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The Memoirs Of An American Citizen
The Memoirs Of An American Citizen
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE LAKE FRONT IN CHICAGO 1
II. THE HARRISON STREET POLICE COURT 12
III. JASONVILLE, INDIANA 19
IV. THE PIERSONS 37
V. A MAN'S BUSINESS 53
VI. FIRST BLOOD 61
VII. THE BOMB 74
VIII. THE TRIAL OF THE ANARCHISTS 82
IX. ANOTHER BOOST 98
X. LOVE 104
XI. MARRIAGE 124
XII. AN HONORABLE MERCHANT 134
XIII. THE WILL OF A WOMAN 149
XIV. THE FIRST MOVE 167
XV. THE ATLAS ON THE FLOOR 175
XVI. THE STRUGGLE 185
XVII. NO GOSPEL GAME 196
XVIII. THE STRIKE 204
XIX. DENOUNCED 211
XX. TREACHERY 219
XXI. A SQUEEZE 230
XXII. JUDGMENTS 237
XXIII. HAPPINESS 252
XXIV. WAR 265
XXV. THE LAST DITCH 276
XXVI. VICTORY 288
XXVII. DOUBTS 293
XXVIII. A NEW AMBITION 304
XXIX. THE SENATORSHIP 315
XXX. THE COST 327
XXXI. FURTHER COST 336
XXXII. THE END 347
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"Feeling that I had come to the end of things in Chicago
mighty quick" 12
"I believe she would have let me kiss her had I wanted to
then" 24
"Earning mighty little but my keep" 25
"'I guess she don't want much to see you'" 30
"'I want you to take this'" 34
"'Ma Pierson's'" 38
"The Enterprise Market" 44
"'That's Strauss!'" 49
"'Do you hear?' the Irishman roared" 58
"My part was to drive a wagon for Dround at fifteen a
week" 59
"'What do you know about sausage?' he asked" 65
"'All right,' he called out, 'we'll take his deal'" 71
"His long arms twitched with horror" 78
"From another man it might have been just slobber, but
Henry I. Dround meant it, every word" 88
"'My! I tell you I'll be glad to get home to-night'" 94
"Big John was one of the first to welcome me back" 96
"The door of the inner office was pulled back and Strauss
himself walked into the room" 102
"'Why, of course, you are the Mr. Harrington who--But
you have changed!'" 106
"She was reading me like a book of large print" 116
"'I have been offering your young man some advice, Sarah'" 119
"I could see that they would come together very soon" 126
"'You aren't much troubled with scruples, Van!'" 137
"'I paid the right people ninety-five hundred dollars. Now
what are you going to do about it?'" 142
"'Young feller, do you reckon you can buck up against me
and the Strauss crowd with that one-horse rig?'" 153
"'I think you could put up the right kind of a fight,' she
remarked quietly" 160
"That comedy took place on the court-house steps according
to law" 172
"I pointed out the great currents of world trade" 181
"The black rocks starting right out of the water" 189
"'When the time comes that you want help, when you cannot
go on alone--'" 194
"He undertook to give me a lesson then and there on the
rights of the anarchist" 208
"'You have done something the taste of which will never
get out of your mouth'" 223
"'When a man comes out of the alley and puts a pistol in
your face, and asks for all the money you have on you,
you don't wait to see where you hit him, do you?'" 228
"'Only this,' I said slowly, 'I don't sell out to you'" 234
"'Couldn't you find any one else to do your dirty work but
your own brother?'" 242
"Somehow years had gone by in that evening" 249
"'No, child, you are wrong! There is no truth in your cruel
words'" 259
"To-day I should like to slip back once more to the bum that
landed in Chicago--unattached, unburdened, unbound" 271
"It was a messenger boy with a delayed telegram" 275
"'For this is the last ditch, sure enough!'" 278
"'If you grasp them in a strong hand, they will become
diamonds'" 284
