Without a Home

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Edward Payson Roe. Without a Home

Without a Home

Table of Contents

PREFACE

I. ONE GIRL'S IDEAL OF LIFE. II. WEAKNESS. III. CONFIDENTIAL. IV. "PITILESS WAVES" V. THE RUDIMENTS OF A MAN. VI. ROGER DISCOVERS A NEW TYPE. VII. COMPARISONS. VIII. CHANGES. IX. NEITHER BOY NOR MAN. X. A COUNCIL. XI. A SHADOW. XII. VIEWLESS FETTERS. XIII. A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS. XIV. THE OLD MANSION. XV. "WELCOME HOME" XVI. BELLE AND MILDRED. XVII. BELLE LAUNCHES HERSELF. XVIII. "I BELIEVE IN YOU" XIX. BELLE JARS THE "SYSTEM" XX. SEVERAL QUIET FORCES AT WORK. XXI. "HE'S A MAN" XXII. SKILLED LABOR. XXIII. THE OLD ASTRONOMER. XXIV. ROGER REAPPEARS. XXV. THE DARK SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS. XXVI. WAXING AND WANING MANHOOD. XXVII. A SLAVE. XXVIII. NEW YORK'S HUMANITY. XXIX. THE BEATITUDES OF OPIUM. XXX. THE SECRET VICE REVEALED. XXXI. AN OPIUM MANIAC'S CHRISTMAS. XXXII. A BLACK CONSPIRACY. XXXIII. MILDRED IN A PRISON CELL. XXXIV. "A WISE JUDGE" XXXV. "I AM SO PERPLEXED" XXXVI. A WOMAN'S HEART. XXXVII. STRONG TEMPTATION. XXXVIII. NO "DARK CORNERS" XXXIX. "HOME, SWEET HOME" XL. NEIGHBORS. XLI. GLINTS OF SUNSHINE. XLII. HOPES GIVEN AND SLAIN. XLIII. WAS BELLE MURDERED. XLIV. THE FINAL CONSOLATIONS OF OPIUM. XLV. MOTHER AND SON. XLVI. A FATAL ERROR. XLVII. LIGHT AT EVENTIDE. XLVIII. "GOOD ANGEL OF GOD" XLIX. HOME. APPENDIX. WITHOUT A HOME

CHAPTER I

ONE GIRL'S IDEAL OF LIFE

CHAPTER II

WEAKNESS

CHAPTER III

CONFIDENTIAL

CHAPTER IV

"PITILESS WAVES"

CHAPTER V

THE RUDIMENTS OF A MAN

CHAPTER VI

ROGER DISCOVERS A NEW TYPE

CHAPTER VII

COMPARISONS

CHAPTER VIII

CHANGES

CHAPTER IX

NEITHER BOY NOR MAN

CHAPTER X

A COUNCIL

CHAPTER XI

A SHADOW

CHAPTER XII

VIEWLESS FETTERS

CHAPTER XIII

A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS

CHAPTER XIV

THE OLD MANSION

CHAPTER XV

"WELCOME HOME"

CHAPTER XVI

BELLE AND MILDRED

CHAPTER XVII

BELLE LAUNCHES HERSELF

CHAPTER XVIII

"I BELIEVE IN YOU"

CHAPTER XIX

BELLE JARS THE "SYSTEM"

CHAPTER XX

SEVERAL QUIET FORCES AT WORK

CHAPTER XXI

"HE'S A MAN"

CHAPTER XXII

SKILLED LABOR

CHAPTER XXIII

THE OLD ASTRONOMER

CHAPTER XXIV

ROGER REAPPEARS

CHAPTER XXV

THE DARK SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS

CHAPTER XXVI

WAXING AND WANING MANHOOD

CHAPTER XXVII

A SLAVE

CHAPTER XXVIII

NEW YORK'S HUMANITY

CHAPTER XXIX

THE BEATITUDES OF OPIUM

CHAPTER XXX

THE SECRET VICE REVEALED

CHAPTER XXXI

AN OPIUM MANIAC'S CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER XXXII

A BLACK CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER XXXIII

MILDRED IN A PRISON CELL

CHAPTER XXXIV

"A WISE JUDGE"

CHAPTER XXXV

"I AM SO PERPLEXED"

CHAPTER XXXVI

A WOMAN'S HEART

CHAPTER XXXVII

STRONG TEMPTATION

CHAPTER XXXVIII

NO "DARK CORNERS"

CHAPTER XXXIX

"HOME, SWEET HOME!"

CHAPTER XL

NEIGHBORS

CHAPTER XLI

GLINTS OF SUNSHINE

CHAPTER XLII

HOPES GIVEN AND SLAIN

CHAPTER XLIII

WAS BELLE MURDERED?

CHAPTER XLIV

THE FINAL CONSOLATIONS OF OPIUM

CHAPTER XLV

MOTHER AND SON

CHAPTER XLVI

A FATAL ERROR

CHAPTER XLVII

LIGHT AT EVENTIDE

CHAPTER XLVIII

"GOOD ANGEL OF GOD"

"I?"

CHAPTER XLIX

HOME

APPENDIX

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Edward Payson Roe

Published by Good Press, 2019

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This increasing business stagnation occasioned a deepening anxiety to her husband and a larger resort to his sustaining stimulant. While he had no sense of danger worth naming, he grew somewhat worried by his dependence on the drug, and it was his honest purpose to gradually abandon it as soon as the financial pressure lifted and he could breathe freely in the safety of renewed commercial prosperity. Thus the weeks and months slipped by, finding him more completely involved in the films of an evil web, and more intent than ever upon hiding the fact from every one, especially his wife and children.

He had returned on the evening of Belle's company, with fears for the worst. The scene in his pretty and happy home, in contrast with the bitter experiences that might be near at hand, so oppressed him with foreboding and trouble that he went out and weakly sought temporary respite and courage in a larger amount of morphia than he had ever yet taken.

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