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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Last of the Foresters, by John Esten Cooke This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Last of the Foresters Author: John Esten Cooke Release Date: January 2, 2004 [EBook #10560] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LAST OF THE FORESTERS *** Produced by Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE LAST OF THE FORESTERS: OR, HUMORS ON THE BORDER; A STORY OF THE Old Virginia Frontier. BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE AUTHOR OF "THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS," "LEATHER STALKING AND SILK," "ELLIE," "THE YOUTH OF JEFFERSON," INC. 1856 CONTENTS CHAPTER I.--At Apple Orchard II.--Verty and his Companions III.--Introduces a Legal Porcupine IV.--How Verty thought, and played, and dreamed V.--Winchester VI.--In which Mr. Roundjacket flourishes his ruler VII.--In which Mr. Roundjacket reads his great Poem VIII.--How Verty shot a White Pigeon IX.--Hawking without a Hawk X.--Verty makes the acquaintance of Mr. Jinks XI.--How Verty discovered in himself a great fondness for Apples XII.--How Strephon talked with Chloe in an Arbor XIII.--Verty expresses a desire to imitate Mr. Jinks XIV.--The Thirteenth of October XV.--The Pedlar and the Necklace XVI.--Mr. Roundjacket makes himself agreeable XVII.--Mr. Jinks at Home XVIII.--How Miss Lavinia developed her Theories on Matrimony XIX.--Only a few tears XX.--How Miss Fanny slammed the door in Verty's face XXI.--In which Redbud suppresses her feelings, and behaves with decorum XXII.--How Miss Sallianna fell in love with Verty XXIII.--The Result XXIV.--Of the effect of Verty's violin-playing upon Mr. Rushton XXV.--A Young Gentleman just from William and Mary College XXVI.--The Necklace XXVII.--Philosophical XXVIII.--Consequences of Miss Sallianna's passion for Verty XXIX.--Interchange of Compliments XXX.--What occurred at Bousch's Tavern XXXI.--Mr. Jinks on Horseback going to take Revenge XXXII.--An old Bible XXXIII.--Fanny's views upon Heraldry XXXIV.--How Miss Sallianna alluded to vipers, and fell into hysterics
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