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Title: A Young Man in a Hurry
and Other Short Stories
Author: Robert W. Chambers
Release Date: December 1, 2008 [EBook #27374]
Language: English
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[Illustration: [See p. 5
"'GOOD HEAVENS!' HE SAID. 'WHERE'S MY SISTER?'"]
A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY
AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
BY
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
AUTHOR OF
"THE MAIDS OF PARADISE"
"CARDIGAN"
"THE MAID-AT-ARMS"
"THE KING IN YELLOW" ETC
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1904
Copyright, 1904, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.
_All rights reserved._
Published October, 1904.
TO MARGERY
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'GOOD HEAVENS!' HE SAID. 'WHERE'S MY SISTER?'" _Frontispiece_
"'I LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO WAIT A MILLION YEARS!'" _Facing p. 20_
"'I MEANT TO TAKE SOME FLOWERS, ANYWAY'" " 28
"'HERE ARE THE VIOLETS; ... I WILL TIE THEM TO YOUR
COLLAR'" " 34
"AWAY THEY WENT, KNEE-DEEP IN DRY SILVERY
GRASSES" " 132
"THERE WAS THAT IN BURLESON'S EYES THAT SOBERED HER" " 164
"'I WISH YOU'D GIVE MARLITT ANOTHER CHANCE'" " 242
"HE SAW HER THE MOMENT HE ENTERED THE WISTARIA ARBOR" " 250
CONTENTS
PAGE
A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY 3
A PILGRIM 23
THE SHINING BAND 51
ONE MAN IN A MILLION 95
THE FIRE-WARDEN 123
THE MARKET-HUNTER 171
THE PATH-MASTER 197
IN NAUVOO 223
MARLITT'S SHOES 241
PASQUE FLORIDA 263
A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY
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