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The last of the foresters, or, Humors on the border

a story of the old Virginia frontier
Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886)
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CONTENTS.
  
PREFACE.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. AT APPLE ORCHARD.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. VERTY AND HIS COMPANIONS.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. INTRODUCES A LEGAL PORCUPINE.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. HOW VERTY THOUGHT, AND PLAYED, AND DREAMED.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. WINCHESTER.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH MR. ROUNDJACKET FLOURISHES HIS RULER.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH ROUNDJACKET READS HIS GREAT POEM.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. HOW VERTY SHOT A WHITE PIGEON.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. HAWKING WITHOUT A HAWK.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. VERTY MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MR. JINKS.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. HOW VERTY DISCOVERED IN HIMSELF A GREAT FONDNESS FOR APPLES.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. HOW STREPHON TALKED WITH CHLOE IN AN ARBOR.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. VERTY EXPRESSES A DESIRE TO IMITATE MR. JINKS.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. THE THIRTEENTH OF OCTOBER.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. THE PEDLAR AND THE NECKLACE.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. MR. ROUNDJACKET MAKES HIMSELF AGREEABLE.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. MR. JINKS AT HOME.
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW MISS LAVINIA DEVELOPED HER THEORIES UPON MATRIMONY.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. ONLY A FEW TEARS.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. HOW MISS FANNY SLAMMED THE DOOR IN VERTY'S FACE.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH REDBUD SUPPRESSES HER FEELINGS AND BEHAVES WITH DECORUM.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. HOW MISS SALLIANNA FELL IN LOVE WITH VERTY.
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESULT.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE EFFECT OF VERTY'S VIOLIN-PLAYING UPON MR. RUSHTON.
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, JUST FROM WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. THE NECKLACE.
 27. 
CHAPTER XXVII. PHILOSOPHICAL.
 28. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. CONSEQUENCES OF MISS SALLIANNA'S PASSION FOR VERTY.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. INTERCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. WHAT OCCURRED AT BOUSCH'S TAVERN.
 31. 
CHAPTER XXXI. MR. JINKS ON HORSE-BACK, GOING TO TAKE REVENGE.
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. AN OLD BIBLE.
 33. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. FANNY'S VIEWS UPON HERALDRY.
 34. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW MISS SALLIANNA ALLUDED TO VIPERS, AND FELL INTO HYSTERICS.
 35. 
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MISS FANNY MADE MERRY WITH THE PASSION OF MR. VERY.
 36. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. RALPH MAKES LOVE TO MISS SALLIANNA.
 37. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. VERY STATES HIS PRIVATE OPINION OF MISS SALLIANNA.
 38. 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW LONGEARS SHOWED HIS GALLANTRY IN FANNY'S SERVICE.
 39. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. UP THE HILL-SIDE AND UNDER THE CHESTNUTS.
 40. 
CHAPTER XL. UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.
 41. 
CHAPTER XLI. USE OF COATS IN A STORM.
 42. 
CHAPTER XLII. HOW MR. JINKS REQUESTED RALPH TO HOLD HIM.
 43. 
CHAPTER XLIII. VERTY'S HEART GOES AWAY IN A CHARIOT.
 44. 
CHAPTER XLIV. IN WHICH THE HISTORY RETURNS TO APPLE ORCHARD.
 45. 
CHAPTER XLV. HOURS IN THE OCTOBER WOODS.
 46. 
CHAPTER XLVI. THE HAPPY AUTUMN FIELDS.
 47. 
CHAPTER XLVII. DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.
 48. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HARVEST MOON.
 49. 
CHAPTER XLIX. BACK TO WINCHESTER, WHERE EDITORIAL INIQUITY IS DISCOURSED OF.
 50. 
CHAPTER L. HOW VERTY DISCOVERED A PORTRAIT, AND WHAT ENSUED.
 51. 
CHAPTER LI. A CHILD AND A LOGICIAN.
 52. 
CHAPTER LII. HOW MR. JINKS DETERMINED TO SPARE VERTY.
 53. 
CHAPTER LIII. PROJECTS OF REVENGE, INVOLVING HISTORICAL DETAILS.
 54. 
CHAPTER LIV. EXPLOITS OF FODDER.
 55. 
CHAPTER LV. WOMAN TRAPS LAID BY MR. JINKS.
 56. 
CHAPTER LVI. TAKES VERTY TO MR. ROUNDJACKET.
 57. 
CHAPTER LVII. CONTAINS AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE.
 58. 
CHAPTER LVIII. HOW MR. RUSHTON PROVED THAT ALL MEN WERE SELFISH, HIMSELF INCLUDED.
 59. 
CHAPTER LIX. THE PORTRAIT SMILES.
 60. 
CHAPTER LX. THE LODGE IN THE HILLS.
 61. 
CHAPTER LXI. MISTRESS O'CALLIGAN'S WOOERS.
 62. 
CHAPTER LXII. VERTY MUSES.
 63. 
CHAPTER LXIII. HOW VERTY AND MISS LAVINIA RAN A-TILT AT EACH OTHER, AND WHO WAS OVERTHROWN.
 64. 
CHAPTER LXIV. THE ROSE OF GLENGARY.
 65. 
CHAPTER LXV. PROVIDENCE.
 66. 
CHAPTER LXVI. THE HOUR AND THE NACKLACE.
 67. 
CHAPTER LXVII. HOW ST. PATRICK ENCOUNTERED ST. MICHAEL, AND WHAT ENSUED.
 68. 
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE END OF THE CHAIN.
 69. 
CHAPTER LXIX. CONCLUSION.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

