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Title: The Captain's Toll-Gate

Author: Frank R. Stockton

Release Date: September 2, 2004 [EBook #13356]

Language: English

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THE CAPTAIN'S TOLL-GATE

By

FRANK R. STOCKTON

_With a Memorial Sketch by Mrs. Stockton_

1903

CONTENTS

I. OLIVE
II. MARIA PORT
III. MRS. EASTERFIELD
IV. THE SON OF AN OLD SHIPMATE
V. OLIVE PAYS TOLL
VI. MR. CLAUDE LOCKER
VII. THE CAPTAIN AND HIS GUEST GO FISHING AND COME HOME HAPPY
VIII. CAPTAIN ASHER IS NOT IN A GOOD HUMOR
IX. MISS PORT TAKES A DRIVE WITH THE BUTCHER
X. MRS. EASTERFIELD WRITES A LETTER
XI. MR. LOCKER IS RELEASED ON BAIL
XII. MR. RUPERT HEMPHILL
XIII. MR. LANCASTER'S BACKERS
XIV. A LETTER FOR OLIVE
XV. OLIVE'S BICYCLE TRIP
XVI. MR. LANCASTER ACCEPTS A MISSION
XVII. DICK IS NOT A PROMPT BEARER OF NEWS
XVIII. WHAT OLIVE DETERMINED TO DO
XIX. THE CAPTAIN AND DICK LANCASTER DESERT THE TOLL-GATE
XX. MR. LOCKER DETERMINES TO RUSH THE ENEMY'S POSITION
XXI. MISS RALEIGH ENJOYS A RARE PRIVILEGE
XXII. THE CONFLICTING SERENADES
XXIII. THE CAPTAIN AND MARIA
XXIV. MR. TOM ARRIVES AT BROADSTONE
XXV. THE CAPTAIN AND MR. TOM
XXVI. A STOP AT THE TOLL-GATE
XXVII. BY PROXY
XXVIII. HERE WE GO! LOVERS THREE!
XXIX. TWO PIECES OF NEWS
XXX. BY THE SEA
XXXI. AS GOOD AS A MAN
XXXII. THE STOCK-MARKET IS SAFE
XXXIII. DICK LANCASTER DOES NOT WRITE
XXXIV. MISS PORT PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE
XXXV. THE DORCAS ON GUARD
XXXVI. COLD TINDER
XXXVII. IN WHICH SOME GREAT CHANGES ARE RECORDED
XXXVIII. "IT HAS JUST BEGUN!"

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Prank B. Stockton _Etching by Jacques Reich from a
photograph._

The Holt, Mr. Stockton's home near Convent, N.J.

Claymont, Mr. Stockton's home near Charles Town, West Virginia.

A corner in Mr. Stockton's study at Claymont.

The upper terraces of Mr. Stockton's garden