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QUINCY
ADAMS
SAWYER AND MASON'S CORNER FOLKS A PICTURE OF NEW
ENGLAND HOME LIFE BY CHAS. FELTON PIDGIN
Boston
C.M. CLARK
PUBLISHING COMPANY
1905
REVISED
EDITION Respectfully dedicated to
the Memory of the late
HON JAMES
RUSSELL LOWELL
the perusal of whose
famous poem
"THE COURTIN"
supplied the inspiration
that led to the writing
of this book.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER'S only title was plain "Mr." His ancestors were
tradesmen, merchants, lawyers, politicians, and Presidents. He, too, was
proud of his honored ancestry, and I have endeavored in this book to
have him live up to an ideal personification of gentlemanly qualities
for which the New England standard should be fully as high as that of
Old England; in fact, I see no reason why the heroes of American novels,
barring the single matter of hereditary titles, should not compare
favorably as regards gentlemanly attributes with their English cousins
across the seas. C.F.P. GRAY CHAMBERS,
BOSTON, October, 1902. CHAPTERS I. The Rehearsal II. Mason's Corner Folks III. The Concert in the Town Hall IV. Ancestry versus Patriotism V. Mr. Sawyer Meets Uncle Ike VI. Some New Ideas VII. "That City Feller" VIII. City Skill versus Country Muscle IX. Mr. Sawyer Calls on Miss Putnam X. Village Gossip XI. Some Sad Tidings XII. Looking for a Boarding Place XIII. A Visit to the Victim XIV. A Quiet Evening XV. A Long Lost Relative XVI. A Promise Kept XVII. An Informal Introduction XVIII. The Courtin' XIX. Jim Sawyer's Funeral XX. A Wet Day XXI. Some More New Ideas XXII. After the Great Snowstorm XXIII. A Visit to Mrs. Putnam XXIV. The New Doctor XXV. Some Plain Facts and Inferences XXVI. The Surprise Party XXVII. Town Politics XXVIII. The Town Meeting XXIX. Mrs. Hawkins's Boarding House XXX. A Settlement XXXI. An Inheritance XXXII. Aunt Ella XXXIII. The Weddin's XXXIV. Blennerhassett XXXV. "The Bird of Love" XXXVI. Then They Were Married XXXVII. Linda's Birthright XXXVIII. Fernborough
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispiece. "The village gossips wondered
who he was, what
he was, what he came for,
and how long he intended
to stay." It was a marvellous rig that he wore when he reappeared The barge led the procession to Mason's Corner And then he landed a blow on Wood's nose "The Deacon and his wife led off"
CHARACTERS AND SCENES FROM THE STAGE PRESENTATION OF QUINCY ADAMS
SAWYER. Mandy Skinner Mrs. Putnam's anger, upon discovery of Lindy's parentage (Act III.) Quincy reading Alice's letter to her (Act III.) Samanthy Green Quincy makes a speech (Act III.) An old fashioned husking bee (Act III.) Alice recovers her sight (Act IV.)
QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER.
CHAPTER I. THE REHEARSAL.
It was a little after seven o'clock on the evening of December 31,
186 . Inside, the little red schoolhouse was ablaze with light. Sounds
of voices and laughter came from within and forms could be seen flitting
back and forth through the uncurtained windows. Outside, a heavy fall of
snow lay upon hill and vale, trees and house tops, while the rays of a
full orbed moon shone down upon the glistening, white expanse. At a point upon the main road a short distance beyond the square, where
the grocery store was situated, stood a young man. This young man was
Ezekiel Pettengill, one of the well to do young farmers of the village.
His coat collar was turned up and his cap pulled down over his ears, for
the air was piercing cold and a biting wind was blowing. Now and then he
would walk briskly back and forth for a few minutes, clapping his hands,
which were encased in gray woollen mittens, in order to restore some
warmth to those almost frozen members... Continue reading book >>
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