Out of the Hurly-Burly; Or, Life in an Odd Corner

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by Charles Heber Clark


  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  No. Page 1.--FRONTISPIECE. 2.--TITLE PAGE 1 3.--THE FOUNDER OF THE VILLAGE (_Initial Letter_) 25 4.--A PROFESSOR OF MUSIC 26 5.--A DISGUSTED AGRICULTURIST 28 6.--NEW CASTLE FROM THE RIVER (_Full Page_) 32 7.--THE REAL PEASANT-GIRL (_Initial Letter_) 36 8.--A DANGEROUS INVENTION 37 9.--THE EARLY MORNING FIRE 39 10.--THE IDEAL PEASANT-GIRL 42 11.--UNSYMMETRICAL COLD BEEF 43 12.--THE VIEW DOWN THE RIVER (_Full Page_) 46 13.--A FAMILY JAR (_Initial Letter_) 47 14.--A MUSICAL NAVIGATOR 48 15.--THE NOCTURNAL DOG 49 16.--MR. SAWYER'S NOSE 52 17.--THE MAN WITH THE CENTURY PLANT 53 18.--A LIVELY VEGETABLE 54 19.--JUDGE PITMAN'S BAG (_Initial Letter_) 56 20.--THE JUDGE INTRODUCES HIMSELF 57 21.--PITMAN'S MUSICAL EXPERIMENT 59 22.--THAT INFAMOUS EGG 60 23.--THE DOG BY THE WAYSIDE 61 24.--CATCHING THE TRAIN 61 25.--HAULED IN 62 26.--MY LUNG EXERCISE 64 27.--AN ALTERCATION WITH COOLEY 66 28.--A FEMALE PROFESSOR (_Initial Letter_) 68 29.--THE LAMP TURNED LOW 68 30.--STUDYING UP 69 31.--PARKER RELATING HIS WOES 69 32.--MAGRUDER'S WOOING 72 33.--A QUEER FEELING IN HIS HEAD 72 34.--MAGRUDER TELLS HIS BROTHER 73 35.--THE CLASS GOING UP 74 36.--A SECRETED OBSERVER 74 37.--A GENERAL ATTACK ON THE SUBJECT (_Full Page_) 78 38.--PEEPING THROUGH THE CRACK 79 39.--A FURIOUS HUSBAND 80 40.--AN ASININE BEING (_Initial Letter_) 84 41.--THE COLONEL'S BRAVERY 85 42.--AN INTERVIEW WITH COOLEY 86 43.--THAT TOMBSTONE 87 44.--MR. MULLINS EXPLAINS 88 45.--EXIT MURPHY 89 46.--A LATE CALL 91 47.--A CAPTIVE MAIDEN 91 48.--EXCAVATING HER 92 49.--HER FEET 92 50.--THAT ANTIQUARIAN 92 51.--THE RAGING RHINOCEROS 94 52.--THE KING OF BEASTS 94 53.--THE RIVAL LOVERS 96 54.--ON THE SETTEE 96 55.--SHE SAT ON HIM 97 56.--TOO THIN 97 57.--THE WILD MAN 98 58.--THE FAT WOMAN 98 59.--THE BOY OF THE PERIOD (_Initial Letter_) 99 60.--THE BATTERY (_Full Page_) 102 61.--AN ANCIENT WARRIOR 103 62.--A RAID ON THE MELON-PATCH 105 63.--COMMUNING WITH JONES'S BOY 106 64.--HELD FAST 107 65.--THE SOLEMNITY OF JONES 107 66.--TAKING HIM OUT 108 67.--NOT MATCHED 109 68.--DOSING A CUR 110 69.--OVER THE FENCE AND BACK AGAIN 110 70.--MUCH TOO FAITHFUL 111 71.--CRUELTY TO AN ANIMAL 112 72.--REMOVING A MOUTHFUL 112 73.--A PATRON OF THE "ARGUS" (_Initial Letter_) 113 74.--THE POET 114 75.--THE EDITOR EXPLAINING HIS VIEWS 115 76.--THE THROES OF COMPOSITION 116 77.--A ROW OF READERS 117 78.--TAKING A PEEP 117 79.--THE SCENE IN THE SANCTUM 118 80.--THAT MONKEY 119 81.--MRS. SMITH'S WOE 120 82.--BARTHOLOMEW'S INDIGNANT FATHER 122 83.--MR. MCFADDEN 124 84.--THE EDITOR MEETS THE POET 126 85.--THE COLONEL IN A TIGHT PLACE 127 86.--GOING UP STAIRS 128 87.--IN HIGHLAND COSTUME 130 88.--WHY BOB STAYED 130 89.--SAWING HIM OUT 131 90.--MRS. ADELER'S VIEWS 132 91.--BOB'S TROUSERS 133 92.--THE NEW MAZEPPA (_Initial Letter_) 134 93.--COOLEY AT AN AUCTION 135 94.