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Opening a chestnut burr

Roe, Edward Payson (1838-1888)
  
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PREFACE.
  
CONTENTS.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. A HERO, BUT NOT HEROIC.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. OPENING A CHESTNUT BURR.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. MORBID BROODING.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. HOW MISS WALTON MANAGED PEOPLE.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. A CONSPIRACY.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. WITCHCRAFT.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. MISS WALTON ADVISES A HOBBY.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. A PLOT AGAINST MISS WALTON.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. A DRINKING SONG AT A PRAYER-MEETING.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. FOILED IN ONE DIRECTION.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. INTERPRETING CHESTNUT BURRS.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. “A WELL-MEANIN' MAN.”
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. MISS WALTON'S DREAM.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. AN ACCIDENT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. “PROMISE OR DIE.”
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE DEPTHS.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. MISS WALTON MADE OF DIFFERENT CLAY FROM OTHERS.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. MISS WALTON MADE OF ORDINARY CLAY.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. PASSION AND PENITENCE.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. NOT A HEROINE, BUT A WOMAN.
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. “THE WORM-INFESTED CHESTNUT.”—GREGORY TELLS THE WORST.
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. THE OLD HOME IN DANGER.—GREGORY RETRIEVES HIMSELF.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. CHANGES IN GREGORY.
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CHAPTER XXVII. PLEADING FOR LIFE AND LOVE.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT A LOVER COULD DO.
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CHAPTER XXIX. DEEPENING SHADOWS.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. KEPT FROM THE EVIL.
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CHAPTER XXXI. “LIVE, LIVE”—ANNIE'S APPEAL.
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. AT SEA—A MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER.
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CHAPTER XXXIII. COLLISION AT SEA—WHAT A CHRISTIAN COULD DO.
 34. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. UNMASKED.
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CHAPTER XXXV. THE CHESTNUT BURR AGAIN.

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  • CHAPTER I.
    A Hero but not Heroic 13

  • CHAPTER II.
    Opening a Chestnut Burr 32

  • CHAPTER III.
    Morbid Brooding 47

  • CHAPTER IV.
    How Miss Walton Managed People 54

  • CHAPTER V.
    Was it an Accident? 62

  • CHAPTER VI.
    Unexpected Chestnut Burrs 70

  • CHAPTER VII.
    A Conspiracy 80

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  • CHAPTER VIII.
    Witchcraft 94

  • CHAPTER IX.
    Miss Walton advises a Hobby 105

  • CHAPTER X.
    A Plot against Miss Walton 111

  • CHAPTER XI.
    A Drinking Song at a Prayer-Meeting 119

  • CHAPTER XII.
    Foiled in one Direction 128

  • CHAPTER XIII.
    Interpreting Chestnut Burrs 141

  • CHAPTER XIV.
    A Well-Meanin' Man 158

  • CHAPTER XV.
    Miss Walton's Dream 170

  • CHAPTER XVI.
    An Accident in the Mountains 191

  • CHAPTER XVII.
    Promise or Die 204

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  • CHAPTER XVIII.
    In the Depths 222

  • CHAPTER XIX.
    Miss Walton made of Different Clay from Others 236

  • CHAPTER XX.
    Miss Walton made of Ordinary Clay 257

  • CHAPTER XXI.
    Passion and Penitence 278

  • CHAPTER XXII.
    Not a Heroine but a Woman 294

  • CHAPTER XXIII.
    Gregory's Final Conclusion 310

  • CHAPTER XXIV.
    The Worm-infested Chestnut—Gregory tells the Worst. 322

  • CHAPTER XXV.
    The Old Home in Danger—Gregory Retrieves Himself 348

  • CHAPTER XXVI.
    Changes in Gregory 371

  • CHAPTER XXVII.
    Pleading for Life and Love 384

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  • CHAPTER XXVIII.
    What a Lover could do 399

  • CHAPTER XXIX.
    Defending Shadows 418

  • CHAPTER XXX.
    Kept from the Evil 440

  • CHAPTER XXXI.
    “That Means You and Me.” 454

  • CHAPTER XXXII.
    At Sea—A Mysterious Passenger 488

  • CHAPTER XXIII.
    A Collision at Sea—What a Christian could do 504

  • CHAPTER XXXIV.
    Unmasked 525

  • CHAPTER XXXV.
    The Chestnut Burr Again 548

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