The Victors; a romance of yesterday morning & this afternoon
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Robert Barr. The Victors; a romance of yesterday morning & this afternoon
The Victors; a romance of yesterday morning & this afternoon
Table of Contents
BOOK I. CLEARING FOR ACTION
CHAPTER I “EACH NEW-HATCHED, UNFLEDGED COMRADE”
CHAPTER II “HE’LL TURN YOUR CURRENT IN A DITCH”
CHAPTER III “LET ME BUY YOUR FRIENDLY HELP”
CHAPTER IV “I HAVE FLATTERED A LADY”
CHAPTER V “DOING NOTHING FOR A BRIBE”
CHAPTER VI “HIS DISHONESTY APPEARS”
CHAPTER VII “BUY ’EM TO SELL AGAIN”
CHAPTER VIII “I AND MY PARTNER”
CHAPTER IX “YOU CHARGE ME MOST UNJUSTLY”
CHAPTER X “RIDES THE WILD MARE WITH THE BOYS”
CHAPTER XI “THEY ARE THRIFTY, HONEST MEN”
BOOK II. THE FOOT OF THE SLOPE
CHAPTER I “JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS’ MEETING”
CHAPTER II “A STRANGER IN THIS CITY HERE”
CHAPTER III “MARK HIS FIRST APPROACH BEFORE MY LADY”
CHAPTER IV “I SAT UPON A PROMONTORY AND HEARD A MERMAID”
CHAPTER V “FIRST, SIR, I PRAY, WHAT IS YOUR TITLE?”
CHAPTER VI “I HAVE A BAG OF MONEY HERE THAT TROUBLES ME”
CHAPTER VII “MY SURVEYOR IS FALSE”
CHAPTER VIII “A RARE ENGINEER”
BOOK III. BEGINNING THE GAME
CHAPTER I “THIS MIGHT BE THE FATE OF A POLITICIAN”
CHAPTER II “WE QUARREL IN PRINT”
CHAPTER III “BUT HE, SIR, HAD THE ELECTION”
CHAPTER IV “SACK GREAT ROME WITH ROMANS”
BOOK IV. THE HILL OF ENDEAVOUR
CHAPTER I “THAT WERE A TRICK INDEED”
CHAPTER II “BY A SEALED COMPACT, WELL RATIFIED”
CHAPTER III “THE DEVIL SHALL HAVE HIS BARGAIN”
CHAPTER IV “YOUR EXPOSITION ON THE HOLY TEXT”
CHAPTER V “WHEN DID YOU LOSE YOUR DAUGHTER?”
CHAPTER VI “GIVE ME LEAVE TO PROVE YOU A FOOL”
CHAPTER VII “FORTUNE’S FURIOUS FICKLE WHEEL”
CHAPTER VIII “I DO DESIRE SOME CONFIDENCE”
CHAPTER IX “A GRACIOUS PERSON”
CHAPTER X “HER HAIR IS AUBURN”
CHAPTER XI “SWEET HUSBAND, BE NOT OF THAT MIND”
CHAPTER XII “THERE IS MONEY; SPEND IT”
CHAPTER XIII “WHAT, WILT THOU FLOUT ME THUS?”
BOOK V. SPOILS TO THE VICTORS
CHAPTER I “THEY ARE SO LINKED IN FRIENDSHIP”
CHAPTER II “FORTUNE AND VICTORY SIT ON THY HELM”
CHAPTER III “FIRE THAT SEVERS DAY FROM NIGHT”
CHAPTER IV “GOD’S WILL! WHAT WILFULNESS IS THIS?”
CHAPTER V “WHAT TELL’ST THOU ME OF ROBBING?”
CHAPTER VI “TURNS INSURRECTION TO RELIGION”
CHAPTER VII “AND SWEET RELIGION MAKES A RHAPSODY OF WORDS”
BOOK VI. ON THE SUMMIT
CHAPTER I “I AM COME TO FETCH YOU HOME”
CHAPTER II “DESPATCH ALL BUSINESS AND BEGONE”
CHAPTER III “DASHED OUT WITH A GRECIAN CLUB”
CHAPTER IV “TO LEAVE YOU IN YOUR MADNESS”
CHAPTER V “MADAM, THIS IS MERE DISTRACTION”
CHAPTER VI “O GOD DEFEND ME! HOW AM I BESET!”
CHAPTER VII “WILL RAIN HOT VENGEANCE ON OFFENDERS”
CHAPTER VIII “MAKE A SCARECROW OF THE LAW”
CHAPTER IX “WHY, THEN, LET’S HOME AGAIN”
CHAPTER X “WITH THEIR TONGUES DOOM MEN TO DEATH”
CHAPTER XI “FROM CUPID’S SHOULDER”
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Robert Barr
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The silence that fell upon the group after peace had been so nearly broken was at last disturbed by the distant whirr of buggy wheels, like the murmur of some gigantic insect in the still summer evening. The vehicle came in sight at the foot of the hill and rapidly began to ascend. “It’s a shame to push a horse up a hill like that,” said the big pedlar, glancing towards the approaching conveyance, which contained two persons. “I expect they know I’ve taken to the country, and a man in a buggy will be searching all the roads that lead out of Ann Arbor.”
The horse was pulled up sharply at the brow of the hill, and a dapper man sprang nimbly to the ground. The big pedlar was carefully and laboriously rounding the end of the stick, which under the deft manipulations of the blade had taken on somewhat the shape of a stiletto without the cross bar. He seemed to have no curiosity regarding the advent of the carriage passenger, his whole attention being occupied by the cabinet work in hand. His knife was marvellously sharp and cut through the aromatic Michigan pine as if it were cheese.
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