--OUR URBANE HORSE 136 95.--TRYING TO CATCH UP 138 96.--KICKING 139 97.--A NIGHTMARE 140 98.--HAUNTED 141 99.--AN ARTIFICIAL TAIL 142 100.--A DEMORALIZED HORSE 142 101.--IT CAME OFF! 143 102.--THE MELODRAMATIC FREEBOOTER 144 103.--MRS. JONES'S PIRATE 145 104.--SWEEPING THE HORIZON 146 105.--THE WEEKLY WASH 146 106.--HAILING THE "MARY JANE" 147 107.--A GENERAL MASSACRE 147 108.--THE PATERNAL JONES 148 109.--SHE PUTS ON HER THINGS 148 110.--SLAYING THE CAPTAIN 149 111.--"FALSE! FALSE!" 150 112.--MORE BUTCHERY 150 113.--SUICIDE OF THE WIDOW 150 114.--THE WRECK OF MRS. JONES 151 115.--A CHORISTER (_Initial Letter_) 152 116.--THE SPIRE 153 117.--SINFUL GAMES 154 118.--THE OLD CHURCH (_Full Page_) 156 119.--A CHINESE PRAYER 157 120.--THE MINISTER AND I 157 121.--IN THE PIPE 158 122.--BOB IN THE CHOIR 158 123.--THE UNDERTAKER'S SIGN 159 124.--A GLOOMY MAN 160 125.--VERY WARM WORK 161 126.--COLLAMER FALLS IN
161 127.--THE CLERGYMAN 162 128.--COLLAMER SINGS 162 129.--HE ASKS A QUESTION 163 130.--A RIBALD BOY 163 131.--A FISHERMAN (_Initial Letter_) 164 132.--BRINGING 'EM HOME 164 133.--PUSHING OFF 165 134.--WE CHANGE PLACES 165 135.--COOLING OFF 166 136.--WAITING FOR BITES 166 137.--ANCHOR GONE 166 138.--FIXING AN OAR 167 139.--LOST HIM 167 140.--SAVED 167 141.--A TANGLE 168 142.--THE MAN WHO OWNED THE BOAT 168 143.--A SUCCESSOR OF IZAAK WALTON 169 144.--A DISHEARTENED DIGGER 170 145.--TEARS 171 146.--WATCHING THE CORK 171 147.--A NAKED HOOK 171 148.--THE LAST MATCH 172 149.--CAUGHT ON A LIMB 173 150.--A PLAYFUL EEL 174 151.--WRIGGLING 174 152.--PULLING IN 175 153.--THAT INFAMOUS BOY 175 154.--A SOUTH SEA ISLANDER 177 155.--MR. BLODGETT, MISSIONARY 177 156.--GOING TO THE PICNIC 177 157.--THE VESTRY MEETING 178 158.--PUTTING THEM TO SLEEP 178 159.--THE FUNERAL SERVICE 179 160.--THE REMAINING WARDEN 179 161.--GOING HOME 180 162.--HE PADDLED HIS OWN CANOE 180 163.--SMASHING POOR MOTT 181 164.--A FIJIAN 182 165.--OUR PLUMBER (_Initial Letter_) 183 166.--HE EXAMINES THE RANGE 184 167.--I MEET HIM 184 168.--HOW HE GOES TO WILMINGTON 184 169.--AN INDIGNANT ARTISAN 185 170.--ON THE ASPARAGUS BED 185 171.--THE CONDITION OF MY GRASS-PLOT 186 172.--AT THE FRONT GATE 186 173.--A VIEW OF THE RUINS 187 174.--WATCHING 188 175.--ONE OF THE ROBBERS 188 176.--MR. NIPPERS ENTERS 188 177.--I EXPOSTULATE WITH NIPPERS 189 178.--MRS. COOLEY'S SERVANT 190 179.--SHE SHAKES HENRY 190 180.--BOB AS AN AUTHOR 191 181.--YOUNG CHUBB 191 182.--MYSTERIOUS MUSIC 192 183.--"WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?" 193 184.--TRYING TO MAKE HIM DISGORGE 193 185.--HENRY'S BROTHER TRIES PRESSURE 194 186.--EXIT WITH THE SEXTON 194 187.--THE TOMB OF CHUBB 195 188.--GENERAL CHUBB'S LEGS 196 189.--THE INFLUENCE OF ART 197 190.--THE GENERAL DIVES IN 197 191.--THROUGH THE CANVAS 197 192.--PILLORIED (_Initial Letter_) 200 193.--INFANT SPECTATORS 201 194.--THE WHIPPING-POST 201 195.--AN ANCIENT CUSTOM 202 196.--THAT REMARKABLE JUDGE 204 197.--GEORGE WASHINGTON BUSBY 205 198.