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Eggleston Edward. The Mystery of Metropolisville
The Mystery of Metropolisville
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PREFACE
PREFACE. WORDS BEFOREHAND. CHAPTER I. The Autocrat of the Stage-Coach. CHAPTER II. The Sod Tavern. CHAPTER III. Land and Love. CHAPTER IV. Albert and Katy. CHAPTER V. Corner Lots. CHAPTER VI. Little Katy's Lover. CHAPTER VII. Catching and Getting Caught. CHAPTER VIII. Isabel Marlay. CHAPTER IX. Lovers and Lovers. CHAPTER X. Plausaby, Esq., takes a Fatherly Interest. CHAPTER XI. About Several Things. CHAPTER XII. An Adventure. CHAPTER XIII. A Shelter. CHAPTER XIV. The Inhabitant. CHAPTER XV. An Episode. CHAPTER XVI. The Return. CHAPTER XVII. Sawney and his Old Love. CHAPTER XVIII. A Collision. CHAPTER XIX. Standing Guard in Vain. CHAPTER XX. Sawney and Westcott. CHAPTER XXI. Rowing. CHAPTER XXII. Sailing. CHAPTER XXIII. Sinking. CHAPTER XXIV. Dragging. CHAPTER XXV. Afterwards. CHAPTER XXVI. The Mystery. CHAPTER XXVII. The Arrest. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Tempter. CHAPTER XXIX. The Trial. CHAPTER XXX. The Penitentiary. CHAPTER XXXI. Mr. Lurton. CHAPTER XXXII. A Confession. CHAPTER XXXIII. Death. CHAPTER XXXIV. Mr. Lurton's Courtship. CHAPTER XXXV. Unbarred. CHAPTER XXXVI. Isabel. CHAPTER XXXVII. The Last. WORDS AFTERWARDS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK BEARD
THE MYSTERY OF METROPOLISVILLE
WORDS BEFOREHAND
CHAPTER I
THE AUTOCRAT OF THE STAGECOACH
CHAPTER II
THE SOD TAVERN
CHAPTER III
LAND AND LOVE
CHAPTER IV
ALBERT AND KATY
CHAPTER V
CORNER LOTS
CHAPTER VI
LITTLE KATY'S LOVER
CHAPTER VII
CATCHING AND GETTING CAUGHT
CHAPTER VIII
ISABEL MARLAY
CHAPTER IX
LOVERS AND LOVERS
CHAPTER X
PLAUSABY, ESQ., TAKES A FATHERLY INTEREST
CHAPTER XI
ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS
CHAPTER XII
AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XIII
A SHELTER
CHAPTER XIV
THE INHABITANT
WHAT DUMB CRITTERS SAYS
POLLY IN THE SPRING-HOUSE
CHAPTER XV
AN EPISODE
CHAPTER XVI
THE RETURN
CHAPTER XVII
SAWNEY AND HIS OLD LOVE
CHAPTER XVIII
A COLLISION
CHAPTER XIX
STANDING GUARD IN VAIN
CHAPTER XX
SAWNEY AND WESTCOTT
CHAPTER XXI
ROWING
CHAPTER XXII
SAILING
CHAPTER XXIII
SINKING
CHAPTER XXIV
DRAGGING
CHAPTER XXV
AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XXVI
THE MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXVII
THE ARREST
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE TEMPTER
CHAPTER XXIX
THE TRIAL
"NOT GUILTY!"
CHAPTER XXX
THE PENITENTIARY
CHAPTER XXXI
MR. LURTON
"DEAR MR. CHARLTON:
J.H. LURTON."
"SUNDAY EVENING "REV. J.H. LURTON:
CHAPTER XXXII
A CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXIII
DEATH
"MR. CHARLTON:
"ALBERT CHARLTON."
CHAPTER XXXIV
MR. LURTON'S COURTSHIP
"REASONS IN FAVOR
"REASONS AGAINST
CHAPTER XXXV
UNBARRED
CHAPTER XXXVI
ISABEL
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE LAST
WORDS AFTERWARDS
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Edward Eggleston
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All that day in which Albert Charlton had been riding from Red Owl Landing to Metropolisville, sweet Little Katy Charlton had been expecting him. Everybody called her sweet, and I suppose there was no word in the dictionary that so perfectly described her. She was not well-read, like Miss Minorkey; she was not even very smart at her lessons: but she was sweet. Sweetness is a quality that covers a multitude of defects. Katy's heart had love in it for everybody. She loved her mother; she loved Squire Plausaby, her step-father; she loved cousin Isa, as she called her step-father's niece; she loved—well, no matter, she would have told you that she loved nobody more than Brother Albert.