"'There isn't enough money coined to bring me to him'" 292
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE LAKE FRONT IN CHICAGO 1
II. THE HARRISON STREET POLICE COURT 12
III. JASONVILLE, INDIANA 19
IV. THE PIERSONS 37
V. A MAN'S BUSINESS 53
VI. FIRST BLOOD 61
VII. THE BOMB 74
VIII. THE TRIAL OF THE ANARCHISTS 82
IX. ANOTHER BOOST 98
X. LOVE 104
XI. MARRIAGE 124
XII. AN HONORABLE MERCHANT 134
XIII. THE WILL OF A WOMAN 149
XIV. THE FIRST MOVE 167
XV. THE ATLAS ON THE FLOOR 175
XVI. THE STRUGGLE 185
XVII. NO GOSPEL GAME 196
XVIII. THE STRIKE 204
XIX. DENOUNCED 211
XX. TREACHERY 219
XXI. A SQUEEZE 230
XXII. JUDGMENTS 237
XXIII. HAPPINESS 252
XXIV. WAR 265
XXV. THE LAST DITCH 276
XXVI. VICTORY 288
XXVII. DOUBTS 293
XXVIII. A NEW AMBITION 304
XXIX. THE SENATORSHIP 315
XXX. THE COST 327
XXXI. FURTHER COST 336
XXXII. THE END 347
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"Feeling that I had come to the end of things in Chicago
mighty quick" 12
"I believe she would have let me kiss her had I wanted to
then" 24
"Earning mighty little but my keep" 25
"'I guess she don't want much to see you'" 30
"'I want you to take this'" 34
"'Ma Pierson's'" 38
"The Enterprise Market" 44
"'That's Strauss!'" 49
"'Do you hear?' the Irishman roared" 58
"My part was to drive a wagon for Dround at fifteen a
week" 59
"'What do you know about sausage?' he asked" 65
"'All right,' he called out, 'we'll take his deal'" 71
"His long arms twitched with horror" 78
"From another man it might have been just slobber, but
Henry I. Dround meant it, every word" 88
"'My! I tell you I'll be glad to get home to-night'" 94
"Big John was one of the first to welcome me back" 96
"The door of the inner office was pulled back and Strauss
himself walked into the room" 102
"'Why, of course, you are the Mr. Harrington who--But
you have changed!'" 106
"She was reading me like a book of large print" 116
"'I have been offering your young man some advice, Sarah'" 119
"I could see that they would come together very soon" 126
"'You aren't much troubled with scruples, Van!'" 137
"'I paid the right people ninety-five hundred dollars. Now
what are you going to do about it?'" 142
"'Young feller, do you reckon you can buck up against me
and the Strauss crowd with that one-horse rig?'" 153
"'I think you could put up the right kind of a fight,' she
remarked quietly" 160
"That comedy took place on the court-house steps according
to law" 172
"I pointed out the great currents of world trade" 181
"The black rocks starting right out of the water" 189
"'When the time comes that you want help, when you cannot
go on alone--'" 194
"He undertook to give me a lesson then and there on the
rights of the anarchist" 208
"'You have done something the taste of which will never
get out of your mouth'" 223
"'When a man comes out of the alley and puts a pistol in
your face, and asks for all the money you have on you,
you don't wait to see where you hit him, do you?'" 228
"'Only this,' I said slowly, 'I don't sell out to you'" 234
"'Couldn't you find any one else to do your dirty work but
your own brother?'" 242
"Somehow years had gone by in that evening" 249
"'No, child, you are wrong! There is no truth in your cruel
words'" 259
"To-day I should like to slip back once more to the bum that
landed in Chicago--unattached, unburdened, unbound" 271
"It was a messenger boy with a delayed telegram" 275
"'For this is the last ditch, sure enough!'" 278
"'If you grasp them in a strong hand, they will become
diamonds'" 284
"'There isn't enough money coined to bring me to him'" 292