CHAPTER
I [Brains, Gall, an' Luck]
II [Ten-Centers]
III [Society Pigs]
IV [Underpinnin']
V [Plain Facts]
VI [A Flea in the Ear]
VII [Beating the Movies]
VIII [The Dump Scheme]
IX [A Slip of a Gal]
X [An Unexpected Jolt]
XI [Town Rats]
XII [Bottled Divils]
XIII [The Joy-ride]
XIV [Surprised at Herself]
XV [Country Rats]
XVI [In the Klink]
XVII [Friendly Advice]
XVIII [A Moist Reception]
XIX [Jerry, Me Pardner]
XX [Under Suspicion]
XXI [Hard of Hearing]
XXII [Earning Their Passage]
XXIII [Rescued]
XXIV [Exit Billy]
XXV [Laffin'-Gas]
XXVI [Heart Trouble]
XXVII [A Sermon with a Punch]
XXVIII [The Hold-up]
XXIX [Counsel for the Defense]
XXX [The Heart-touch]
THE TOUCH OF ABNER
CHAPTER I
BRAINS, GALL, AN' LUCK
"Put me down fer a thousand."
These words drawled slowly forth produced an immediate effect, and caused fifty people to straighten suddenly up and look enquiringly around. The reporter of The Live Wire gave one lightning glance toward the speaker, and then began to write rapidly upon his pad lying before him. The chairman, too, was visibly affected. He leaned forward, and searched the room with his small squinting eyes.
"Did I hear aright?" he asked. "Did someone say 'a thousand?'"
At once a man in the back row started to rise, but was pulled quickly down by a woman sitting at his side.
"Let go my coat-tails, Tildy," he whispered.