The Man With the Broken Ear

About this eBook

Author

About, Edmond, 1828-1885

Title

The man with the broken ear

Credits

Produced by V. L. Simpson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Science fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20724

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20724

Release Date

March 2, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MAN WITH THE BROKEN EAR
2. 2.Table Of Contents
3. 3.DEDICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION. [A]
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — WHEREIN THEY KILL THE FATTED CALF TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF A FRUGAL SON.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — UNPACKING BY CANDLE-LIGHT.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — THE CRIME OF THE LEARNED PROFESSOR MEISER.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — THE VICTIM.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — DREAMS OF LOVE, AND OTHER DREAMS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — A YOUNG GIRL'S CAPRICE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — PROFESSOR MEISER'S WILL IN FAVOR OF THE DESICCATED COLONEL.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — HOW NICHOLAS MEISER, NEPHEW OF JOHN MEISER, EXECUTED HIS UNCLE'S WILL.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — CONSIDERABLE OF A DISTURBANCE IN FONTAINEBLEAU.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — HALLELUJAH!
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — WHEREIN COLONEL FOUGAS LEARNS SOME NEWS WHICH WILL APPEAR OLD TO MY READERS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — THE CONVALESCENT'S FIRST MEAL.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — HISTORY OF COLONEL FOUGAS, RELATED BY HIMSELF.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — THE GAME OF LOVE AND WAR.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — IN WHICH THE READER WILL SEE THAT IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE CAPITAL TO THE TARPEIAN ROCK.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — THE MEMORABLE INTERVIEW BETWEEN COLONEL FOUGAS AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — WHEREIN HERR NICHOLAS MEISER, ONE OF THE SOLID MEN OF DANTZIC, RECEIVES AN UNWELCOME VISIT.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE COLONEL TRIES TO RELIEVE HIMSELF OF A MILLION WHICH INCUMBERS HIM.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — HE SEEKS AND BESTOWS THE HAND OF CLEMENTINE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — A THUNDERBOLT FROM A CLEAR SKY.
24. 24.FINIS.
25. 25.NOTES TO THE MAN WITH THE BROKEN EAR.

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