Title: Index for Works of Holman Day
Author: Holman Day
Editor: David Widger
Release date: July 12, 2018 [eBook #57488]
Most recently updated: July 6, 2019
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE—THE TRYING-OUT OF ONE RODNEY PARKER, ASSISTANT ENGINEER
CHAPTER TWO—THE WHIM THAT PROJECTED THE FAMOUS “POQUETTE CARRY RAILROAD”
CHAPTER THREE—ENGINEER PARKER GETS FINAL ORDERS FOR “THE LAND OF THE GIDEONITES.”
CHAPTER FOUR—IN WHICH THE DOUGHTY “SWAMP SWOGON” ASTONISHES SUNKHAZE SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER FIVE—HOW COLONEL GIDEON WAS BACKED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE
CHAPTER SIX—IN WHICH “THE CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” CASTS HIS SHADOW LONG BEFORE HIM
CHAPTER SEVEN—HOW “THE FRESH-WATER CORSAIRS” CAME TO SUNKHAZE
CHAPTER EIGHT—THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT SWIMMING AND THE ENGINEER WHO WAS STOLEN
CHAPTER NINE—UP THE WINDING WAY TO THE “OGRE OF THE BIG WOODS.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BEAR THAT WALKED LIKE A MAN
CHAPTER TWELVE—THE STRANGE “CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE BEAR OF THE BIG WOODS “BAITED” AFTER HIS OWN FASHION
CHAPTER FOURTEEN—HOW RODNEY PARKER PAID AN HONEST DEBT
CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE DAY WHEN POQUETTE BURST WIDE OPEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE PACT THAT OPENED RODNEY PARKER'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE
BLOW THE MAN DOWN
A ROMANCE OF THE COAST
By Holman Day
CONTENTS
I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS
II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS
V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA”
VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD
VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE
X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON
XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET
XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM
XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE
XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG
XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE!
XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG
XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT
XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER
XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH
XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR
XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD
XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK
XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE
PINE TREE BALLADS
Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ Up in Maine
By Holman F. Day
CONTENTS
WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH
THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS
THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES
ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT
TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE
BALLADS OF “CAPERS AND ACTIONS”
WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS
Being the Personal Narrative of Ross Sidney, Diver
By Holman Day
CONTENTS
I—BEING THE STRUGGLE OF AN AMATEUR AUTHOR TO GET A FAIR START
II—ENDING WITH A MEETING ON PURGATORY HILL
IV—THE TRAINING OF THE QUEEN OF “SHEBY”
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
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
XVI—GRABBING A HUSBAND AND FATHER
XVIII—THE ECCENTRICITIES OF ROYAL CITY
XXIV—HOW SWEET IS THE HOME-COMING, EH?
XXVIII—SORTING THE CHECKER-BOARD CREW
XXXIII—THE HEART OF THE MILLIONS
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
SQUIRE PHIN
By Holman Day
