Seven Wives And Seven Prisons Or Experiences In The Life Of A M

WHERE WERE ALL MY WIVES?--SENSE OF SECURITY--AN IMPRUDENT ACQUAINTANCE--MOVING FROM MAINE--MY PROPERTY IN RENSSELAER COUNTY--HOW I LIVED--SELLING A RECIPE--ABOUT BUYING A CARPET...

SETTLING DOWN IN MAINE--HENRY’S HEALTH--TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH--SECESSION TIMES--DECEMBER IN NEW ORLEANS--UP THE MISSISSIPPI--LEAVING HENRY IN MASSACHUSETTS--BACK IN MAINE AGAIN...

ENTERING PRISON--THE SCYTHE SNATH BUSINESS--BLISTERED HANDS--I LEARN NOTHING--THREAT TO KILL THE SHOP--KEEPER--LOCKSMITHING--OPEN REBELLION--SIX WEEKS IN THE DUNGEON--ESCAPE OF...

I MARRY A WIDOW--SIX WEEKS OF HAPPINESS--CONFIDING A SECRET AND THE CONSEQUENCES--THE WIDOW’S BROTHER--SUDDEN FLIGHT FROM NEWARK--IN HARTFORD, CONN.--MY WIFE’S SISTER BETRAYS ME...

RETURN TO SCHEIMER--PEACE AND THEN PANDEMONIUM--FRIGHTFUL FAMILY ROW--RUNNING FOR REFUGE--THE GANG AGAIN--ARREST AT MIDNIGHT--STRUGGLE WITH MY CAPTORS--IN JAIL ONCE MORE--PUT IN...

STARTING TO SEE SARAH--THE LONG SEPARATION--WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT HER--HER DRUNKEN HUSBAND--CHANGE OF PLAN--A SUDDENLY--FORMED SCHEME--I FIND SARAH’S SON--THE FIRST INTERVIEW--RE...

THE SCHEIMER FAMILY--IN LOVE WITH SARAH--ATTEMPT TO ELOPE--HOW IT WAS PREVENTED--THE SECOND ATTEMPT--A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION--THE ALARM--A FRIGHTFUL BEATING--ESCAPE--FLOGGING THE...

GOOD RESOLUTIONS--ENJOYING FREEDOM--GOING AFTER A CRAZY MAN--THE OLD TEMPTER IN A NEW FORM--MARY GORDON--MY NEW “COUSIN”--ENGAGED AGAIN--VISIT TO THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME--ANOTHER...

LOVE-MAKING IN MASSACHUSETTS--ARREST FOR BIGAMY--TRIAL AT NORTHAMPTON--A STUNNING SENTENCE--SENT TO STATE PRISON--LEARNING THE BRUSH BUSINESS--SHARPENING PICKS--PRISON FARE--IN...

BACK IN VERMONT--FRESH TEMPTATIONS--MARGARET BRADLEY--WINE AND WOMEN--A MOCK MARRIAGE IN TROY--THE FALSE CERTIFICATE--MEDICINE AND MILLINERY--ELIZA GURNSEY--A SPREE AT SARATOGA-...

MARY SMITH AS A CONFEDERATE--THE PLOT--WAITING IN THE WOODS--THE SPY OUTWITTED--SARAH SECURED--THE PURSUERS BAFFLED--NIGHT ON THE ROAD--EFFORTS TO GET MARRIED--THE “OLD OFFENDER...

THE DAY OF MY DELIVERANCE--OUT OF CLOTHES--SHARING WITH A BEGGAR--A GOOD FRIEND--TRAMPING THROUGH THE SNOW--WEARY WALKS--TRUSTING TO LUCK--COMFORT AT CONCORD--AT MEREDITH BRIDGE...

WAITING FOR THE VERDICT--MY SON SENT TO STATE PRISON--WHAT SARAH WOULD HAVE DONE--INTERVIEW WITH MY FIRST WIFE--HELP FOR HENRY--THE BIDDEFORD WIDOW--HER EFFORT TO MARRY ME--OUR...

TAKING CARE OF CRAZY MEN--CARRYING OFF A BOY--ARRESTED FOR STEALING MY OWN HORSE AND BUGGY--FISHING IN LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE--AN ODD LANDLORD--A WOMAN AS BIG AS A HOGSHEAD--REDUCIN...

My Early History--THE FIRST MARRIAGE--LEAVING HOME TO PROSPECT--SENDING FOR MY WIFE--HER MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY--WHERE I FOUND HER--TEN DOLLARS FOR NOTHING--A FASCINATING HOTEL CLER...

Sarah. The Long Separation. What I Learned About Her. Her Drunken Husband. Change of Plan. A Suddenly-Formed Scheme. I Find Sarah’s Son. The First Interview. Resolve to Kidnap t...

Going After a Crazy Man. The Old Tempter in a New Form. Mary Gordon. My New “Cousin.” Engaged Again. Visit to the Old Folks at Home. Another Marriage. Starting for Ohio. Change...

Business. Blistered Hands. I Learn Nothing. Threaten to Kill the Shop Keeper. Locksmithing. Open Rebellion. Six Weeks in the Dungeon. Escape of a Prisoner. In the Dungeon Again....

Health. Tour Through the South. Secession Times. December in New Orleans. Up the Mississippi. Leaving Henry in Massachusetts. Back in Maine Again. Return to Boston, Profitable H...

of Security. An Imprudent Acquaintance. Moving from Maine. My Property in Rensselaer County. How I Lived. Selling a Recipe. About Buying a Carpet. Nineteen Lawsuits. Sudden Depa...

Margaret Bradley. Wine and Women. A Mock Marriage in Troy. The False Certificate. Medicine and Millinery. Eliza Gurnsey. A Spree at Saratoga. Marrying Another Milliner. Again Ar...

Six Weeks of Happiness. Confiding a Secret, and the Consequences. The Widow’s Brother. Sudden Flight from Newark. In Hartford, Conn. My Wife’s Sister Betrays Me. Trial for Bigam...

off a Boy. Arrested for Stealing my Own Horse and Buggy. Fishing in Lake Winnepisiogee. An Odd Landlord. A Woman as Big as a Hogshead. Reducing the Hogshead to a Barrel. Wonderf...

State Prison. What Sarah Would Have Done. Interview with my First Wife. Help for Henry. The Biddeford Widow. Her Effort to Marry Me. Our Visit to Boston. A Warning. A Generous G...

Peace, and then Pandemonium. Frightful Family Row. Running for Refuge. The Gang Again. Arrest at Midnight. Struggle with my Captors. In Jail Once More. Put in Irons. A Horrible...

Sharing with a Beggar. A Good Friend. Tramping Through the Snow. Weary Walks. Trusting to Luck. Comfort at Concord. At Meredith Bridge. The Blaisdells. Last of the “Blossom” Bus...

Waiting in the Woods. The Spy Outwitted. Sarah Secured. The Pursuers Baffled. Night on the Road. Efforts to Get Married. “The Old Offender.” Married at Last. A Constable after S...

Marriage. Leaving Home to Prospect. Sending for My Wife. Her Mysterious Journey. Where I Found Her. Ten Dollars for Nothing. A Fascinating Hotel Clerk. My Wife’s Confession. Fro...

Massachusetts. Arrest for Bigamy. Trial at Northampton. A Stunning Sentence. Sent to State Prison. Learning the Brush Business. Sharpening Picks. Prison Fare. In the Hospital. K...

With Sarah. Attempt to Elope. How it was Prevented. Second Attempt. A Midnight Expedition. The Alarm. A Frightful Beating. Escape, Flogging the Devil out of Sarah. Return to New...