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Title: In the Days of Poor Richard

Author: Irving Bacheller

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IN THE DAYS OF POOR RICHARD

by

IRVING BACHELLER

Author of _The Light in The Clearing_, _A Man for the Ages_, etc.

Illustrated by John Wolcott Adams

Indianapolis
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Publishers
Press Of Braunworth & Co
Book Manufacturers
Brooklyn, N. Y.

1922

[Frontispiece: A young John Irons and Margaret Hare in the forest.]

TO MY FRIEND

ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE

Discerning Student and Interpreter of the Spirit of the Prophets, the
Struggle of the Heroes and the Wisdom of the Founders of Democracy, I
Dedicate This Volume.

FOREWORD

Much of the color of the love-tale of Jack and Margaret, which is a
part of the greater love-story of man and liberty, is derived from old
letters, diaries, and newspaper clippings in the possession of a
well-known American family.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

BOOK ONE

I The Horse Valley Adventure
II Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
III The Journey to Philadelphia
IV The Crossing
V Jack Sees London and the Great Philosopher
VI The Lovers
VII The Dawn
VIII An Appointment and a Challenge
IX The Encounter
X The Lady of the Hidden Face
XI The Departure
XII The Friend and the Girl He Left Behind Him

BOOK TWO

XIII The Ferment
XIV Adventures in the Service of the Commander-in-Chief
XV In Boston Jail
XVI Jack and Solomon Meet the Great Ally
XVII With the Army and in the Bush
XVIII How Solomon Shifted the Skeer