One of My Sons

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Green Anna Katharine. One of My Sons

BOOK I

THE SHADOW

I. THE CHILD, AND WHAT SHE LED ME INTO

II. THE YOUNG DOCTOR AND THE OLD

III. WHAT A DOOR HID

IV "HE DRANK IT ALONE"

V. HOPE

VI. A HAPPY INSPIRATION

VII. THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN BY THE NEWEL-POST

VIII. THE MAN BEHIND THE SCREEN

IX. THE CLOCK THAT HAD RUN DOWN

X. THE PENCIL

XI. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

XII. GOSSIP

XIII. INDICATIONS

XIV. A SUDDEN TURN

XV. THE MISSING POCKET

XVI. IN THE PARLOUR AT MRS. PENRHYN'S

BOOK II

THE MAN

XVII. THE MONOGRAM

XVIII. THE PHIAL

XIX. I MAKE MY FIRST MOVE

XX. THE LITTLE HOUSE IN NEW JERSEY

XXI. MILLE-FLEURS

XXII. A DISAGREEABLE HOUR WITH A DISAGREEABLE MAN

XXIII. IN MY OFFICE

XXIV. AN OLD CATASTROPHE IS RECALLED

XXV. A SUMMONS

XXVI. FERRY LIGHTS

XXVII. RAIN

XXVIII. BY THE LIGHT OF A GUTTERING CANDLE

XXIX. THE QUIET HOUR

XXX. AN UNEXPECTED ALLY

XXXI. SWEETWATER HAS AN IDEA

XXXII. WITH THE SHADE DOWN

XXXIII. IN WHICH WE CAN PARDON MR. GRYCE HIS UNFORTUNATE ILLNESS

XXXIV "IT WAS THE SHOCK!"

XXXV. ROSES

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Iwas walking at a rapid pace up the avenue one raw, fall evening, when somewhere near the corner of Fifty – Street I was brought to a sudden stand-still by the sound of a child's voice accosting me from the stoop of one of the handsome houses I was then passing.

"O sir!" it cried, "please come in. Please come to grandpa. He's sick and wants you."

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"I do not understand you," observed the former after a momentary interval surcharged with deep emotion. "Was Mr. Gillespie in the habit of sharing his wine with those who sat at his board, that you feel the pathos of that lonely glass so keenly?"

"Yes. I never knew the dinner to close before without some sort of toast from one of his sons. It is the coincidence that affects me. But I should not have mentioned it. No one could have known that this was destined to be our last meal together."

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