THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR
By Holman Day
1906
CONTENTS
[ THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR ]
[ CHAPTER ONE—THE TRYING-OUT OF ONE RODNEY PARKER, ASSISTANT ENGINEER ]
[ CHAPTER TWO—THE WHIM THAT PROJECTED THE FAMOUS “POQUETTE CARRY RAILROAD” ]
[ CHAPTER THREE—ENGINEER PARKER GETS FINAL ORDERS FOR “THE LAND OF THE GIDEONITES.” ]
[ CHAPTER FOUR—IN WHICH THE DOUGHTY “SWAMP SWOGON” ASTONISHES SUNKHAZE SETTLEMENT ]
[ CHAPTER FIVE—HOW COLONEL GIDEON WAS BACKED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE ]
[ CHAPTER SIX—IN WHICH “THE CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” CASTS HIS SHADOW LONG BEFORE HIM ]
[ CHAPTER SEVEN—HOW “THE FRESH-WATER CORSAIRS” CAME TO SUNKHAZE ]
[ CHAPTER EIGHT—THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT SWIMMING AND THE ENGINEER WHO WAS STOLEN ]
[ CHAPTER NINE—UP THE WINDING WAY TO THE “OGRE OF THE BIG WOODS.” ]
[ CHAPTER TEN—THE WANGAN DUEL ]
[ CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BEAR THAT WALKED LIKE A MAN ]
[ CHAPTER TWELVE—THE STRANGE “CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” ]
[ CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE BEAR OF THE BIG WOODS “BAITED” AFTER HIS OWN FASHION ]
[ CHAPTER FOURTEEN—HOW RODNEY PARKER PAID AN HONEST DEBT ]
[ CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE DAY WHEN POQUETTE BURST WIDE OPEN ]
[ CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE PACT THAT OPENED RODNEY PARKER'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE ]
BLOW THE MAN DOWN
A ROMANCE OF THE COAST
By Holman Day
CONTENTS
[ I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS ]
[ II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS ]
[ III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS ]
[ IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL ]
[ V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA” ]
[ VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD ]
[ VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE ]
[ X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON ]
[ XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY ]
[ XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET ]
[ XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM ]
[ XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE ]
[ XV ~ THE RULES OF THE ROAD ]
[ XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG ]
[ XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE! ]
[ XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG ]
[ XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT ]
[ XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER ]
[ XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH ]
[ XXIV ~ DOWN A GALLOPING SEA ]
[ XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR ]
[ XXVI ~ THE FANGS OF OLD RAZEE ]
[ XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD ]
[ XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK ]
[ XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE ]
[ XXX ~ THE MATTER OP A MONOGRAM IN WAX ]
PINE TREE BALLADS
Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ Up in Maine
By Holman F. Day
CONTENTS
[ DEED OF THE OLD HOME PLACE ]
[ THE SUN-BROWNED DADS OF MAINE ]
[ WHEN OUR HERO COMES TO MAINE ]
[ SONGS OF THE SEA AND SHORE ]
[ THE GREAT JEEHOOKIBUS WHALE ]
[ THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE REVIEW ]
[ THE BALLAD OF ORASMUS NUTE ]
[ THE RAPO-GENUS CHRISTMAS BALL ]
[ WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH ]
[ THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS ]
[ PLUG TOBACCO AT SOURDNAHUNK ]
[ THE BALLAD OF “OLD SCRATCH” ]
[ THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES ]
[ THE BALLAD OF HUNNEMAN TWO ]
[ ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT ]
[ TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE ]
[ BALLADS OF “CAPERS AND ACTIONS” ]
[ BALLAD OF ELKANAH B. ATKINSON ]
[ THE SWITCH FOR HIRAM BROWN ]
WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS
Being the Personal Narrative of Ross Sidney, Diver
By Holman Day
CONTENTS
[ I—BEING THE STRUGGLE OF AN AMATEUR AUTHOR TO GET A FAIR START ]
[ II—ENDING WITH A MEETING ON PURGATORY HILL ]
[ IV—THE TRAINING OF THE QUEEN OF “SHEBY” ]
[ V—SHOOING AWAY A SCAPEGOAT ]
[ VI—HAVING TO DO WITH JODREY VOSE’s MAKING OP A DIVER ]
[ VII—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A PLUG-HAT| ]
[ VIII—“TAKING IT OUT” ON A SUIT OF CLOTHES ]
