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George Barr McCutcheon. Oliver October
Oliver October
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
OLIVER IS BORN IN OCTOBER
CHAPTER II
HIS RELATIVES AND HIS NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER III
WOMEN IN RED SHAWLS
CHAPTER IV
HIS FORTUNE—GOOD AND BAD
CHAPTER V
OLIVER IS FOUND TO HAVE A TEMPER
CHAPTER VI
A PASTOR PROMISES AID
CHAPTER VII
THE MINISTER’S WIFE
CHAPTER VIII
GLIDING OVER A FEW YEARS
CHAPTER IX
HOME FROM THE WAR
CHAPTER X
IDLE DAYS
CHAPTER XI
OLD OLIVER DISAPPEARS
CHAPTER XII
ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT
CHAPTER XIII
THE GOOD SAMARITAN PAYS
CHAPTER XIV
JEALOUSY WITHOUT LOVE
CHAPTER XV
THE THIRD FAIR LADY
CHAPTER XVI
MR. JOSEPH SIKES INTERVENES
CHAPTER XVII
MR. GOOCH DECLARES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XVIII
JOSEPHINE AND HENRY THE EIGHTH
CHAPTER XIX
OLIVER COMPLAINS
CHAPTER XX
DETECTIVE MALONE
CHAPTER XXI
LOVE WITHOUT JEALOUSY
CHAPTER XXII
THE CORPUS DELICTI
CHAPTER XXIII
THE BREWING OF THE STORM
CHAPTER XXIV
THE HANGING
CHAPTER XXV
MR. GOOCH SEES THINGS AT NIGHT
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George Barr McCutcheon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Very,” said Mr. Sikes.
General conversation, after this laconic start, died suddenly. Everybody stood and looked at everybody else for a few moments, and then Mr. Sikes had a happy inspiration. He began shoveling coal from the scuttle into the already blushing stove, making a great deal of racket. The others watched him intently, as if they never had seen anything so interesting as a stove being stuffed with fuel.
