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Title: The Purchase Price
Author: Emerson Hough
Release Date: March 15, 2004 [eBook #11593]
Language: English
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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PURCHASE PRICE***
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THE PURCHASE PRICE
OR, THE CAUSE OF COMPROMISE
By
EMERSON HOUGH
AUTHOR OF
THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE
54-40 OR FIGHT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
M. LEONE BRACKER AND EDMUND FREDERICK
1910
TO
HON. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE
A PROGRESSIVE IN THE CAUSE OF
ACTUAL FREEDOM
CONTENTS
Chapter
I A LADY IN COMPANY
II THE GATEWAY AND SOME WHO PASSED
III THE QUESTION
IV THE GAME
V SPOLIA OPIMA
VI THE NEW MASTER
VII A CONFUSION IN CHATTELS
VIII THE SHADOW CABINET
IX TALLWOODS
X FREE AND THRALL
XI THE GARMENTS OF ANOTHER
XII THE NIGHT
XIII THE INVASION
XIV THE ARGUMENT
XV THE ARBITRAMENT
XVI THE ADJUDICATION
XVII THE LADY AT TALLWOODS
XVIII ON PAROLE
XIX THE ENEMY
XX THE ART OF DOCTOR JAMIESON
XXI THE PAYMENT
XXII THE WAY OF A MAID
XXIII IN WASHINGTON
XXIV IN THE NAME OF ALTRUISM
XXV THE ARTFUL GENTLEMAN PROM KENTUCKY
XXVI THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK
XXVII A SPLENDID FAILURE
XXVIII IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
XXIX IN OLD ST.
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