[ X—THE ART OF PUTTING ON A FRONT ]
[ XI—THE FAILURE OF AN UNCLE-TAMER ]
[ XII—STARTING SOMETHING IN LEVANT ]
[ XIII—THE MAN WHO TALKED IN THE DARK ]
[ XIV—THE KICK-BACKS IN THIS SAMARITAN BUSINESS ]
[ XVI—GRABBING A HUSBAND AND FATHER ]
[ XVIII—THE ECCENTRICITIES OF ROYAL CITY ]
[ XIX—THE JOB Of AN ALTRUIST ]
[ XXIV—HOW SWEET IS THE HOME-COMING, EH? ]
[ XXVI—CAPTAIN HOLSTROM ET AL. ]
[ XXVIII—SORTING THE CHECKER-BOARD CREW ]
[ XXXIII—THE HEART OF THE MILLIONS ]
[ XXXV—SUBMARINE PICKPOCKETS ]
[ XXXVI—THE TERROR FROM THE NORTH ]
[ XXXVII—THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE ]
THE OWL TAXIBY HULBERT FOOTNER
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I [The Transfer]
II [Greg's First Fare]
III [Greg's Second Fare]
IV [In the House on Ninth Street]
V [The Taxi Yard]
VI [Greg's Rival]
VII [The Undertaker]
VIII [The Hold-up]
IX [The Flivver as a Post-Office]
X [Amy's Story]
XI [The Ride Home]
XII [What the Little Black Book Contained]
XIII [De Socotra Hires T7011 Again]
XIV [Through the Streets]
XV [Nina]
XVI [The "Psychopathic Sanitarium"]
XVII [The Young Man with the Little Black Moustache]
XVIII [Blossom's Report]
XIX [The Abduction]
XX [Exit Senor Saunders]
XXI [Up-stairs and Down]
XXII [Nemesis]
XXIII [Conclusion]
SQUIRE PHIN
By Holman Day
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I—“HARD-TIMES” WHARFF COCKS HIS NOSE TO SNIFF TROUBLE ]
[ CHAPTER II—“HIME” LOOK’S HOMECOMING WITH AN ELEPHANT ]
[ CHAPTER III—FROM THE MOUTH OF MARRINER AMAZEEN ]
[ CHAPTER IV—SQUIRE PHIN FINDS HYMEN’S TORCH BURNING HIS FINGERS ]
[ CHAPTER V—HIRAM LOOK MEETS KLEBER WILLARD BRIEFLY AND BRISKLY ]
[ CHAPTER VI—SQUIRE PHIN HAS A WORD OF BUSINESS WITH KING BRADISH ]
[ CHAPTER VII—THE BUSINESS OF HUMAN HEARTS ]
[ CHAPTER VIII—SQUIRE PHIN ACTS AS PEACEMAKER ]
[ CHAPTER IX—SUMNER BADGER MAKES A WILL AND, UNWITTINGLY, A DISCLOSURE ]
[ CHAPTER X—HIRAM LOOK PULLS IN SIMON PEAK FROM THE FLOTSAM OF LIFE ]
[ CHAPTER XI—THE COMBINATION THAT PROVED TOO MUCH ]
[ CHAPTER XII—THE LIVELY FIRST APPEARANCE OF “THE LOOK BROTHERS ]
[ CHAPTER XIII—THE “COME-UPPANCE” OF CAPTAIN NYMPHUS BODFISH ]
[ CHAPTER XIV—THE PACT OF “ORPHAN HILL” ]
[ CHAPTER XV—SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES IN A “CORNET BRASS BAND” ]
[ CHAPTER XVI—THE DISAPPOINTING “TEST CASE” OF SUMNER BADGER, ]
[ CHAPTER XVII—WHAT DEVELOPED AT THE FORUM IN ASA BRICKETT’S STORE, ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII—YANKEE DISPOSITION IS NOT EXACTLY UNDERSTOOD, ]
[ CHAPTER XIX—SQUIRE PHIN SEES AND REPLEVINS WHAT BELONGS TO HIM ]
[ CHAPTER XX—PALERMO’S “MARCH MEETIN’” ]
[ CHAPTER XXI—WHY HIRAM LOOK WENT OUT OF THE CIRCUS BUSINESS ]
[ CHAPTER XXII—HOW SYLVENA WILLARD “TRIED IT ON THE DOG,” ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII—HIRAM LOOK’S TWO LIVELY BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV—THE CREDIT SHEET, AFTER THE LOOK ]
[ CHAPTER XXV—AQUARIUS WHARFF SEES SOMETHING BESIDES HARD TIMES ]
CONTENTS
[ I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS ]
[ II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS ]
[ III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS ]
[ IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL ]
[ V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA” ]
[ VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD ]
[ VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE ]
[ X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON ]
[ XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY ]
[ XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET ]
[ XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM ]
[ XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE ]
[ XV ~ THE RULES OF THE ROAD ]
[ XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG ]
[ XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE! ]
[ XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG ]
[ XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT ]
[ XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER ]
[ XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH ]
[ XXIV ~ DOWN A GALLOPING SEA ]
[ XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR ]
[ XXVI ~ THE FANGS OF OLD RAZEE ]
[ XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD ]
[ XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK ]
[ XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE ]
[ XXX ~ THE MATTER OP A MONOGRAM IN WAX ]