Category: Novels

Judge Elbridge

I. THE STUDENT AND THE ORATOR II. THE FAMILY JOKE III. THE NIGHT CAME BACK WITH A RUSH IV. STOOD LOOKING AT THEM V. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS STRONG VI. THE WEXTON CLUB VII. WENT OUT TO "DIG" VIII. SAW THE BLACK FACE, GRIM, WITHOUT A SMILE IX. HEARD A GONG IN THE ALLEY X. WILLIAM...

Chapters

1. Part 1

I. THE STUDENT AND THE ORATOR II. THE FAMILY JOKE III. THE NIGHT CAME BACK WITH A RUSH IV. STOOD LOOKING AT THEM V. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS STRONG VI. THE WEXTON CLUB VII. WENT OU...

2. Part 2

"I'll do nothing of the sort, sir. I'll not sit here to be insulted by you or anybody else." He moved off toward the door, but before going out, halted, turned, and said: "Mr. B...

3. Part 3

This pleased the old man, and he chuckled, his fat sides shaking. Bodney smiled, too, and Goyle gave him a look of approval and it appeared to brighten him. He dressed himself h...

4. Part 4

Stern of countenance and with her eyes piercing him, regal as the barbaric queens we find in ancient fiction, she stood, and the moment of her silence seemed an age to him. "I p...

5. Part 5

He went out with a ten dollar note crumpled in his hand. A man may fail to get rent money, clothes money, bread money; he may meet with obstacles that he cannot overcome; his se...

6. Part 6

The old man's attempt at a smile was but a poor pretense, but it deceived the eye of affection. "Because, Doctor, I had a most important case on hand; but it is about worked out...

7. Part 7

Howard went into the doctor's office, as musty a den as ever a fox inhabited. The physician was an old man, who had no future and who prescribed in the past. During the best yea...

8. Part 8

Howard had shared his father's sentiment with regard to the old office, for then the sky was clear, but now a cloud had come the atmosphere was changed. And on his way home to d...

9. Part 9

He leaned forward with his arms on a table and his head on his arms, his eyes hidden from the light. "Why, my dear boy," said Howard, going to him, touching him gently, "don't l...

10. Part 10

William began to puff up. "Now, look here, John, this is a serious discussion. Is it possible that there is nothing serious except in the law, in the names of your old clients?...

11. Part 11

"That's rot, George. I introduced you to a supper that gave you experience--real knowledge of the world. You have met men without their dress-coats--you know man as he is and no...

12. Part 12

"What, have you turned spiritualist? Is the whole family going to pieces? Howard has ruined himself with French books and John is so snappish that no one can speak to him. Is th...

13. Part 13

William went out and the Judge resumed his walk up and down the pathway of trouble. Yes, he did remember the night when they came from the mad-house, two men in a doctor's gig;...

14. Part 14

He nodded his head. "Yes, and now we must tell her something. Ah, tell her that a man came and brought me word that my brother is not dead. Keep her from coming to me with any s...