--THE JURY 205 199.--MATERNAL LOVE 206 200.--MANHOOD'S TOIL 206 201.--BUSBY WHISPERS TO THE TIPSTAFF 207 202.--MORE HOPEFUL STILL 207 203.--HIS INFANT STEPS 208 204.--BUSBY'S HEART GROWS LIGHTER 209 205.--THE THUNDERBOLT FALLS 209 206.--LEADING HIM OUT 210 207.--WIELDING THE LASH (_Initial Letter_) 211 208.--HOB-NOBBING 212 209.--THE MAJOR IN A SULK 213 210.--THE LOVERS 215 211.--"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?" 217 212.--THE FLIGHT BY THE RIVER 219 213.--DICK CONFESSES 226 214.--WEARING THE WOODEN COLLAR 228 215.--A FLOGGING SEVENTY YEARS AGO (_Full Page_) 230 216.--PARDONED 233 217.--A BROKEN MAN 235 218.--THE MARKET GREEN AND THE OLD CHURCH 236 219.--A JUVENILE MUSICIAN (_Initial Letter_) 237 220.--CAUGHT 238 221.--CAN'T REACH IT 238 222.--CREEPING OUT 239 223.--BACK AGAIN IN A HURRY 239 224.--A MIGHTY UGLY SITUATION 240 225.--LISTENING 240 226.--PARKER EXULTS 241 227.--THE SECOND HORNPIPE 241 228.--HE SURVEYS HER DWELLING 241 229.--OLD SPARKS'S SACRED DUST 244 230.--A CONSCIENTIOUS TOMBSTONE 244 231.--BISHOP POTTS 246 232.--A WARM WELCOME 246 233.--A SURPRISE FOR THE BISHOP 247 234.--THE BRIDE GOES HOME IN A ROW 248 235.--POTTS MEDITATES 249 236.--WAVING FAREWELL 249 237.--THE BISHOP IS CONFOUNDED 250 238.--STARTING THE THIRD TIME 252 239.--POTTS BECOMES HYSTERICAL 253 240.--THE PERUVIAN MONK 253 241.--THE MANIAC DOCTOR 253 242.--BOB GIVES AN OPINION 254 243.--POTTS'S CHILD 254 244.--ON THE RAMPARTS (_Initial Letter_) 255 245.--THE SITE OF FORT KASIMIR (_Full Page_) 258 246.--MODERN WARRIORS 259 247.--A DUTCH GOBLIN 260 248.--PITMAN TELLS OF HIS GRIEFS 260 249.--A TROUBLESOME COW 261 250.--THAT SCANDALOUS BLIND-BOARD 261 251.--THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY MAKES AN INSPECTION 262 252.--"I'LL KNOCK THE STUFFIN' OUT O' HIM" 262 253.--THE JUDGE'S BITTE
RS ADVERTISEMENTS 263 254.--HE TAKES A TONIC 263 255.--ANOTHER DOZEN 264 256.--COOLEY'S ILLUMINATED NOSE 265 257.--"OUT, BRIEF CANDLE" 266 258.--"THERE WAS MRS. COOLEY A-WATCHIN'" 266 259.--DR. HOPKINS IS AMAZED 267 260.--APPALLING INTELLIGENCE 268 261.--THE COMMODORE'S TOMB 269 262.--THE FALL OF SIMMS 270 263.--"KNOCK 'EM WITH A POLE" 270 264.--HIT BY AN APPLE 271 265.--TIM KEYSER'S NOSE 272 266.--"HE SLID AROUND SO QUICK" 272 267.--"HE CUT AN OPENING IN THE ICE" 273 268.--THE PICKEREL BITES 273 269.--"THE BETTER OF THE FIGHT" 274 270.--"AND PULLED TIM KEYSER THROUGH" 274 271.--UNDER WATER 275 272.--AN AWFUL SNEEZE 275 273.--HE FLOATS ASHORE 276 274.--"HE VERY ROUNDLY SWORE" 276 275.--AT DINNER 277 276.--A VERY WET TIME (_Initial Letter_) 278 277.--A DAMP FISHERMAN 279 278.--FORLORN 279 279.--THE COMIC UMBRELLA 280 280.--DELICATE WARRIORS 281 281.--THE EXPERIMENT OF COOMBS 281 282.--AN EMBARRASSED PANTHER 282 283.--BRINGING HOME THE MONSTER 282 284.--GETTING READY FOR ACTION 283 285.--THE MEDICINE MAN DIES 283 286.--COOLEY AWAITS THE SIMOOM 286 287.--THE JUDGE ENJOYS THE WEATHER 290 288.--PERFECTLY SATISFIED 291 289.--THE GENUINE WEATHER-GAUGE 292 290.