The Colossus

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Opie Percival Read. The Colossus

The Colossus

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE

CHAPTER II

A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN

CHAPTER III

ALL WAS DARKNESS

CHAPTER IV

A STRANGE REQUEST

CHAPTER V

DISSECTING A MOTIVE

CHAPTER VI

WAITING AT THE STATION

CHAPTER VII

A MOTHER'S AFFECTION

CHAPTER VIII

THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT

CHAPTER IX

THE INTERVIEWERS

CHAPTER X

ROMPED WITH THE GIRL

CHAPTER XI

ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY

CHAPTER XII

A DEMOCRACY

CHAPTER XIII

BUTTING AGAINST A WALL

CHAPTER XIV

A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING

CHAPTER XV

TOLD HIM HER STORY

CHAPTER XVI

AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY

CHAPTER XVII

AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST

CHAPTER XVIII

THE INVESTMENT

CHAPTER XIX

ARRESTED EVERYWHERE

CHAPTER XX

CRIED A SENSATION

CHAPTER XXI

A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN

CHAPTER XXII

TO GO ON A VISIT

CHAPTER XXIII

HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY

CHAPTER XXIV

WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT

CHAPTER XXV

IMPATIENTLY WAITING

CHAPTER XXVI

TOLD IT ALL

CHAPTER XXVII

POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY

CHAPTER XXVIII

THE VERDICT

CHAPTER XXIX

A DAY OF REST

CHAPTER XXX

A MOTHER'S REQUEST

CHAPTER XXXI

A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE

CHAPTER XXXII

A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW

CHAPTER XXXIII

THE TIME WAS DRAWING NEAR

CHAPTER XXXIV

TOLD HIM A STORY

CHAPTER XXXV

CONCLUSION

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Opie Percival Read

A Novel

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"Good; but you didn't steal trash at any rate. But, Hank, you look for the dark when the light would serve you better. Don't do it. Throw off your trouble."

"Oh, I'm not disposed to look so much for the dark as you may imagine. Throw it off! That's good advice. It is true that we may sometimes throw off a trouble, but we can't very well throw off a cause. Some natures are like a piece of fly-paper—a sorrow alights and sticks there. But that isn't my nature. It doesn't take much to make me contented."

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