The Arm-Chair at the Inn

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Francis Hopkinson Smith. The Arm-Chair at the Inn

The Arm-Chair at the Inn

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THE ARM-CHAIR AT THE INN

THE ARM-CHAIR AT THE INN

I. THE MARMOUSET

II. THE WOOD FIRE AND ITS FRIENDS

III. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A CERTAIN COLONY OF PENGUINS

IV. THE ARRIVAL OF A LADY OF QUALITY

V. IN WHICH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CANNIBAL AND A FREE-BOOTER IS CLEARLY SET FORTH

VI. PROVING THAT THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH

VII. IN WHICH OUR LANDLORD BECOMES BOTH ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE

VIII. CONTAINING SEVERAL EXPERIENCES AND ADVENTURES SHOWING THE WIDE CONTRASTS IN LIFE

IX. IN WHICH MADAME LA MARQUISE BINDS UP BROKEN HEADS AND BLEEDING HEARTS

X. IN WHICH WE ENTERTAIN A JAIL-BIRD

XI. IN WHICH THE HABITS OF CERTAIN GHOSTS, GOBLINS, BANDITS, AND OTHER OBJECTIONABLE PERSONS ARE DULY SET FORTH

XII. WHY MIGNON WENT TO MARKET

XIII. WITH A DISSERTATION ON ROUND. PEGS AND SQUARE HOLES

XIV. A WOMAN’S WAY

XV. APPLE-BLOSSOMS AND WHITE MUSLIN

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Francis Hopkinson Smith

Published by Good Press, 2019

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“Fifty miles an hour, High-Muck” (I am High-Muck) “this brute of a Herbert kept up. Everything went by in a blur; but for these gig-lamps I’d be stone blind.”

The brace and the snap of the crisp autumn air clinging to their clothes suddenly permeated the room as with electricity. Even slow-moving Lemois felt its vivifying current as he hurriedly dragged the Florentine nearer the fire.

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