Ten Nights in a Bar Room

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T. S. Arthur. Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Table of Contents

NIGHT THE FIRST

THE "SICKLE AND SHEAF."

NIGHT THE SECOND

THE CHANGES OF A YEAR

NIGHT THE THIRD

JOE MORGAN'S CHILD

NIGHT THE FOURTH

DEATH OF LITTLE MARY MORGAN

NIGHT THE FIFTH

SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF TAVERN-KEEPING

NIGHT THE SIXTH

MORE CONSEQUENCES

NIGHT THE SEVENTH

SOWING THE WIND

NIGHT THE EIGHTH

REAPING THE WHIRLWIND

NIGHT THE NINTH

A FEARFUL CONSUMMATION

NIGHT THE TENTH

THE CLOSING SCENE AT THE "SICKLE AND SHEAF."

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T. S. Arthur

Published by Good Press, 2019

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While I mused thus, the bar-room door opened, and a man past the prime of life, with a somewhat florid face, which gave a strong relief to the gray, almost white hair that, suffered to grow freely, was pushed back, and lay in heavy masses on his coat collar, entered with a hasty step. He was almost venerable in appearance; yet there was in his dark, quick eyes the brightness of unquenched loves, the fires of which were kindled at the altars of selfishness and sensuality. This I saw at a glance. There was a look of concern on his face, as he threw his eyes around the bar-room; and he seemed disappointed, I thought, at finding it empty.

"Is Simon Slade here?"

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