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Title: Gordon Keith
Author: Thomas Nelson Page
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GORDON KEITH
by
THOMAS NELSON PAGE
With Illustrations by George Wright
1903
TO
A GRANDDAUGHTER
OF ONE LOIS HUNTINGTON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. GORDON KEITH'S PATRIMONY
II. GENERAL KEITH BECOMES AN OVERSEER
III. THE ENGINEER AND THE SQUIRE
IV. TWO YOUNG MEN
V. THE RIDGE COLLEGE
VI. ALICE YORKE
VII. MRS. YORKE FINDS A GENTLEMAN
VIII. MR. KEITH'S IDEALS
IX. MR. KEITH IS UNPRACTICAL
X. MRS. YORKE CUTS A KNOT
XI. GUMBOLT
XII. KEITH DECLINES AN OFFER
XIII. KEITH IN NEW YORK
XIV. THE HOLD-UP
XV. MRS. YORKE MAKES A MATCH
XVI. KEITH VISITS NEW YORK, AND MRS. LANCASTER SEES A GHOST
XVII. KEITH MEETS NORMAN
XVIII. MRS. LANCASTER
XIX. WICKERSHAM AND PHRONY
XX. MRS. LANCASTER'S WIDOWHOOD
XXI. THE DIRECTORS' MEETING
XXII. MRS. CREAMER'S BALL
XXIII. GENERAL KEITH VISITS STRANGE LANDS
XXIV. KEITH TRIES HIS FORTUNES ABROAD
XXV. THE DINNER AT MRS. WICKERSHAM'S
XXVI. A MISUNDERSTANDING
XXVII. PHRONY TRIPPER AND THE REV. MR. RIMMON
XXVIII. ALICE LANCASTER FINDS PHRONY
XXIX. THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
XXX. "SNUGGLERS' ROOST"
XXXI. TERPY'S LAST DANCE AND WICKERSHAM'S FINAL THROW
XXXII. THE RUN ON THE BANK
XXXIII. RECONCILIATION
XXXIV. THE CONSULTATION
XXXV. THE MISTRESS OF THE LAWNS
XXXVI. THE OLD IDEAL
ILLUSTRATIONS
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