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Willis George Emerson. Buell Hampton
Buell Hampton
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.—AT LAKE GENEVA
CHAPTER II.—A CHANCE MEETING
CHAPTER III.—A DECLARATION
CHAPTER IV.—THE DEPARTURE
CHAPTER V.—A FRONTIER BANKER
CHAPTER VI.—MAJOR BUELL HAMPTON
CHAPTER VII.—THE CATTLE KING
CHAPTER VIII.—A COMMITTEE OF FIVE
CHAPTER IX.—AN AFTERNOON DRIVE
CHAPTER X.—HOME OF THE HORTONS
CHAPTER XI.—DADDY’. CONSENT
CHAPTER XII.—KANSAS PROHIBITION
CHAPTER XIII.—MAJOR HAMPTON’. LIBRARY
CHAPTER XIV.—THE SONG
CHAPTER XV.—THE RETRACTION
“HOME AGAIN.”
“AMENDE HONORABLE.”
CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLD VIOLIN
CHAPTER XVII.—LENOX AVONDALE’. ARRIVAL
CHAPTER XVIII.—A LOVE SONG
CHAPTER XIX.—AN INVITATION TO JOIN
CHAPTER XX.—A DINNER AT THE HORTONS
CHAPTER XXI.—THE FOOT-RACE
CHAPTER XXII.—THE ELECTION
“FIFTY-FIVE TRUE MEN.”
“LATER.”
CHAPTER XXIII.—A FORGED LETTER
CHAPTER XXIV.—REVERSING THE HIGHER COURTS
CHAPTER XXV.—ALMOST A TRAGEDY
CHAPTER XXVI.—REACHING A DECISION
CHAPTER XXVII.—THE HOT WINDS
CHAPTER XXVIII.—“THY WILL BE DONE”
CHAPTER XXIX.—JACK REDFIELD ARRIVES
CHAPTER XXX.—THE QUARREL
CHAPTER XXXI.—THE PASSING OF LORD AVONDALE
CHAPTER XXXII.—THE SILENCING OF GOSSIP
CHAPTER XXXIII.—A RIDE AMONG SUNFLOWERS
CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE PRAIRIE-FIRE
CHAPTER XXXV.—A BUCKING BRONCO
CHAPTER XXXVI.—A STARTLING REVELATION
CHAPTER XXXVII.—TRYING TO REMEMBER
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION
CHAPTER XXXIX.—JUDGE LYNN HAS AN IDEA
CHAPTER XL.—THE CATTLE THIEF CAUGHT
CHAPTER XLI.—A ROSICRUCIAN
CHAPTER XLII.—A NEW-MADE GRAVE
CHAPTER XLIII.—UNDER THE QUIET STARS
THE END
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Willis George Emerson
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I trust I am too loyal an American,” returned Ethel, proudly, “to take part in any career that is not entirely congenial to my own tastes, and your deductions as to yourself are quite incorrect. For my part, I think more of one who is noble and manly than I do of those English or American idlers, who think only of the latest fashions and who change their attire half a dozen times a day and are, even then, at a loss to know just what to do to kill time.”
Jack looked at Ethel as she was speaking, and he was conscious of a budding admiration for her that was quite a new feeling to him.
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