The Spenders

About this eBook

Author

Wilson, Harry Leon, 1867-1939

Title

The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Steve Flynn, Virginia Paque, Peter Klumper, Tonya Allen, Thierry Alberto and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Inheritance and succession -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

9981

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9981

Release Date

February 1, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SPENDERS
2. 2.BY HARRY LEON WILSON — Illustrated by O'NEILL LATHAM — 1902 — To L. L. J.
3. 3.FOREWORD
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE SPENDERS
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — The Second Generation is Removed
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — How the First Generation Once Righted Itself
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — Billy Brue Finds His Man
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — The West Against the East
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — Over the Hills
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — A Meeting and a Clashing
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — The Rapid-fire Lorgnon Is Spiked
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — Up Skiplap Canon
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — Three Letters, Private and Confidential
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — The Price of Averting a Scandal
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — How Uncle Peter Bines Once Cut Loose
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — Plans for the Journey East
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — The Argonauts Return to the Rising Sun
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — Mr. Higbee Communicates Some Valuable Information
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — Some Light With a Few Side-lights
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — With the Barbaric Hosts
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — The Patricians Entertain
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — The Course of True Love at a House Party
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — An Afternoon Stroll and an Evening Catastrophe
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — Doctor Von Herzlich Expounds the Hightower Hotel and Certain Allied Phenomena
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — The Diversions of a Young Multi-millionaire
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — The Distressing Adventure of Mrs. Bines
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — The Summer Campaign Is Planned
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — The Sight of a New Beauty, and Some Advice from Higbee
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — Horace Milbrey Upholds the Dignity of His House
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — A Hot Day in New York, with News of an Interesting Marriage
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — A Sensational Turn in the Milbrey Fortunes
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — Uncle Peter Bines Comes to Town With His Man
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — Uncle Peter Bines Threatens to Raise Something
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — Uncle Peter Inspires His Grandson to Worthy Ambitions
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — Concerning Consolidated Copper and Peter Bines as Matchmakers
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — Devotion to Business and a Chance Meeting
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — The Amateur Napoleon of Wall Street
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — How the Chinook Came to Wall Street
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — The News Broken, Whereupon an Engagement is Broken
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — The God in the Machine
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — The Departure of Uncle Peter—And Some German Philosophy
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — Some Phenomena Peculiar to Spring
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — An Unusual Plan of Action Is Matured
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — Some Rude Behaviour, of Which Only a Western Man Could Be Guilty
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. — The New Argonauts
46. 46.THE END.

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