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Title: What Might Have Been Expected

Author: Frank R. Stockton

Release Date: June 22, 2006 [EBook #18654]

Language: English

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WHAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN EXPECTED

By
Frank R. Stockton

New York
Dodd, Mead and Company

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Copyright, 1874, by Dodd & Mead
Copyright, 1902, by Marian E. Stockton

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Harry Loudon Makes Up His Mind. 9
II. The Adoption. 15
III. Commencing Business. 21
IV. Kate, very naturally, is Anxious. 30
V. The Turkey-Hunter. 38
VI. Tony Strikes Out. 47
VII. Aunt Matilda's Christmas. 58
VIII. A Lively Team. 71
IX. Business in Earnest. 85
X. A Meeting on the Road. 97
XI. Rob. 103
XII. Tony on the War-path. 112
XIII. Cousin Maria. 118
XIV. Harry's Grand Scheme. 124
XV. The Council. 135
XVI. Company Business. 143
XVII. Principally Concerning Kate. 154
XVIII. The Arrival. 164
XIX. Constructing the Line. 172
XX. An Important Meeting of the Board. 181
XXI. A Last Resort. 189
XXII. A Quandary. 194
XXIII. Crossing the Creek. 202
XXIV. The First Business Telegrams. 210
XXV. Profits and Projects. 225
XXVI. A Grand Proposition. 237
XXVII