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The Dreamers: A Club
THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
Chapters
1. Part 1
THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo...
2. Part 2You can't always tell what kind of a day you are going to have in town in October just because you happen to have been in town on previous October days, and Van Squibber, for th...
3. Part 3_Mary._ "Very well, ma'am." Mary goes out through the door. Mrs. Edwards resumes her sewing. Fifteen minutes elapse, interrupted only by the ticking of the alarm-clock and the o...
4. Part 4Old Gloomster Goodheart, of Ballyhack, left the Palace of the Bishop of Man broken-hearted. The Bishop had summoned him a week previous to show cause why he should not be remove...
5. Part 5"I never heard of any doing so," replied the chairman, "but in these days it is hardly safe to say that anything is impossible. If you have watched the development of the circus...
6. Part 6These words inspired every ship in the line, and we immediately strained forward, except the _McCulloch_, which I despatched at once to Hong-kong to cable my last words to you i...
7. Part 7"I am sorry," said the trained nurse, bursting into tears, "but the head of the house is at the point of death, sir, and cannot see you until to-morrow. Call around about ten o'...
8. Part 8All I do know is what the landlord tells me, and that is that at 5 A.M. thirteen cabs containing thirteen sleeping souls pursued their thirteen devious ways to thirteen differen...