CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE PACT THAT OPENED RODNEY PARKER'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE

BLOW THE MAN DOWN A ROMANCE OF THE COAST

By Holman Day

CONTENTS

BLOW THE MAN DOWN

I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS

II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS

III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS

IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL

V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA”

VI ~ AND WE SAILED

VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD

VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE

IX ~ A MAN'S JOB

X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON

XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY

XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET

XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM

XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE

XV ~ THE RULES OF THE ROAD

XVI ~ MILLIONS AND A MITE

XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG

XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE!

XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG

XX ~ TESTING OUT A MAN

XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT

XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER

XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH

XXIV ~ DOWN A GALLOPING SEA

XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR

XXVI ~ THE FANGS OF OLD RAZEE

XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD

XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK

XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE

XXX ~ THE MATTER OP A MONOGRAM IN WAX

XXXI ~ THE BIG FELLOW HIMSELF

XXXII ~ A GIRL'S DEAR “BECAUSE!”

PINE TREE BALLADS Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ Up in Maine By Holman F. Day

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PINE TREE BALLADS

OUR HOME FOLKS

FEEDIN’ THE STOCK

JOHN W. JONES

DEED OF THE OLD HOME PLACE

OUR HOME FOLKS

THANKSGIVIN’ JIM

“OLD POSH”

THE SUN-BROWNED DADS OF MAINE

“HEAVENLY CROWN” RICH

OLD “FIGGER-FOUR”

PHEBE AND ICHABOD

WHEN OUR HERO COMES TO MAINE

UNCLE TASCUS AND THE DEED

SONGS OF THE SEA AND SHORE

TALE OF A SHAG-EYED SHARK

THE GREAT JEEHOOKIBUS WHALE

“AS BESEEMETH MEN”

THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE REVIEW

THE BALLAD OF ORASMUS NUTE

THE DORYMAN’S SONG

WE FELLERS DIGGIN’ CLAMS

DAN’L AND DUNK

THE AWFUL WAH-HOOH-WOW

SKIPPER JASON ELLISON

BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP

THE RAPO-GENUS CHRISTMAS BALL

BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP

WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH

THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS

’BOARD FOR THE ALLEGASH”

THE WANGAN CAMP

PLUG TOBACCO AT SOURDNAHUNK

O’CONNOR FROM THE DRIVE

JUST HUMAN NATURE

BALLAD OF OZY B. ORR

THE BALLAD OF “OLD SCRATCH”

WHEN ’LISH PLAYED OX

OLD “TEN PER CENT”

DIDN’T BUST HIS FORK

MEAN SAM GREEN

DICKERER JIM

BALLAD OF BENJAMIN BRANN

THE HEIRS

A. B. APPLETON, “PIRUT”

NEXT TO THE HEART

WITH LOVE—FROM MOTHER

THE QUAKER WEDDING

THE MADAWASKA WOOING

THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES

THE OLD PEWTER PITCHER

OUR GOOD PREVARICATORS

OUR LIARS HERE IN MAINE

THE BALLAD OF DOC PLUFF

THE BALLAD OF HUNNEMAN TWO

ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT

TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE

JIM’S TRANSLATION

ELIPHALET JONES—INVENTOR

THE PANTS JEMIMY MADE

BALLADS OF “CAPERS AND ACTIONS”

BALLAD OF ELKANAH B. ATKINSON

BALLAD OF OBADI FRYE

AT THE OLD FOLKS’ WHANG

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

DRIVIN’ THE STAGE

“DOC”

ANOTHER “TEA REBELLION”

“LIKE AN OLD COW’S TAIL”

PASSING IT ALONG

A SETTIN’ HEN

BALLAD OF DEACON PEASLEE

THE WORST TEACHER

THE TUCKVILLE GRAND BALL

THE ONE-RING SHOW

THE SWITCH FOR HIRAM BROWN

THE JUMPER

ISHMAEL’S BREED

WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS Being the Personal Narrative of Ross Sidney, Diver By Holman Day

CONTENTS

WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS

I—BEING THE STRUGGLE OF AN AMATEUR AUTHOR TO GET A FAIR START

II—ENDING WITH A MEETING ON PURGATORY HILL

III—ON ACCOUNT OF A GIRL

IV—THE TRAINING OF THE QUEEN OF “SHEBY”

V—SHOOING AWAY A SCAPEGOAT

VI—HAVING TO DO WITH JODREY VOSE’s MAKING OP A DIVER

VII—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A PLUG-HAT|

VIII—“TAKING IT OUT” ON A SUIT OF CLOTHES

IX—A GRISLY GAME OF BOWLS

X—THE ART OF PUTTING ON A FRONT

XI—THE FAILURE OF AN UNCLE-TAMER

XII—STARTING SOMETHING IN LEVANT

XIII—THE MAN WHO TALKED IN THE DARK

XIV—THE KICK-BACKS IN THIS SAMARITAN BUSINESS

XV—A TIP FROM MR. DAWLIN

XVI—GRABBING A HUSBAND AND FATHER

XVII—MONEY HAS LEGS

XVIII—THE ECCENTRICITIES OF ROYAL CITY

XIX—THE JOB Of AN ALTRUIST

XX—ACROSS CALLAS

XXI—THE SKIRMISH-LINE

XXII—MONEY ON THE GALLOP

XXIII—THE CLEAN-UP

XXIV—HOW SWEET IS THE HOME-COMING, EH?

XXV—GRATITUDE!

XXVI—CAPTAIN HOLSTROM ET AL.

XXVII—MR. BEASON HORNS IN

XXVIII—SORTING THE CHECKER-BOARD CREW

XXIX—THE TELLTALE RIBS

XXX—THE LOCKS OF THE SAND

XXXI—A TASTE OF BLOOD

XXXII—PER MISTER MONKEY

XXXIII—THE HEART OF THE MILLIONS

XXXIV—AMONG THIEVES

XXXV—SUBMARINE PICKPOCKETS

XXXVI—THE TERROR FROM THE NORTH

XXXVII—THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

THE OWL TAXI

BY HULBERT FOOTNER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I The Transfer II Greg's First Fare III Greg's Second Fare IV In the House on Ninth Street V The Taxi Yard VI Greg's Rival VII The Undertaker VIII The Hold-up IX The Flivver as a Post-Office X Amy's Story XI The Ride Home XII What the Little Black Book Contained XIII De Socotra Hires T7011 Again XIV Through the Streets XV Nina XVI The "Psychopathic Sanitarium" XVII The Young Man with the Little Black Moustache XVIII Blossom's Report XIX The Abduction XX Exit Senor Saunders XXI Up-stairs and Down XXII Nemesis XXIII Conclusion

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