Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment.
Calvin Henderson Wiley Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment. Table of Contents
Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment...... 1 Calvin Henderson Wiley...... 1 DEDICATION THE SECOND...... 3 TO ...... 3 PREFACE...... 3 HORACE LOCKWITTER, OF NEW YORK...... 3 CHAPTER I. ALAMANCE IN THE OLDEN TIME...... 6 CHAPTER II. THE DESCRIPTION OF ALAMANCE CONTINUED BY THE PARSON...... 9 CHAPTER III. THE OLD−FIELD SCHOOL...... 12 CHAPTER IV. A VISIT TO THE OLD−FIELD SCHOOL...... 14 CHAPTER V. THE TURNING OUT OF THE MASTER...... 18 CHAPTER VI. A GREAT MAN AT ALAMANCE...... 23 CHAPTER VII. A CHRISTMAS DINNER AT ALAMANCE...... 28 CHAPTER VIII. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS...... 32 CHAPTER IX. THE STORY OF HECTOR M'BRIDE...... 36 TO MISS MALVINA...... 37 TO SOPHRONIA...... 37 TO ANASTASIA A Wish...... 38 ROTHA'S SONG...... 42 CHAPTER X...... 45 CHAPTER XI. A SAGE CONVERSATION AND A SAGE CONCLUSION...... 48 TO EDITH...... 49 ON HER QUITTING SCHOOL...... 50 CHAPTER XII. THE CHART...... 51 CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER IN WHOM ALL OUR READRRS WILL RECOGNIZE AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE...... 54 CHAPTER XIV. THE FISH−FRY A KETTLE OF FISH. ...... 56 CHAPTER XV. A LADY CONFIDENT AND A SENTIMENTAL LADY...... 61 CHAPTER XVI. A SCENE BEHIND THE CURTAIN, AND ONE IN FRONT...... 63 CHAPTER XVII...... 66 Miss Artemesia to Henry Warden...... 67 CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXHIBITION...... 69 CHAPTER XIX. WAR...... 73 CHAPTER XX. THE HEROINES OF ALAMANCE...... 74 CHAPTER XXI. WAR AT HOME...... 75 CHAPTER XXII. A BURIAL AT ALAMANCE...... 77 CHAPTER XXIII. WAR ON THE EMBATTLED FIELD...... 78 CHAPTER XXIV. RETROSPECTIONS...... 80 CHAPTER XXV. A MOUNTAIN HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA...... 83 CHAPTER XXVI. ADVENTURES IN THE MOUNTAINS...... 85 CHAPTER XXVII. LUCY NEAL...... 89 CHAPTER XXVIII...... 91 CHAPTER XXIX. HOME AFTER A LONG ABSENCE...... 94 CHAPTER XXX. DISCOVERIES...... 97 CHAPTER XXXI. WARDEN LEAVES ALAMANCE AGAIN...... 100 'WHEN TIME ITS SILENT WORK HAS DONE...... 101 CHAPTER XXXII...... 102 CHAPTER XXXIII...... 106
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Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment. CHAPTER XXXIV...... 107 CHAPTER XXXV...... 110 CHAPTER XXXVI. THE COUNTRY INN...... 113 CHAPTER XXXVII...... 115 CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAPTAIN DEMIJOHN SETS OUT TO SEE THE WIDOW POWELL...... 118 CHAPTER XXXIX. TRAGEDY AT THE INN...... 123 CHAPTER XL. SCRAPS OF MY OWN HISTORY...... 125 BY ALAN ROSS...... 125 IMPROMPTU,...... 129 CHAPTER XLI. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE AND A NEW ONE...... 130 CHAPTER XLII. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALAN ROSS CONTINUED...... 132 TO LOUISE...... 137 WE MET AS STRANGERS...... 137 CHAPTER XLIII...... 140 CHAPTER XLIV...... 142 CHAPTER XLV. EVENTS HASTEN TO THEIR CONCLUSION...... 145 CHAPTER XLVI. A NIGHT OF ADVENTURES...... 147 CHAPTER XLVII. EVENTS STILL HASTEN ONWARD...... 150 CHAPTER XLVIII...... 152 CHAPTER XLIX...... 155 CHAPTER L...... 155 'Nathan Glutson To Public Justice, Dr...... 158 CHAPTER LI. A SAD AND SWEET REMEMBRANCE...... 161 CHAPTER LII. THE MASTER BEGINS TO MAKE A STRANGE DISCOVERY...... 163 CHAPTER LIII...... 166 M'Bride's Letter...... 167 CHAPTER LIV...... 169 CHAPTER LV. HOME AGAIN AFTER A LONG ABSENCE...... 170 CHAPTER LVI...... 172 Letter First, from Henry Warden to Edith Mayfield...... 173 Edith's Answer...... 173 Letter Second, from Henry Warden...... 173 Letter Third from Henry Warden...... 174 CHAPTER LVII...... 175 Letter from the Master to his friend, J. R., of Philadelphia...... 178 CHAPTER LVIII. CONTAINS MORE SENTIMENT THAN INCIDENT, AND NOT MUCH OF EITHER...... 180 CHAPTER LIX...... 183 CHAPTER LX...... 185 CHAPTER LXI, AND THE LAST...... 188