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—“HARD-TIMES” WHARFF COCKS HIS NOSE TO SNIFF TROUBLE
CHAPTER II—“HIME” LOOK’S HOMECOMING WITH AN ELEPHANT
CHAPTER III—FROM THE MOUTH OF MARRINER AMAZEEN
CHAPTER IV—SQUIRE PHIN FINDS HYMEN’S TORCH BURNING HIS FINGERS
CHAPTER V—HIRAM LOOK MEETS KLEBER WILLARD BRIEFLY AND BRISKLY
CHAPTER VI—SQUIRE PHIN HAS A WORD OF BUSINESS WITH KING BRADISH
CHAPTER VII—THE BUSINESS OF HUMAN HEARTS
CHAPTER VIII—SQUIRE PHIN ACTS AS PEACEMAKER
CHAPTER IX—SUMNER BADGER MAKES A WILL AND, UNWITTINGLY, A DISCLOSURE
CHAPTER X—HIRAM LOOK PULLS IN SIMON PEAK FROM THE FLOTSAM OF LIFE
CHAPTER XI—THE COMBINATION THAT PROVED TOO MUCH
CHAPTER XII—THE LIVELY FIRST APPEARANCE OF “THE LOOK BROTHERS
CHAPTER XIII—THE “COME-UPPANCE” OF CAPTAIN NYMPHUS BODFISH
CHAPTER XIV—THE PACT OF “ORPHAN HILL”
CHAPTER XV—SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES IN A “CORNET BRASS BAND”
CHAPTER XVI—THE DISAPPOINTING “TEST CASE” OF SUMNER BADGER,
CHAPTER XVII—WHAT DEVELOPED AT THE FORUM IN ASA BRICKETT’S STORE,
CHAPTER XVIII—YANKEE DISPOSITION IS NOT EXACTLY UNDERSTOOD,
CHAPTER XIX—SQUIRE PHIN SEES AND REPLEVINS WHAT BELONGS TO HIM
CHAPTER XX—PALERMO’S “MARCH MEETIN’”
CHAPTER XXI—WHY HIRAM LOOK WENT OUT OF THE CIRCUS BUSINESS
CHAPTER XXII—HOW SYLVENA WILLARD “TRIED IT ON THE DOG,”
CHAPTER XXIII—HIRAM LOOK’S TWO LIVELY BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS
CHAPTER XXIV—THE CREDIT SHEET, AFTER THE LOOK
CHAPTER XXV—AQUARIUS WHARFF SEES SOMETHING BESIDES HARD TIMES
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Up in “Castle Cut ’Em” | 1 |
| II. | The Heiress of “Oaklands” | 17 |
| III. | The Making of a “Chaney Man” | 27 |
| IV. | The Boss of the “Busters” | 35 |
| V. | During the Pugwash Hang-up | 55 |
| VI. | As Fought before the “It-’ll-git-ye Club” | 62 |
| VII. | On Misery Gore | 78 |
| VIII. | The Torch, and the Lighting of It | 92 |
| IX. | By Order of Pulaski D. Britt | 104 |
| X. | “Ladder” Lane’s Soirée | 114 |
| XI. | In the Barony of “Stumpage John” | 127 |
| XII. | The Code of Larrigan-land | 142 |
| XIII. | The Red Throat of Pogey | 153 |
| XIV. | The Message of “Prophet Eli” | 164 |
| XV. | Between Two on Jerusalem | 174 |
| XVI. | In the Path of the Big Wind | 181 |
| XVII. | The Affair at Durfy’s Camp | 198 |
| XVIII. | The Old Soubungo Trail | 217 |
| XIX. | The Home-makers of Enchanted | 230 |
| XX. | The Ha’nt of the Umcolcus | 241 |
| XXI. | The Man Who Came from Nowhere | 256 |
| XXII. | The Hostage of the Great White Silence | 270 |
| XXIII. | In the Matter of John Barrett’s Daughter | 278 |
| XXIV. | The Cheese Rind that Needed Sharp Teeth | 293 |
| XXV. | Sharpening Teeth on Pulaski Britt’s Whetstone | 303 |
| XXVI. | The Devil of the Hempen Strands | 312 |
| XXVII. | The “Canned Thunder” of Castonia | 324 |
| XXVIII. | “’Twas Done by Tommy Thunder” | 341 |
| XXIX. | The Parade Past Rodburd Ide’s Platform | 352 |
| XXX. | The Pact with King Spruce | 361 |
| “‘I KNOW YOUR HEART’” | Frontispiece | |
| “WADE STOOD ABOVE THE FALLEN FOE” | Facing p. | 70 |
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“WRITHING AT HIS BONDS, HIS CONTORTED FACE TOWARDS THE RED FLAMES GALLOPING UP THE VALLEY” |
172 | |
| “‘WHAT I SAY ON THIS RIVER GOES!’” | 334 |
CONTENTS
THE SONG OF THE HARROW AND PLOW
HOORAY FOR THE SEASON OF FAIRS
EPHRUM WADE’S STAND-BY IN HAYING
BUSTED THE “TEST YOUR STRENGTH”
’LONG SHORE CRUISE OF THE “NANCY P.”
CAP’N NUTTER OF THE “PUDDENTAME”
THE LAW ’GAINST SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS
THE SONG OF THE WOODS’ DOG-WATCH
MATIN SONG OF PETE LONG’S COOK
MISTER WHAT’S-HIS-NAME OF SEBOOMOOK
HA’NTS OF THE KINGDOM OF SPRUCE
THEM OLD RAZOOS AT TOPSHAM TRACK