The Main Chance
THE MAIN CHANCE
ILLUSTRATED BY HARRISON FISHER
INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1903 The Bobbs-Merrill Company
May
PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
TO E. K. N. WHO WILL REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND
THE MAIN CHANCE
Well, sir, they say I'm crooked!
William Porter tipped back his swivel chair and placidly puffed a cigar as he watched the effect of this declaration on the young man who sat talking to him.
Meredith Nicholson
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I A NEW MAN IN TOWN
CHAPTER II WARRICK RARIDAN
CHAPTER III SWEET PEAS
CHAPTER IV AT POINDEXTER'S
CHAPTER V DEBATABLE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER VI A SAFE MAN
CHAPTER VII WARRY RARIDAN'S INDIGNATION
CHAPTER VIII TIMOTHY MARGRAVE MAKES A CHOICE
CHAPTER IX PARLEYINGS
CHAPTER X A WRECKED CANNA BED
CHAPTER XI THE KNIGHTS OF MIDAS BALL
CHAPTER XII A MORNING AT ST. PAUL'S
CHAPTER XIII BARGAIN AND SALE
CHAPTER XIV THE GIRL THAT TRIES HARD
CHAPTER XV AT THE COUNTRY CLUB
CHAPTER XVI THE LADY AND THE BUNKER
CHAPTER XVII WARRY'S REPENTANCE
CHAPTER XVIII FATHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XIX A FORECAST AT THE WHIPPLES'
CHAPTER XX ORCHARD LANE
CHAPTER XXI JAMES WHEATON MAKES A COMPUTATION
CHAPTER XXII AN ANNUAL PASS
CHAPTER XXIII WILLIAM PORTER RETURNS FROM A JOURNEY
CHAPTER XXIV INTERRUPTED PLANS
CHAPTER XXV JAMES WHEATON DECLINES AN OFFER
CHAPTER XXVI THE KEY TO A DILEMMA
CHAPTER XXVII A MEETING BETWEEN GENTLEMEN
CHAPTER XXVIII BROKEN GLASS
CHAPTER XXIX JOHN SAXTON, RECEIVER
CHAPTER XXX GREEN CHARTREUSE
CHAPTER XXXI PUZZLING AUTOGRAPHS
CHAPTER XXXII CROSSED WIRES
CHAPTER XXXIII A DISAPPEARANCE
CHAPTER XXXIV JOHN SAXTON SUGGESTS A CLUE
CHAPTER XXXV SHOTS IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXXVI HOME THROUGH THE SNOW
CHAPTER XXXVII "A PECULIAR BRICK"
CHAPTER XXXVIII OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
CHAPTER XXXIX "IT IS CRUEL"
CHAPTER XL SHIFTED BURDENS
CHAPTER XLI RETROSPECTIVE VANITY
CHAPTER XLII AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
