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Title: The Blunders of a Bashful Man

Author: Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

Release Date: March 6, 2007 [EBook #20754]

Language: English

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THE BLUNDERS

OF A

BASHFUL MAN.

_By the Author of_

"A BAD BOY'S DIARY"

COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY STREET & SMITH.

NEW YORK:

J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY.

57 ROSE STREET.

* * * * *

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. HE ATTENDS A PICNIC.

II. HE MAKES AN EVENING CALL.

III. GOES TO A TEA-PARTY.

IV. HE DOES HIS DUTY AS A CITIZEN.

V. HE COMMITS SUICIDE.

VI. HE IS DOOMED FOR WORSE ACCIDENTS.

VII. I MAKE A NARROW ESCAPE.

VIII. HE ENACTS THE PART OF GROOMSMAN.

IX. MEETS A PAIR OF BLUE EYES.

X. HE CATCHES A TROUT AND PRESENTS IT TO A LADY.

XI. HE GOES TO THE CIRCUS.

XII. A LEAP FOR LIFE.

XIII. ONE OF THE FAIR SEX COMES TO HIS RESCUE.

XIV. HIS DIFFIDENCE BRINGS ABOUT AN ACCIDENT.

XV. HE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH A CHICAGO WIDOW.

XVI. AT LAST HE SECURES A TREASURE.

XVII. HE ENJOYS HIMSELF AT A BALL.

XVIII. HE OPENS THE WRONG DOOR.

XIX. DRIVEN FROM HIS LAST DEFENCE.

* * * * *

THE

BLUNDERS OF A BASHFUL MAN.

CHAPTER I.

HE ATTENDS A PICNIC.

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