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Freaks of fortune, or, The history and adventures of Ned Lorn

Jones, J. B. (1810-1866)
  
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CONTENTS.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. SUSAN MEEK'S INTERVIEW WITH THE AGED LAWYER—THE WOOF AND THE WARP.
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CHAPTER II. SHOWING HOW THE CREDULITY OF THE INNOCENT MAY BE IMPOSED UPON.
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CHAPTER III. EUGENE FINDS THE LETTERS.
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CHAPTER IV. A SCOLDING SUPPRESSED.
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CHAPTER V. NED'S CONFINEMENT AT JACK CADAVER'S HOUSE OF HORRORS—HIS ESCAPE.
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CHAPTER VI. TIM'S VALOROUS ADVENTURES.
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CHAPTER VII. EXCITEMENT AT MRS. DIMPLE'S—CONSOLATORY VISITORS TO PECAN ALLEY—NED'S RETURN.
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CHAPTER VIII. LAWYERS vs. THE ROGUES.
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CHAPTER IX. THE ROGUES NO MATCH FOR THE LAWYERS.
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CHAPTER X. AS EASY TO BE HAPPY AS MISERABLE.
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CHAPTER XI. A HAPPY PARTY AT THE WIDOW'S, TWO OF THE GUESTS EXCEPTED.
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CHAPTER XII. NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED—ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH A HUMBUG.
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CHAPTER XIII. SUSAN'S WEDDING—NED'S FIRST GLIMPSES OF THE WORLD— SUMMERTON.
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CHAPTER XIV. NED'S GOOD CONDUCT AT SCHOOL—IS VISITED BY HIS UNCLE—MEETS WITH ALICE—FINE PROSPECTS.
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CHAPTER XV. NEW VICISSITUDES—NED'S PROSPECTS DIMMED AGAIN.
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CHAPTER XVI. A DAY OF PLEASURE—A NIGHT OF MISERY.
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CHAPTER XVII. LAW AND MORALITY.
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CHAPTER XVIII. THE FLIGHT OF TIME, AND ITS MEMORIES
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CHAPTER XIX. NED MEETS WITH BAINTON—A SMILE OF FORTUNE.
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CHAPTER XX. MALLEX AND BAINTON DETERMINE TO DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
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CHAPTER XXI. NED MEETS WITH ALICE—“THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE,” ETC.
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CHAPTER XXII. FORTUNE FROWNS.
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CHAPTER XXIII. AN OFFENSIVE NOTE.
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CHAPTER XXIV. LITERARY SECRETS WORTH KNOWING.
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CHAPTER XXV. NED'S EBULLITION OF PASSION—A NEW ACQUAINTANCE— A LETTER.
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CHAPTER XXVI. AMBITION AND ITS ACCOMPANIMENTS.
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CHAPTER XXVII. THE PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RUPTURE.
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CHAPTER XXIX. THE FIELD OF HONOUR.
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CHAPTER XXX. THE YOUNG POET AND THE NOVELIST.
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CHAPTER XXXI. COUNTRY LODGINGS—A DISCOVERY.
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CHAPTER XXXII. FREAKS OF BLOOD.
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CHAPTER XXXIII. PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. THE YOUNG AUTHORS.
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CHAPTER XXXV. NO ROSE WITHOUT A THORN.
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CHAPTER XXXVI. SCENE IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE GRAVEYARD.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. THREE LAWYERS IN COUNCIL.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. OFFICIAL ATTRIBUTES AND VANITY OF AUTHORS.
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CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SECRETARY—THE AUTHOR—THE BELLE.
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CHAPTER XL. MINOR CHARACTERS OF THE DRAMA.
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CHAPTER XLI. THE LAW'S DELAY—LITERARY HOPES—THE DYING POET.
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CHAPTER XLII. A SPIDER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN SNARE.
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CHAPTER XLIII. THE LITERARY LION.
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CHAPTER XLIV. BURIAL OF THE POET.
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CHAPTER XLV. THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE—DOWNFALL OF THE TYRANT.
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CHAPTER XLVI. THE OLD SONG.
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CHAPTER XLVII. THE MONSTER'S DOOM.
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CHAPTER XLVIII. LAST SCENE OF ALL, AND FALL OF THE CURTAIN.

  
T. B. PETERSON,
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ROBERT EWING, ESQ.,

WHO DECLINED OFFICE:
This Volume is most respectfully Dedicated,
BY THEIR FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.
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