  • I. —At Apple Orchard 9

  • II. —Verty and his Companions 12

  • III. —Introduces a Legal Porcupine 17

  • IV. —How Verty thought, and played, and dreamed 23

  • V. —Winchester 30

  • VI. —In which Mr. Roundjacket flourishes his ruler 33

  • VII. —In which Mr. Roundjacket reads his great Poem 37

  • VIII. —How Verty shot a White Pigeon 45

  • IX. —Hawking without a Hawk 52

  • X. —Verty makes the acquaintance of Mr. Jinks 58

  • XI. —How Verty discovered in himself a great fondness for Apples 61

  • XII. —How Strephon talked with Chloe in Arbor 68

  • XIII. —Verty expresses a desire to imitate Mr Jinks 74

  • XIV. —The Thirteenth of October 80

  • XV. —The Pedlar and the Necklace 84

  • XVI. —Mr. Roundjacket makes himself agreeable 88

  • XVII. —Mr. Jinks at Home 95

  • XVIII. —How Miss Lavinia developed her Theories on Matrimony 101

  • XIX. —Only a few tears 109

  • XX. —How Miss Fanny slammed the door in Verty's face 113

  • XXI. —In which Redbud suppresses her feelings, and behaves with decorum 119

  • XXII. —How Miss Sallianna fell in love with Verty 123

  • XXIII. —The Result 129

  • XXIV. —Of the effect of Verty's violin-playing upon Mr. Rushton 136

  • XXV. —A Young Gentleman just from William and Mary College 144

  • XXVI. —The Necklace 153

  • XXVII. —Philosophical 158

  • XXVIII. —Consequences of Miss Sallianna's passion for Verty 162

  • XXIX. —Interchange of Compliments 174

  • XXX. —What occurred at Bousch's Tavern 177

  • XXXI. —Mr. Jinks on Horseback going to take Revenge 185

  • XXXII. —An old Bible 191

  • XXXIII. —Fanny's views upon Heraldry 195

  • XXXIV. —How Miss Sallianna alluded to vipers, and fell into hysterics 202

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  • XXXV. —How Miss Fanny made merry with the passion of Mr. Verty 208

  • XXXVI. —Ralph makes love to Miss Sallianna 214

  • XXXVII. —Verty states his private opinion of Miss Sallianna 220

  • XXXVIII. —How Longears showed his gallantry in Fanny's service. 225

  • XXXIX. —Up the Hill, and under the Chestnuts 231

  • XL. —Under the Greenwood Tree 236

  • XLI. —Use of Coats in a Storm 244

  • XLII. —How Mr. Jinks requested Ralph to hold him 250

  • XLIII. —Verty's heart goes away in a chariot 258

  • XLIV. —In which the History returns to Apple Orehard 261

  • XLV. —Hours in the October Woods 264

  • XLVI. —The Happy Autumn Fields 272

  • XLVII. —Days that are no more 279

  • XLVIII. —The Harvest Moon 289

  • XLIX. —Back to Winchester, where Editorial Iniquity is discoursed
    of 293

  • L. —How Verty discovered a Portrait, and what ensued 299

  • LI. —A Child and a Logician 305

  • LII. —How Mr. Jinks determined to spare Verty 312

  • LIII. —Projects of Revenge, involving Historical details 317

  • LIV. —Exploits of Fodder 325

  • LV. —Woman-traps laid by Mr. Jinks 330

  • LVI. —Takes Verty to Mr. Roundjacket's 337

  • LVII. —Contains an Extraordinary Disclosure 341

  • LVIII. —How Mr Rushton proved that all men were selfish, himself
    included 349

  • LIX. —The Portrait smiles 355

  • LX. —The Lodge in the Hills 363

  • LXI. —Mrs. O'Calligan's Wooers 369

  • LXII. —Verty Muses 377

  • LXIII. —How Verty and Miss Lavinia ran a-tilt at each other, and
    who was overthrown 382

  • LXIV. —The Rose of Glengary 393

  • LXV. —Providence 398

  • LXVI. —The Hour and the Necklace 402

  • LXVII. —How St Patrick encountered St. Michael, and what
    ensued 408

  • LXVIII. —The End of the Chain 413

  • LXIX. —Conclusion 418

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