THE GOLD BRICK

THE GOLD BRICK

By
BRAND WHITLOCK

Author of
THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
HER INFINITE VARIETY THE HAPPY AVERAGE
THE TURN OF THE BALANCE

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1910
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CONTENTS

PAGE
I The Gold Brick[ 1]
II The Has-Been[ 35]
III What Will Become of Annie?[ 65]
IV The Vindication of Henderson of Greene[ 89]
V Senate Bill 578[ 119]
VI Macochee’s First Campaign Fund[ 139]
VII A Secret of State[ 165]
VIII The Colonel’s Last Campaign[ 201]
IX Reform in The First[ 232]
X Malachi Nolan[ 262]
XI The Pardon of Thomas Whalen[ 302]
XII That Boy[ 333]

The stories in this book were originally published in The Saturday Evening Post, The American Magazine and Ainslee’s Magazine, and to these publications acknowledgments are due for their courtesy in giving permission for republication.

THE GOLD BRICK