1913


CONTENTS

[ SQUIRE PHIN ]

[ 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 ]