The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Марк Твен

CHAPTER LIV.

       CHAPTER LV.

       CHAPTER LVI.

       CHAPTER LVII.

       CHAPTER LVIII.

       CHAPTER LIX.

       CHAPTER LX.

       CHAPTER LXI.

       CHAPTER LXII.

       CHAPTER LXIII.

       APPENDIX.

ILLUSTRATIONS

       Table of Contents

FRONTPIECE COL. SELLERS FEEDING HIS FAMILY ON EXPECTATIONS 1. CONTEMPLATION 2. THE SQUIRE’s HOUSE S. THE U. S. MAIL 4. OBEDSTOWN MALES 5. HURRYING 6. THE SQUIRE’S KITCHEN 7. "FOR GOODNESS SAKE SI" 8. THE LAST COG WHEEL 9. GONE UP 10. TAIL PIECE 11. THE ORPHANS LAST GIFT 12. MRS HAWKINS AND CLAY AT THE GRAVE OF HIS MOTHER 13. "CHILDREN, DAR’S SUMFIN’ A COMIN 14. "HEAH I IS, LORD, HEAH I IS!” 15. TAIL PIECE 16. NOT ENCOURAGED 17. SHE’S GAINING 18. "BY THE MARK TWAIN!” 19. FAST TOGETHER 20. ONE OF THE VICTIMS 21. THE PROCESSION—FORWARD MARCH! 22. THE HAPPY WIFE 23. LAURA 24. READY TO SELL 25. STOCK RISING 26. A FAMILY COUNCIL 27. TAIL PIECE 28. ATTEMPTED CORNER IN SPECIE 29. A BRILLIANT IDEA 30. BIG THINGS SHOWN UP 31. COL. SELLERS BLOWING BUBBLES FOR WASHINGTON 32. GEN BOSWELL’S OFFICE 33. TAIL PIECE 34. CONSOLATION 35. THE DYING FATHER 36. TAIL PIECE 37. LAURA SEEKING POR EVIDENCES OF HER BIRTH 38. EVER TRUE 39. A HEALTHY MEAL 40. PHILIP AT THE THEATRE 41. WHAT PHILIP LEARNED AT COLLEGE 42. THE DELEGATE’S INTERESTING GAME 43. THE PERSON OF IMPORTANCE 44. "NOT THAT" 45. RUTH’S MOTHER MAKES ENQUIRIES 46. THE LETTER 47. CARING FOR THE POOR 48. ANATOMICAL INVESTIGATIONS 49. RUTH LOOKING AT THE “NEW ONE” BY CANDLE LIGHT 60. "ONLY FOR YOU, BRIERLY" 51. AN ACCLIMATED MAN 51. NO THANKS! GOOD BYE! 52. "BRESS YOU, CHILE, YOU DAR NOW" 53. CAMP LIFE 54. STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER 55. JEFF THOMPSON AS A NIGHTINGALE 56. BOUND FOR STONE’S LANDING 57. STONE’S LANDING 58. WAITING FOR A RAILROAD 59. "IT AIN’T THERE" 60. TAIL PIECE 61. CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON 62. LAURA SWOONED 63. TAILPIECE 64. NOT EASILY REFERRED 65. ORDER, GENTLEMEN 66. THE SENATOR’S WALK 67. RESIDENCE OF SQUIRE MONTAGUE 68. INSIDE THE MANSION 69. RUTH DISSIPATING 70. TAIL PIECE 71. ANTICIPATION 72. REALITY 73. PHILIP HEARS HARRY ENTERTAINING RUTH 74. AN ENTERTAINING FELLOW 75. HARRY EXPLAINS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE 76. PHILIP STUDYING 77. "KEEP OUT OF HERE, SIR!” 78. AN OLD ONE 79. A PROMENADE OUTFIT 80. REARED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY 81. BENEFIT OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE 82. TAIL PIECE 83. VISIONS OF A HAPPY MAN 84. EXODUS OF THE NATIVES 85. HARRY BRIERLY FLIES FROM THE MOB 86. ENJOYING THE BONFIRE 87. BROTHER PLUM 88. RUTH AT HOME 89. MAP OF THE SALT LICK BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC R. R. 90. RESULT OF A STRAIGHT LINE 91. AT HEADQUARTERS 92. TOUCHING A WEAK SPOT 93. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, $10,000, 94. MALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 255 95. FEMALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 96. HIGH MORAL SENATOR, $3,000 97. COUNTRY MEMBER, $500 98. DOCUMENTARY PROOF 99. COLONEL SELLERS DESPONDENT 100. TAIL PIECE 101. THE MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYS 102. PHILIP THRUST FROM THE R. R. CAR 103. THE JUSTICE 104. "MINE INN" 105. A PLEASING LANDLORD 106. PHILIP HIRED THREE WOODSMEN 107. TAIL PIECE 108. TAIL PIECE 109. BRO. BALAAM 110. THE FIRE PANIC 111. RUTH ASSISTS IN DRESSING PHILIP’S ARM 112. THE FIRST RECEPTION 113. VANITY COLLAPSED 114. THE ATTACHES OF THE ANTIQUES 115. HON. OLIVER HIGGINS 116. PAT O’RILEY AND THE “OULD WOMAN" 117. HON. P. OREILLE AND LADY 118. AN UNMISTAKABLE POTATO MOUTH 119. THE THREE PATIENTS 120. TAIL PIECE 121. DELIBERATE PERSECUTION 122. "IT IS ONLY ME" 123. "ALL CONGRESSMEN DO THAT" 124. A TRICK WORTH KNOWING 125. COL. SELLERS ENLIGHTENING THE BOHEMIANS 126. LAURA IN THE BOOK STORE 127. VERY AGREEABLE 128. PLAYING TO WIN 129. SHE SAID “PARDON"