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The Bread-winners

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The Breadwinners
A Social Study




NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1901



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CONTENTS

I.    A MORNING CALL
II.    A HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATE.
III.    THE WIDOW AND HER DAUGHTER.
IV.    PROTECTOR AND PROTÉGÉE.
V.    A PROFESSIONAL REFORMER.
VI.    TWO MEN SHAKE HANDS.
VII.    GHOSTLY COUNSEL.
VIII.    A BUD AND A BLOSSOM.
IX.    A DRAMA WITH TWO SPECTATORS.
X.    A WORD OUT OF SEASON.
XI.    THE SANTA RITA SHERRY.
XII.    A HOLIDAY NOT IN THE CALENDAR.
XIII.    A BUSY SUNDAY FOR THE MATCHINS.
XIV.    CAPTAIN FARNHAM SEES ACTIVE SERVICE AGAIN.
XV.    THE WHIP OF THE SCYTHIANS.
XVI.    OFFITT DIGS A PIT.
XVII.    IN AND OUT OF WINDOWS.
XVIII.   OFFITT PLANS A LONG JOURNEY.
XIX.    A LEAP FOR SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
XX.    "NOW DO YOU REMEMBER?"





I.

A MORNING CALL

A French clock on the mantel-piece, framed of brass and crystal, which betrayed its inner structure as the transparent sides of some insects betray their vital processes, struck ten with the mellow and lingering clangor of a distant cathedral bell. A gentleman, who was seated in front of the fire reading a newspaper, looked up at the clock to see what hour it was, to save himself the trouble of counting the slow, musical strokes. The eyes he raised were lig

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