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• DEDICATION THE SECOND. • TO • PREFACE • HORACE LOCKWITTER, OF NEW YORK. • CHAPTER I. ALAMANCE IN THE OLDEN TIME. • CHAPTER II. THE DESCRIPTION OF ALAMANCE CONTINUED BY THE PARSON. • CHAPTER III. THE OLD−FIELD SCHOOL. • CHAPTER IV. A VISIT TO THE OLD−FIELD SCHOOL. • CHAPTER V. THE TURNING OUT OF THE MASTER. • CHAPTER VI. A GREAT MAN AT ALAMANCE. • CHAPTER VII. A CHRISTMAS DINNER AT ALAMANCE. • CHAPTER VIII. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. • CHAPTER IX. THE STORY OF HECTOR M'BRIDE. • TO MISS MALVINA. • TO SOPHRONIA. • TO ANASTASIA A Wish. • ROTHA'S SONG. • CHAPTER X. • CHAPTER XI. A SAGE CONVERSATION AND A SAGE CONCLUSION. • TO EDITH. • ON HER QUITTING SCHOOL. • CHAPTER XII. THE CHART. • CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER IN WHOM ALL OUR READRRS WILL RECOGNIZE AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. • CHAPTER XIV. THE FISH−FRY A KETTLE OF FISH. • CHAPTER XV. A LADY CONFIDENT AND A SENTIMENTAL LADY. • CHAPTER XVI. A SCENE BEHIND THE CURTAIN, AND ONE IN FRONT. • CHAPTER XVII. • Miss Artemesia to Henry Warden. • CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXHIBITION. • CHAPTER XIX. WAR. • CHAPTER XX. THE HEROINES OF ALAMANCE. • CHAPTER XXI. WAR AT HOME. • CHAPTER XXII. A BURIAL AT ALAMANCE. • CHAPTER XXIII. WAR ON THE EMBATTLED FIELD. • CHAPTER XXIV. RETROSPECTIONS. • CHAPTER XXV. A MOUNTAIN HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA. • CHAPTER XXVI. ADVENTURES IN THE MOUNTAINS. • CHAPTER XXVII. LUCY NEAL. • CHAPTER XXVIII. • CHAPTER XXIX. HOME AFTER A LONG ABSENCE. • CHAPTER XXX. DISCOVERIES.
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• CHAPTER XXXI. WARDEN LEAVES ALAMANCE AGAIN. • 'WHEN TIME ITS SILENT WORK HAS DONE. • CHAPTER XXXII. • CHAPTER XXXIII. • CHAPTER XXXIV. • CHAPTER XXXV. • CHAPTER XXXVI. THE COUNTRY INN. • CHAPTER XXXVII. • CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAPTAIN DEMIJOHN SETS OUT TO SEE THE WIDOW POWELL. • CHAPTER XXXIX. TRAGEDY AT THE INN. • CHAPTER XL. SCRAPS OF MY OWN HISTORY. • BY ALAN ROSS. • IMPROMPTU, • CHAPTER XLI. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE AND A NEW ONE. • CHAPTER XLII. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALAN ROSS CONTINUED. • TO LOUISE. • WE MET AS STRANGERS. • CHAPTER XLIII. • CHAPTER XLIV. • CHAPTER XLV. EVENTS HASTEN TO THEIR CONCLUSION. • CHAPTER XLVI. A NIGHT OF ADVENTURES. • CHAPTER XLVII. EVENTS STILL HASTEN ONWARD. • CHAPTER XLVIII. • CHAPTER XLIX. • CHAPTER L. • 'Nathan Glutson To Public Justice, Dr. • CHAPTER LI. A SAD AND SWEET REMEMBRANCE. • CHAPTER LII. THE MASTER BEGINS TO MAKE A STRANGE DISCOVERY. • CHAPTER LIII. • M'Bride's Letter. • CHAPTER LIV. • CHAPTER LV. HOME AGAIN AFTER A LONG ABSENCE • CHAPTER LVI. • Letter First, from Henry Warden to Edith Mayfield. • Edith's Answer. • Letter Second, from Henry Warden. • Letter Third from Henry Warden. • CHAPTER LVII. • Letter from the Master to his friend, J. R., of Philadelphia. • CHAPTER LVIII. CONTAINS MORE SENTIMENT THAN INCIDENT, AND NOT MUCH OF EITHER. • CHAPTER LIX. • CHAPTER LX. • CHAPTER LXI, AND THE LAST.
TO JAMES IREDELL, ESQ., THIS WORK, THE FIRST FRUITS OF MY PEN, ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED,
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WITH A HOPELESS WITH THAT IT MAY RENDER THE NAME OF SO GOOD A MAN AS IMMORTAL AS IT DESERVES TO BE.
YOUR FRIEND,
THE AUTHOR.
DEDICATION THE SECOND.
TO
THY name, sweet friend, should also grace This book, whose heroine thou art, And take in fame's proud fane the place It long has held within my heart,
The brightest, dearest, could I see That this poor offering of mine Would, by the world's applause, e'er be For such a name a proper shrine.
There may, perchance, however, fall Upon the book and on the scribe Oblivion's unwelcome pall, Or censure of a heartless tribe;
And, therefore, I will brave alone The dangers of this untried sea. The losses all shall be my own The glories I will share with thee!
New York, Sept. 1847.
PREFACE
BY
HORACE LOCKWITTER, OF NEW YORK.