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One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America By: William Carleton (1876-1945) |
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ONE WAY OUT A MIDDLE CLASS NEW ENGLANDER
EMIGRATES TO AMERICA
ONE WAY OUT A MIDDLE CLASS NEW ENGLANDER
EMIGRATES TO AMERICA
BY
WILLIAM CARLETON BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED) Entered at Stationers' Hall Published January 28, 1911; second printing January
Presswork by Geo. H. Ellis Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO HER
WHO WASN'T AFRAID
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I A BORN AND BRED NEW ENGLANDER 1 II THIRTY DOLLARS A WEEK 18 III THE MIDDLE CLASS HELL 37 IV WE EMIGRATE TO AMERICA 53 V WE PROSPECT 67 VI I BECOME A DAY LABORER 82 VII NINE DOLLARS A WEEK 94 VIII SUNDAY 112 IX PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 125 X THE EMIGRANT SPIRIT 146 XI NEW OPPORTUNITIES 165 XII OUR FIRST WINTER 183 XIII I BECOME A CITIZEN 200 XIV FIFTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK 216 XV THE GANG 234 XVI DICK FINDS A WAY OUT, TOO 252 XVII THE SECOND YEAR 266 XVIII MATURING PLANS 283 XIX ONCE AGAIN A NEW ENGLANDER 298
ONE WAY OUT
ONE WAY OUT
CHAPTER I A BORN AND BRED NEW ENGLANDER
My great grandfather was killed in the Revolution; my grandfather
fought in the War of 1812; my father sacrificed his health in the
Civil War; but I, though born in New England, am the first of my
family to emigrate to this country the United States of America. That
sounds like a riddle or a paradox. It isn't; it's a plain statement of
fact. As a matter of convenience let me call myself Carleton. I've no desire
to make public my life for the sake of notoriety. My only idea in
writing these personal details is the hope that they may help some
poor devil out of the same hole in which I found myself mired. They
are of too sacred a nature to share except impersonally. Even behind
the disguise of an assumed name I passed some mighty uncomfortable
hours a few months ago when I sketched out for a magazine and saw in
cold print what I'm now going to give in full. It made me feel as
though I had pulled down the walls of my house and was living my life
open to the view of the street. For a man whose home means what it
does to me, there's nothing pleasant about that. However, I received some letters following that brief article which
made the discomfort seem worth while. My wife and I read them over
with something like awe. They came from Maine and they came from
Texas; they came from the north, they came from the south, until we
numbered our unseen friends by the hundred... Continue reading book >>
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