--"A FRIEND OF MAN" (_Initial Letter_) 293 291.--THE IMPETUOSITY OF BOB 296 292.--A SOMNAMBULIST 297 293.--A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE 297 294.--DREAMING OF MAGRUDER 297 295.--UNDER THE BED 298 296.--BOB IS AMAZED 298 297.--HUNTING FOR HENRY 298 298.--THE MYSTERY UNRAVELED 299 299.--"PERFECTLY STILL" 300 300.--THE CONSEQUENCES OF A SNEEZE 301 301.--THE DOG LEAVES 301 302.--I SUDDENLY CLIMB THE FENCE 301 303.--SOLD 302 304.--"COMMERE TO ME" 302 305.--A VICTIM 303 306.--A HUMAN ECHO 304 307.--IT WON'T ANSWER 304 308.--AFTER THAT BOY 305 309.--A BALD-HEADED PARTY (_Initial Letter_) 306 310.--A DELUGE OF LETTERS 308 311.--MRS. SINGERLY'S POODLE 309 312.--THE RALLY OF THE BALDHEADED 309 313.--A MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION 310 314.--BENJAMIN P. GUNN 313 315.--A VISIT TO MRS. KEMPER 315 316.--GUNN WAITS WITH THE DOCTOR 317 317.--POUNDING ON THE PARTITION 317 318.--UP THE STEEPLE 318 319.--INTO THE CRATER 318 320.--BENJAMIN IS EJECTED 319 321.--PORTRAIT OF GUNN 319 322.--ON THE WAR PATH 323 323.--GENERAL GAGE AND THE BOY (_Initial Letter_) 324 324.--THE JUDGE IS PUZZLED 329 325.--CATECHIZING HIM 329 326.--THE DOCTORS AT HILLEGASS'S HOUSE 330 327.--HILLEGASS RECOVERS 331 328.--THE JOKE ON THE CHIEF 332 329.--A DELUGE 332 330.--THE COMBAT ON THE STAIRS 333 331.--A FIREMAN 333 332.--THE BONE CONTROVERSY (_Initial Letter_) 334 333.--EXAMINING THE PREMISES 335 334.--WE PROCEED CAREFULLY 336 335.--AN EXPLOSION AT COOLEY'S 339 336.--THE REMAINS SCATTER 340 337.--"FOOLING WITH A GUN" 341 338.--SELFRIDGE ARGUES WITH SMITH 342 339.--THE RIVAL JURIES 343 340.--COOLEY TURNS UP 344 341.--"TOSSED THE LITTLE BABY" 348 342.--THAT MUMMY 349 343.--A PATENT-OFFICE REPORT (_Initial Letter_) 350 344.--PUB. DOCS 351 345.--ALPHONSO LIES IN WAIT 353 346.--LUCULLUS, THE SERENADER 353 347.--DEATH OF ALPHONSO 354 348.--LUCULLUS BREAKS JAIL 354 349.--SMITH BOMBARDS THE ARTISTS 355 350.--THE LOVERS FLOAT ASHORE 356 351.--A PARTING SCENE 357 352.--SMILEY IS INTOXICATED 358 353.--"HE LEAPED INTO THE SEA" 360 354.--BOB IS RESCUED 361 355.--NURSING THE INVALID 362 356.--TAIL-PIECE 362 357.--BEFORE THE MASS MEETING (_Initial Letter_) 363 358.--THE SERENADERS AT PITMAN'S 365 359.--COOLEY ARGUES WITH DANIEL WEBSTER 366 360.--THE DISCOMFITED DRUMMER 367 361.--THE KICKAPOO'S MISTAKE 369 362.--A PATRIOTIC DUTCHMAN 370 363.--COLLAPSED 370 364.--COMMODORE SCUDDER'S DOG 371 365.--THE COMMITTEE WELCOMES ME 373 366.--THE COLD-EYED DRUMMER 375 367.--"GO, MARK HIM WELL" 376 368.--MR. HOTCHKISS'S JOKE 379 369.--THE DRUMMER GLARES AT ME 381 370.--I RETREAT IN DESPAIR 386 371.--A SOLEMN VOW 386 372.--THE WAITER (_Initial Letter_) 387 373.--THE COLLARS IN HIS TRUNK 389 374.--A SHIRT-BUTTON LOST 390 375.--WAITING FOR THE BRIDE 390 376.--AT THE RECEPTION 392 377.--PITMAN EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS 394 378.--"WE FLUNG A SHOE AFTER THEM" 394 379.--THE FINAL BOW 398
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