MISS WALTON MADE OF DIFFERENT CLAY FROM OTHERS. CHAPTER XX MISS WALTON MADE OF ORDINARY CLAY. CHAPTER XXI PASSION AND PENITENCE. CHAPTER XXII NOT A HEROINE BUT A WOMAN. CHAPTER XXIII GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION. CHAPTER XXIV THE WORM-INFESTED CHESTNUT—GREGORY TELLS THE WORST. CHAPTER XXV THE OLD HOME IN DANGER—GREGORY RETRIEVES HIMSELF. CHAPTER XXVI CHANGES IN GREGORY. CHAPTER XXVII PLEADING FOR LIFE AND LOVE. CHAPTER XXVIII WHAT A LOVER COULD DO. CHAPTER XXIX DEEPENING SHADOWS. CHAPTER XXX KEPT FROM THE EVIL. CHAPTER XXXI LIVE! LIVE! ANNIE'S APPEAL. CHAPTER XXXII AT SEA—A MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER. CHAPTER XXXIII A COLLISION AT SEA—WHAT A CHRISTIAN COULD DO. CHAPTER XXXIV UNMASKED. CHAPTER XXXV A CHESTNUT BURR AND A HOME. CHAPTER I
A HERO, BUT NOT HEROIC
CHAPTER II
OPENING A CHESTNUT BURR
CHAPTER III
MORBID BROODING
CHAPTER IV
HOW MISS WALTON MANAGED PEOPLE
CHAPTER V
WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?
CHAPTER VI
UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS
CHAPTER VII
A CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER VIII
WITCHCRAFT
CHAPTER IX
MISS WALTON RECOMMENDS A HOBBY
CHAPTER X
A PLOT AGAINST MISS WALTON
CHAPTER XI
A DRINKING-SONG AT A PRAYER-MEETING
CHAPTER XII
FOILED IN ONE DIRECTION
CHAPTER XIII
INTERPRETING CHESTNUT BURRS
CHAPTER XIV
"A WELL-MEANIN' MAN"
CHAPTER XV
MISS WALTON'S DREAM
CHAPTER XVI
AN ACCIDENT IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XVII
"PROMISE OR DIE"
CHAPTER XVIII
IN THE DEPTHS
CHAPTER XIX
MISS WALTON MADE OF DIFFERENT CLAY FROM OTHERS
CHAPTER XX
MISS WALTON MADE OF ORDINARY CLAY
CHAPTER XXI
PASSION AND PENITENCE
CHAPTER XXII
NOT A HEROINE, BUT A WOMAN
CHAPTER XXIII
GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON
CHAPTER XXIV
"THE WORM-INFESTED CHESTNUT"—GREGORY TELLS THE WORST
CHAPTER XXV
THE OLD HOME IN DANGER—GREGORY RETRIEVES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XXVI
CHANGES IN GREGORY
CHAPTER XXVII
PLEADING FOR LIFE AND LOVE
CHAPTER XXVIII
WHAT A LOVER COULD DO
CHAPTER XXIX
DEEPENING SHADOWS
CHAPTER XXX
KEPT FROM THE EVIL
CHAPTER XXXI
"LIVE! LIVE!"—ANNIE'S APPEAL
CHAPTER XXXII
AT SEA—A MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER
CHAPTER XXXIII
COLLISION AT SEA—WHAT A CHRISTIAN COULD DO
CHAPTER XXXIV
UNMASKED
CHAPTER XXXV
A CHESTNUT BURR AND A HOME
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Edward Payson Roe
Published by Good Press, 2019
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About seven o'clock, Hannah, the waitress, again appeared, saying: "Supper is ready, but the ladies beg you will not come down unless you feel able. I can bring up your tea if you wish."
Thinking first and only of self, he at once decided not to go down. He felt sufficiently rested and revived, but was in no mood for commonplace talk to comparative strangers. His cosey chair, glowing fire, and listless ease were much better than noisy children, inquisitive ladies, and the unconscious reproach of Mr. Walton's face, as he would look in vain for the lineaments of his lost friend. Therefore he said, suavely: "Please say to the ladies that I am so wearied that I should make but a dull companion, and so for their sakes, as well as my own, had better not leave my room this evening."
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