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Saratoga in 1901

Landon, Melville D. (1839-1910)
  
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PREFACE
  
CONTENTS

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UP THE HUDSON Off for Saratoga!
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Saratoga Preparing for the Great Race
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TRAVERS'S JOKE.
  
PHILOSOPHY.
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CONGRESS SPRING. SARATOGA.
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RACES.—FUN.—PERSONAL.
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Love and geography.
  
GINX.
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THE BLOOD OF HARRY LEE.
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GENERAL SHERMAN TALKS.
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FUN BETWEEN THE HOUSES.
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SPRINKLED.—NEW SPRING.—JESSIE CRANE.
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SARATOGA TURNOUTS.
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MOON ON THE LAKE.
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SARATOGA GOSSIP.
  
ANCIENT HENRY.
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CONGRESS SPRING.
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TRUTH CRUSHED TO EARTH!
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ELI PERKINS' SERMON.
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SARATOGA AMUSEMENTS.
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PICTURES
  
LOVE IN A GRAVEYARD.
  
EPITAPHS.
  
THE EFFECT OF THE SNAKE STORY.—A JOKE.
  
SARKASUM
  
THAT HORRIBLE BUCK!
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REV. ELI PERKINS.
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FLIRTING
  
MEYERS AND THE CEDAR BLUFF.
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GRAND HOP AT THE CLARENDON.
  
KISSES.
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GRAND SOCIAL CONGRESS.
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A CHRISTIAN ACT.
  
COL. FISK OF THE 9TH.
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FASHIONABLE SOCIETY AT THE CIRCUS.
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JOKE THE OUT EVERYBODY SOLD.
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SARATOGA CROWDS!
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MR. PERKINS GOES TO THE CLARENDON.
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Clarendon.
  
JOSH BILLINGS INTERVIEWED.
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MR. PERKINS MOURNS BECAUSE HE DOES NOT DANCE THE ROUND DANCES.
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ECLIPSE OF THE GAS WORKS.
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THE GREAT SCANDAL CASES. BARONS AND JUDGES IMPLICATED.
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SARATOGA INDIAN STORY. LENA AND ORONTA DISAPPEAR IN CONGRESS SPRING.
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THE DEFEAT OF LONGFELLOW. THE BREAKING OF OLD JOHN HARPER'S HEART.
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ELI CRAZY ON STATISTICS. MULTIPLICATION, ADDITION, AND SUBTRACTION.
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THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA,
  
THE PERKINS' FAMILY.
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SARATOGA IN 1901. ELI AN OLD MAN.
  
NEW YORK IN 1901. FASHION'S CHANGES.
  
GOING TO PARTIES IN 1901
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CANT WORDS IN 1901.
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SARATOGA AGAIN IN 1901.
  
VALE!
  
HOME AGAIN.
  
NEW YORK AT BALL & BLACK'S.
  
ELI CONFESSES HIS SINS.
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FIFTH HEAVENUE FLIRTING.
  
NEW YEAR'S CALLS.
  
ALBERT AND JULIA.

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KISSES.

[ILLUSTRATION] [Description: 628EAF. Page 114. In-line Illustration. Image of a man and woman embracing and staring into each other's eyes.]

Mr. Saxe wrote these verses off for Mrs. S. W. C. to-day. He
said they were the best he ever wrote. All the ladies are reading
them and they all pronounce them “too sweet for anything!”
What do you think?

I.
Give me kisses!—do not stay
Counting in that careful way;
All the coins your lips can print
Never will exhaust the mint;
Kiss me, then,
Every moment—and again!
II.
Give me kisses!—do not stop
Measuring nectar by the drop;
Though to millions they amount,
They will never drain the fount;
Kiss me, then,
Every moment—and again!
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[ILLUSTRATION] [Description: 628EAF. Page 115. In-line Illustration. Image of a decorative flourish wiht a flower.]

III.
Give me kisses!—all is waste
Save the luxury we taste;
And for kissing—kisses live
Only when we take or give;
Kiss me, then,
Every moment—and again!
IV.
Give me kisses!—though their worth
Far exceed the gems of earth,
Never pearls so rich and pure
Cost so little, I am sure;
Kiss me, then,
Every moment—and again!
V.
Give me kisses!—nay, 'tis true
I am just as rich as you;
And for every kiss I owe,
I can pay you back, you know;
Kiss me, then,
Every moment—and again!
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