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James Henry Foss. The Gentleman from Everywhere
The Gentleman from Everywhere
Table of Contents
CHAPTER
CHAPTER I
LAUNCHING OF MY LIFE-BOAT
CHAPTER II
MY FIRST VOYAGE
CHAPTER III
NEAR TO NATURE'S HEART
CHAPTER IV
JOYS AND SORROWS OF SCHOOL-DAYS
CHAPTER V
CAREER OF A DOMINIE-PEDAGOGUE
CHAPTER VI
DREAMS OF MY YOUTH
CHAPTER VII
A DISENCHANTED COLLEGIAN-PREACHER
CHAPTER VIII
IN SHADOW LAND
CHAPTER IX
SUNLIGHT AND DARKNESS IN PALACE AND COTTAGE
CHAPTER X
ADVENTURES IN MOSQUITO-LAND
CHAPTER XI
IN ARCADIE
CHAPTER XII
FROM PHILISTINE TO BENEDICT AND A HONEYMOON
CHAPTER XIII
THE ANGELS OF LIFE AND DEATH
CHAPTER XIV
TRIBULATIONS OF A WIDOWER
CHAPTER XV
FAITH SEES A STAR
CHAPTER XVI
ON THE POLITICAL STUMP
CHAPTER XVII
THAT EDDYFYING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHAPTER XVIII
IN THE LAND OF FLOWERS
CHAPTER XIX
SUNBEAM, THE SEMINOLE
CHAPTER XX
A FOUNDER OF TOWNS AND CLUBS
CHAPTER XXI
A MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS WITH A ONE DOLLAR CAPITAL
CHAPTER XXII
PENDULUM 'TWIXT SMILES AND TEARS
CHAPTER XXIII
MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYED: THEN DEPOSED
CHAPTER XXIV
FOREGLEAMS OF IMMORTALITY
CHAPTER XXV
A PRACTICAL SOCIALIST AND COLONIZER
CHAPTER XXVI
HAND IN HAND WITH ANGELS
CHAPTER XXVII
AMONG THE LAW-SHARKS
CHAPTER XXVIII
CAMPAIGNING IN WONDERLAND
CHAPTER XXIX
AMONG THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER XXX
DISENCHANTED.—HOME AGAIN
AFTERMATH
CHAPTER XXXI
THE FLORIDA CRACKERS
CHAPTER XXXII
LOOKING FORWARD
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James Henry Foss
Published by Good Press, 2019
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I was set to picking berries to replenish the family larder; but this soon became monotonous, and I appropriated the old grain-sieve, placing it beside the bushes, and pounding the huckleberries into it with a stick; the result was a heterogeneous conglomeration of worms, leaves, bugs, and crushed berries; but I succeeded in eliminating the refuse by throwing the whole mass into a tub of water, and skimming off the risings. I would then descant to buyers upon the freshness of the berries wet with the dews of heaven, but my ruse was soon discovered, and people refused to purchase such mucilaginous pulp.
Our widowed hired woman was possessed of a baby, and I was assigned the task of rocking the cradle; but I soon sighed for the apple blossoms and songs of birds—we had no English sparrows then—so I drove a nail into the cradle, tied to it the clothes-line, and went out of doors and began pulling at the cord. Soon agonizing screams were heard, and baby was found on the floor with the cradle pounding on top of him.
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