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The Price of Blood An Extravaganza of New York Life in 1807
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THE PRICE OF BLOOD
THE
PRICE OF BLOOD
An Extravaganza of New York Life in 1807
Written in Five Chapters and Illustrated by
HOWARD PYLE
Boston From the Publishing House of
RICHARD G. BADGER & CO.
157 Tremont Street MDCCCXCIX
COPYRIGHT 1899 BY
Richard G. Badger & Co.
All Rights Reserved
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | Page 11 | |
| CHAPTER I | Page 17 | |
| THE EXTRAORDINARY AND INITIAL CLIENT OF A | ||
| YOUNG LAWYER WITHOUT PREVIOUS PRACTICE | ||
| CHAPTER II | Page 39 | |
| THE REMARKABLE BEHAVIOR OF THE LAWYER'S | ||
| SECOND CLIENT | ||
| CHAPTER III | Page 51 | |
| THE HORRIFIC EPISODE IN THE COURSE OF WHICH | ||
| THE LAWYER OBTAINED A THIRD CLIENT | ||
| CHAPTER IV | Page 67 | |
| IN WHICH IS RELATED THE REMARKABLE BEQUEST | ||
| OF THE LAWYER'S FOURTH CLIENT | ||
| CHAPTER V | Page 81 | |
| THE CONCLUSION OF THE STORY OF THE YOUNG | ||
| LAWYER AND HIS FOUR CLIENTS | ||
| CONCLUSION | Page 97 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| "Upon the last stage of their journey they stopped for dinner at a tavern" | frontispiece |
| "Bidding his companions to await his return,.... he followed his interlocutor" | facing page 26 |
| The somewhat peculiar pastime of our hero's second client | facing page 44 |
| "You next!" | facing page 58 |
| "It was at this juncture ... that an apologetic knock fell upon the door" | facing page 68 |
| "The negro advanced to the portmanteau, ... and displayed the contents to his master" | facing page 90 |
HERE FOLLOWS THE INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
In the year 1807 New York was grown to be a city of no small pretension to an extremely cosmopolitan cast of society. Being a seaport of considerable importance and of great conveniency to foreign immigration, it had even before this become a favorite haven for itinerant visitors from European countries, who for reasons best known to themselves did not find it to fit their inclinations to remain at home. These people,