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Edith and John: A Story of Pittsburgh
Edith and John: A Story of Pittsburgh
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Edith and John: A Story of Pittsburgh by Franklin S. Farquhar
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The Wrecked Umbrella.
Chapter 2. At The Mansion on the Hill.
Chapter 3. The Old Junk Shop.
Chapter 4. In Hell’s Half Acre.
Chapter 5. Star Barton Seeks a New Home.
Chapter 6. The Transformation of Star Barton.
Chapter 7. John Winthrope Promoted.
Chapter 8. Peter Dieman Receives Visitors.
Chapter 9. A Thanksgiving Party.
Chapter 10. John Winthrope’s Second Promotion.
Chapter 11. The Automobile Accident.
Chapter 12. John is Called upon an Extraordinary Mission.
Chapter 13. Secret Workings of the System.
Chapter 14. John Winthrope is Surrounded by Perplexities.
Chapter 15. What Does the Heart Say?
Chapter 16. Billy Barton’s Flight.
Chapter 17. Good Bye! Good Bye! Good Bye!
Chapter 18. Peter Dieman is Avenged.
Chapter 19. While the Father Worries, Monroe Schemes and Celebrates.
Chapter 20. What the Springtime Brought Forth.
Chapter 21. Monroe and Cobb Visit Peter Dieman’s Home Together.
Chapter 22. The Conspirators’ Plot is Revealed.
Chapter 23. Edith Reveals Her Secret to Her Father and He Goes to New York.
Chapter 24. Eli Jerey is Called into Requisition.
Chapter 25. Monroe is Caught in a Net of His Own Weaving.
Chapter 26. The Chief Grafter is Forewarned and Goes to Europe.
Chapter 27. Eli Jerey at the Dieman Home.
Chapter 28. It is Decided to Send Edith to the Mountains.
Chapter 29. Edith Recovers and Young Cobb Pays His Respects.
Chapter 30. For John is Coming Home.
Chapter 31. In Conclusion.
Chapter 1. The Wrecked Umbrella.
Fog and smoke and grime hung over the city of Pittsburgh: a thickening blanket, soggy in its cumbrous pall. The rain came down like gimlets; the air was savage, miserably embracing; the streets were sodden, muddy, filthy, with dirty streams babbling along the gutters; the lights gleamed ghastly, ghostly, hideously, in radiating through the gloom; water dripped from eave, awning, wire, sign, lamppost--from everything, spattering, trickling, everlastingly dripping, till the whole world seemed to be in an advanced stage of the diabetes. It was a gray, grim, medieval night--a cold, raw, nerve-racking night in November.
The gleaming forges, the ponderous hammers, the monstrous rolls of the mills boomed in the distance, sullenly, ceaselessly, like unto the grumblings of a maddened Tubal Cain irritated beyond endurance. Mill and factory and boat and shop whistles tooted and screeched and howled demoniacally, with little agreement as to rhythm. Trains rumbled, cars rattled, and all manner of conveyances bumped along, over crossings and grades and Y’s, through tunnels, under sheds, through yards, beneath buildings, over streets, across bridges; some rapidly, some slowly, some cautiously, some recklessly--all going, coming, hither and yon, with a remorseless energy, and for an inexorable purpose. A medley of bells smote the air with a harshness, a sweetness, a madness, that was startling enough to drive the nervous into a wild panic. The rumble of cart, the thud of horse, the crack of whip, the tread of feet, the sound of voice, was a confused mass of noises added to the greater roaring of the turbulent city of iron and steel. (Continued...)
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The Wrecked Umbrella.
Chapter 2. At The Mansion on the Hill.
Chapter 3. The Old Junk Shop.
Chapter 4. In Hell’s Half Acre.
Chapter 5. Star Barton Seeks a New Home.
Chapter 6. The Transformation of Star Barton.
Chapter 7. John Winthrope Promoted.
Chapter 8. Peter Dieman Receives Visitors.
Chapter 9. A Thanksgiving Party.
Chapter 10. John Winthrope’s Second Promotion.
Chapter 11. The Automobile Accident.
Chapter 12. John is Called upon an Extraordinary Mission.
Chapter 13. Secret Workings of the System.
Chapter 14. John Winthrope is Surrounded by Perplexities.
Chapter 15. What Does the Heart Say?
Chapter 16. Billy Barton’s Flight.
Chapter 17. Good Bye! Good Bye! Good Bye!
Chapter 18. Peter Dieman is Avenged.
Chapter 19. While the Father Worries, Monroe Schemes and Celebrates.
Chapter 20. What the Springtime Brought Forth.
Chapter 21. Monroe and Cobb Visit Peter Dieman’s Home Together.
Chapter 22. The Conspirators’ Plot is Revealed.
Chapter 23. Edith Reveals Her Secret to Her Father and He Goes to New York.
Chapter 24. Eli Jerey is Called into Requisition.
Chapter 25. Monroe is Caught in a Net of His Own Weaving.
Chapter 26. The Chief Grafter is Forewarned and Goes to Europe.
Chapter 27. Eli Jerey at the Dieman Home.
Chapter 28. It is Decided to Send Edith to the Mountains.
Chapter 29. Edith Recovers and Young Cobb Pays His Respects.
Chapter 30. For John is Coming Home.
Chapter 31. In Conclusion.
Chapter 1. The Wrecked Umbrella.
Fog and smoke and grime hung over the city of Pittsburgh: a thickening blanket, soggy in its cumbrous pall. The rain came down like gimlets; the air was savage, miserably embracing; the streets were sodden, muddy, filthy, with dirty streams babbling along the gutters; the lights gleamed ghastly, ghostly, hideously, in radiating through the gloom; water dripped from eave, awning, wire, sign, lamppost--from everything, spattering, trickling, everlastingly dripping, till the whole world seemed to be in an advanced stage of the diabetes. It was a gray, grim, medieval night--a cold, raw, nerve-racking night in November.
The gleaming forges, the ponderous hammers, the monstrous rolls of the mills boomed in the distance, sullenly, ceaselessly, like unto the grumblings of a maddened Tubal Cain irritated beyond endurance. Mill and factory and boat and shop whistles tooted and screeched and howled demoniacally, with little agreement as to rhythm. Trains rumbled, cars rattled, and all manner of conveyances bumped along, over crossings and grades and Y’s, through tunnels, under sheds, through yards, beneath buildings, over streets, across bridges; some rapidly, some slowly, some cautiously, some recklessly--all going, coming, hither and yon, with a remorseless energy, and for an inexorable purpose. A medley of bells smote the air with a harshness, a sweetness, a madness, that was startling enough to drive the nervous into a wild panic. The rumble of cart, the thud of horse, the crack of whip, the tread of feet, the sound of voice, was a confused mass of noises added to the greater roaring of the turbulent city of iron and steel. (Continued...)
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