The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
“Take care of Lily”
“And each in his separate star, Shall paint the thing as he sees it For the God of Things As They Are.”
Kipling
Copyright, 1906, By John Trotwood Moore Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, 1906 All Rights Reserved
In Memory Of My Mother, EMILY BILLINGSLEA MOORE, Who Died December 14th, 1903, The Faith Of This Book Being Hers.
Transcriber's Note: Obvious printer errors, have been silently corrected. For clarity, have added new paragraphs with respect to dialogue within paragraphs. The name Hillard and Hilliard have been uniformly changed to Hillard. Corrected incorrect usages of 'its' and 'it's.' All other inconsistencies (i. e. The inconsistent spellings—sombre/somber, gray/grey, hyphen/no hyphen) have been left as they were in the original.
The cotton blossom is the only flower that is born in the shuttle of a sunbeam and dies in a loom.
It is the most beautiful flower that grows, and needs only to become rare to be priceless—only to die to be idealized.
John Trotwood Moore
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THE
Bishop of Cottontown
A STORY OF THE SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS
JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE
AUTHOR OF
ILLUSTRATED BY THE KINNEYS
CONTENTS
PART FIRST—THE BLOOM.
PART SECOND—THE BOLL.
PART THIRD—THE GIN.
PART FOURTH—THE LINT.
PART FIFTH—THE LOOM.
PART FIRST—THE BLOOM
THE COTTON BLOSSOM
PART SECOND—THE BOLL
CHAPTER I
COTTON
CHAPTER II
RICHARD TRAVIS
CHAPTER III
JUD CARPENTER
CHAPTER IV
FOOD FOR THE FACTORY
CHAPTER V
THE FLY CATCHER CAUGHT
CHAPTER VI
THE FLINT AND THE COAL
CHAPTER VII
HILLARD WATTS
CHAPTER VIII
WESTMORELAND
CHAPTER IX
A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER X
A STAR AND A SATELLITE
CHAPTER XI
A MIDNIGHT BURIAL
CHAPTER XII
JACK BRACKEN
PART THIRD—THE GIN
CHAPTER I
ALICE WESTMORE
CHAPTER II
THE REAL HEROES
CHAPTER III
FRANKLIN
PART FOURTH—THE LINT
CHAPTER I
COTTONTOWN
CHAPTER II
BEN BUTLER
CHAPTER III
AN ANSWER TO PRAYER
CHAPTER IV
HOW THE BISHOP FROZE
CHAPTER V
THE FLOCK
CHAPTER VI
A BISHOP MILITANT
CHAPTER VII
MARGARET ADAMS
CHAPTER VIII
HARD-SHELL SUNDAY
CHAPTER IX
THE RETURN
CHAPTER X
THE SWAN-SONG OF THE CREPE-MYRTLE
CHAPTER XI
THE CASKET AND THE GHOST
CHAPTER XII
A MIDNIGHT GUARD
CHAPTER XIII
THE THEFT OF A CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER XIV
UNCLE DAVE'S WILL
CHAPTER XV
EDWARD CONWAY
CHAPTER XVI
HELEN'S DESPAIR
CHAPTER XVII
THE WHIPPER-IN
CHAPTER XVIII
SAMANTHA CAREWE
CHAPTER XIX
A QUICK CONVERSION
CHAPTER XX
A LIVE FUNERAL
CHAPTER XXI
JACK AND THE LITTLE ONES
CHAPTER XXII
THE BROKEN THREAD
CHAPTER XXIII
GOD WILL PROVIDE
CHAPTER XXIV
BONAPARTE'S WATERLOO
CHAPTER XXV
A BORN NATURALIST
CHAPTER XXVI
BEN BUTLER'S LAST RACE
CHAPTER XXVII
YOU'LL COME BACK A MAN
PART FIFTH.—THE LOOM
CHAPTER I
A NEW MILL GIRL
CHAPTER II
IN THE DEPTHS
CHAPTER III
WORK IN A NEW LIGHT
CHAPTER IV
MAGGIE
CHAPTER V
PAY-DAY
CHAPTER VI
THE PLOT
CHAPTER VII
MRS. WESTMORE TAKES A HAND
CHAPTER VIII
A QUESTION BROUGHT HOME
CHAPTER IX
THE PEDIGREE OF ACHIEVEMENT
CHAPTER X
MARRIED IN GOD'S SIGHT
CHAPTER XI
THE QUEEN IS DEAD—LONG LIVE THE QUEEN
CHAPTER XII
IN THYSELF THERE IS WEAKNESS
CHAPTER XIII
HIMSELF AGAIN
CHAPTER XIV
THE JOY OF THE MORNING
CHAPTER XV
THE TOUCH OF GOD
CHAPTER XVI
MAMMY MARIA
CHAPTER XVII
THE DOUBLE THAT DIED
CHAPTER XVIII
THE DYING LION
CHAPTER XIX
FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH
CHAPTER XX
THE ANGEL WITH THE FLAMING SWORD
CHAPTER XXI
THE GREAT FIRE
CHAPTER XXII
A CONWAY AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIII
DIED FOR THE LAW
CHAPTER XXIV
THE ATONEMENT
CHAPTER XXV
THE SHADOWS AND THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER XXVI
THE MODEL MILL
The End.