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A Man of Honor

A Man of Honor

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A MAN OF HONOR.

BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON.

ILLUSTRATED
BY M. WOOLF

NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
245 BROADWAY.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by the
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.


TO MARION, MY WIFE.


"I'VE GOT YOU NOW."


PREFACE.

I have long been curious to know whether or not I could write a pretty good story, and now that the publishers are about to send the usual press copies of this book to the critics I am in a fair way to have my curiosity on that point satisfied.


CONTENTS.

Chapter I.—Mr. Pagebrook gets up and Calls an Ancient Lawgiver 11
Chapter II.—Mr. Pagebrook is Invited to Breakfast 22
Chapter III.—Mr. Pagebrook Eats his Breakfast 26
Chapter IV.—Mr. Pagebrook Learns something about the Customs of the Country 35
Chapter V.—Mr. Pagebrook Makes Some Acquaintances 42
Chapter VI.—Mr. Pagebrook Makes a Good Impression 48
Chapter VII.—Mr. Pagebrook Learns Several Things 54
Chapter VIII.—Miss Sudie Makes an Apt Quotation 61
Chapter IX.—Mr. Pagebrook Meets an Acquaintance 65
Chapter X.—Chiefly Concerning "Foggy." 70
Chapter XI.—Mr. Pagebrook Rides 79
Chapter XII.—Mr. Pagebrook Dines with his Cousin Sarah Ann 84
Chapter XIII.—Concerning the Rivulets of Blue Blood 95
Chapter XIV.—Mr. Pagebrook Manages to be in at the Death 102
Chapter XV.—Some very Unreasonable Conduct 109
Chapter XVI.—What Occurred Next Morning 118
Chapter XVII.—In which Mr. Pagebrook Bids his Friends Good-by 123
Chapter XVIII.—Mr. Pagebrook Goes to Work 128
Chapter XIX.—A Short Chapter, not very interesting, perhaps, but of some Importance in the Story, as the Reader will probably discover after awhile 134
Chapter XX.—Cousin Sarah Ann Takes Robert's Part 138
Chapter XXI.—Miss Barksdale Expresses some Opinions 143
Chapter XXII.—Mr. Sharp Does His Duty 150
Chapter XXIII.—Mr. Pagebrook Takes a Lesson in the Law 158
Chapter XXIV.—Mr. Pagebrook Cuts himself loose from the Past and Plans a Future 163
Chapter XXV.—In which Miss Sudie Acts very Unreasonably 166

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