By W. A. WILKINS.

All rights reserved.

PREFACE.

In presenting this volume to the public, the author hopes to impart information to some; reflect their own character to others; possibly point a moral, and by the tale interest the reader.

The warp of the fabric is reality, the woof fiction, the coloring domestic.

Awaiting the verdict,

Respectfully,

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTERI.—[Beautiful Lake George],9
"II.—[A Quartette of Schemers],18
"III.—[Tempest-tossed Lake George],26
"IV.—[The Boss and His Aids],33
"V.—[To the Rescue],44
"VI.—[The Camp Dinner],52
"VII.—[The Cruel Thunderbolt],58
"VIII.—[Affairs at Cleverdale],65
"IX.—[The Caucus],72
"X.—[The Cruelty of Ambition],82
"XI.—[The Convention],90
"XII.—[A Wicked Scheme],99
"XIII.—[Daley's Strength Wanes],108
"XIV.—[The Election],116
"XV.—[Gloomy Forebodings],125
"XVI.—[Prince of Mannis Manor],134
"XVII.—[Sargent Enlisted],144
"XVIII.—[George and Fannie Alden],149
"XIX.—[The Burning Factory],155
"XX.—[The Secret Marriage],164
"XXI.—[Spoils! Spoils!] 172
"XXII.—[Sad Farewells],179
"XXIII.—[Exiled from Home and Friends],186
"XXIV.—[The Distracted Wife],198
"XXV.—[The Cruel Letter],209
"XXVI.—[A Dirty Job],215
"XXVII.—[Cleverdale's Sorrow],223
"XXVIII.—[Among the Hills of Colorado],232
"XXIX.—[Poor Mary Harris],239
"XXX.—[The Attempted Suicide],247
"XXXI.—[A Revelation],258
"XXXII.—[The Wanderer's Return],265
"XXXIII.—[Retributive Justice],274
"XXXIV.—[The Cleverdale Mystery],277
"XXXV.—[Epilogue—The Machine and its Wheels],285