The Dutchman's Fireside James Kirke Paulding The Dutchman's Fireside Table of Contents The Dutchman's Fireside..........................................................................................................................................1 James Kirke Paulding.....................................................................................................................................1 VOL. I.........................................................................................................................................................................2 ADVERTISEMENT......................................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER I. Rural Scenes and rural Manners..............................................................................................2 CHAPTER II. The Reader is introduced to a bashful young Gentleman!.....................................................7 CHAPTER III. A Young Lady who would have been one hundred years old had she lived long enough.........................................................................................................................................................11 CHAPTER IV. The Morning's smiles, the Evening's tears.........................................................................16 CHAPTER V. An Irruption of Boiled Lobsters...........................................................................................21 CHAPTER VI. A Beau of the Old Regime.................................................................................................24 CHAPTER VII. An Invasion of State Rights..............................................................................................26 CHAPTER VIII. Our Hero, for the first time in his life, comes to a determination....................................29 CHAPTER IX. The Wilderness...................................................................................................................31 CHAPTER X. A Night Scene......................................................................................................................34 CHAPTER XI. A Woodman........................................................................................................................37 CHAPTER XII. The Woodman's Home......................................................................................................40 CHAPTER XIII. The Kings of the Woods..................................................................................................44 CHAPTER XIV. The Stranger undertakes the reformation of our Hero.....................................................47 CHAPTER XV. Our Hero takes his departure............................................................................................50 CHAPTER XVI. Showing that old Scenes revive old Habits.....................................................................52 CHAPTER XVII. An irruption of wandering Arabs, and a swarming of Bees...........................................55 CHAPTER XVIII. A civilized Savage........................................................................................................57 CHAPTER XVIII. Additional Traits of the civilized Savage......................................................................59 CHAPTER XX. A Hit and a Miss...............................................................................................................61 CHAPTER XXI. A trial of Skill..................................................................................................................63 CHAPTER XXII. Our Hero loses his character for morals and gallantry...................................................65 CHAPTER XXIII. The Pipe is broken at last..............................................................................................67 CHAPTER XXIV. A Separation instead of a Union...................................................................................71 VOL. II......................................................................................................................................................................73 CHAPTER I. A long Voyage!.....................................................................................................................73 CHAPTER II. Which may be skipped over by the gentle Reader, as it contains not a single bloody adventure.....................................................................................................................................................78 CHAPTER III. A Knight and an Honourable. The Reader is desired to make his best bow......................79 CHAPTER IV. A reigning Belle..................................................................................................................81 CHAPTER V. Manoeuvring........................................................................................................................83 CHAPTER VI. In which the Reader will be puzzled to discover whether the gray Mare is the better Horse or not.................................................................................................................................................84 CHAPTER VII. The Rape of the Picture.....................................................................................................86 CHAPTER VIII. A Hero in snuff−coloured Breeches................................................................................88 CHAPTER IX. Of the noble revenge of Sir Thicknesse Throgmorton. The Author lauds the Ladies........90 CHAPTER X. How oft the colours of men's clothes Their future destinies disclose!................................92 CHAPTER XI. A good Resolution sometimes comes a day after the Fair.................................................95 CHAPTER XII. Gilfillan and Sybrandt set out on a long journey..............................................................97 Section..........................................................................................................................................................97 Letter............................................................................................................................................................98 Section..........................................................................................................................................................99 CHAPTER XIII. Adieu a while to the Dutchman's Fireside.....................................................................101 i The Dutchman's Fireside Table of Contents The Dutchman's Fireside CHAPTER XIV. Sybrandt begins to act instead of think..........................................................................104 CHAPTER XV. A Night Adventure..........................................................................................................108 CHAPTER XVI. A Bush Fight..................................................................................................................113 CHAPTER XVII. An Explanation.............................................................................................................116 CHAPTER XVIII. The Burial of a gallant Soldier....................................................................................118 CHAPTER XIX. Catalina returns Home...................................................................................................120 CHAPTER XX. An anti−charitable Chapter.............................................................................................123 CHAPTER XXI. Pliny the younger...........................................................................................................125 CHAPTER XXII. Letters without Answers...............................................................................................127 CHAPTER XXIII. The last sleep of a good man.......................................................................................129 CHAPTER XXI. A Ghost!.........................................................................................................................132 CHAPTER XXV. The birth and parentage of a Rumour..........................................................................136 CHAPTER XXVI. Our Hero receives back his uncle's estate with an encumbrance................................139 ii The Dutchman's Fireside James Kirke Paulding This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • VOL. I. • ADVERTISEMENT. • CHAPTER I. Rural Scenes and rural Manners. • CHAPTER II. The Reader is introduced to a bashful young Gentleman! • CHAPTER III. A Young Lady who would have been one hundred years old had she lived long enough. • CHAPTER IV. The Morning's smiles, the Evening's tears. • CHAPTER V. An Irruption of Boiled Lobsters. • CHAPTER VI. A Beau of the Old Regime. • CHAPTER VII. An Invasion of State Rights. • CHAPTER VIII. Our Hero, for the first time in his life, comes to a determination. • CHAPTER IX. The Wilderness. • CHAPTER X. A Night Scene. • CHAPTER XI. A Woodman. • CHAPTER XII. The Woodman's Home. • CHAPTER XIII. The Kings of the Woods. • CHAPTER XIV. The Stranger undertakes the reformation of our Hero. • CHAPTER XV. Our Hero takes his departure. • CHAPTER XVI. Showing that old Scenes revive old Habits. • CHAPTER XVII. An irruption of wandering Arabs, and a swarming of Bees. • CHAPTER XVIII. A civilized Savage. • CHAPTER XVIII. Additional Traits of the civilized Savage. • CHAPTER XX. A Hit and a Miss.