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Title: A Young Man in a Hurry
and Other Short Stories

Author: Robert W. Chambers

Release Date: December 1, 2008 [EBook #27374]

Language: English

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[Illustration: [See p. 5
"'GOOD HEAVENS!' HE SAID. 'WHERE'S MY SISTER?'"]

A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY
AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

BY

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

AUTHOR OF
"THE MAIDS OF PARADISE"
"CARDIGAN"
"THE MAID-AT-ARMS"
"THE KING IN YELLOW" ETC

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1904

Copyright, 1904, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.

_All rights reserved._
Published October, 1904.

TO MARGERY

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'GOOD HEAVENS!' HE SAID. 'WHERE'S MY SISTER?'" _Frontispiece_

"'I LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO WAIT A MILLION YEARS!'" _Facing p. 20_

"'I MEANT TO TAKE SOME FLOWERS, ANYWAY'" " 28

"'HERE ARE THE VIOLETS; ... I WILL TIE THEM TO YOUR
COLLAR'" " 34

"AWAY THEY WENT, KNEE-DEEP IN DRY SILVERY
GRASSES" " 132

"THERE WAS THAT IN BURLESON'S EYES THAT SOBERED HER" " 164

"'I WISH YOU'D GIVE MARLITT ANOTHER CHANCE'" " 242

"HE SAW HER THE MOMENT HE ENTERED THE WISTARIA ARBOR" " 250

CONTENTS

PAGE
A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY 3

A PILGRIM 23

THE SHINING BAND 51

ONE MAN IN A MILLION 95

THE FIRE-WARDEN 123

THE MARKET-HUNTER 171

THE PATH-MASTER 197

IN NAUVOO 223

MARLITT'S SHOES 241

PASQUE FLORIDA 263

A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY

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