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Title: David Lockwin--The People's Idol

Author: John McGovern

Release Date: February 21, 2005 [EBook #15123]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: He appears on the balcony. There is a cheer that may
be heard all over the South Side.]

DAVID LOCKWIN

The People's Idol

BY

JOHN McGOVERN,

AUTHOR OF

"Daniel Trentworthy," "Burritt Durand," "Geoffrey," "Jason Hortner,"
"King Darwin," etc.

CHICAGO:

DONOHUE, HENNEBERRY & CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY JOHN M'GOVERN.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY JOHN M'GOVERN.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Book I - Davy

Chapter

I. Harpwood and Lockwin
II. The People's Idol
III. Of Sneezes
IV. Bad News All Around
V. Dr. Floddin's Patient
VI. A Reign of Terror
VII. The Primaries
VIII. Fifty Kegs of Beer
IX. The Night Before Election
X. Elected
XI. Lynch-Law for Corkey
XII. In Georgian Bay
XIII. Off Cape Croker
XIV. In the Conventional Days

Book II - Esther Lockwin

I. Extra! Extra!
II. Corkey's Fear of a Widow's Grief
III. The Cenotaph
IV. A Knolling Bell

Book III - Robert Chalmers

I. A Difficult Problem
II. A Complete Disguise
III. Before the Telegraph Office
IV. "A Sound of Revelry by Night"
V. Letters of Consolation
VI. The Yawl
VII. A Rash Act
VIII. A Good Scheme
IX. A Heroic Act
X. Esther as a Liberal Patron

Book IV - George Harpwood

I. Corkey's Good Scheme
II. Happiness and Peace
III. At 3 in the Morning
IV. The Bridegroom
V. At Six O'clock

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece: He appears on the balcony. There is a cheer that may be
heard all over the South Side.

Three of the most bashful arise and come to be kissed.

The boat drags him. He catches the boy's hand.

Her eye returns in satisfaction to the glittering black