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CHICAGO
Printed for
Way & Williams
MDCCCXCVII
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY WAY & WILLIAMS.
THE COVER DESIGNED BY MR. MAXFIELD PARRISH.
DECORATIONS BY MR. CHARLES FRANCIS BROWNE.

| CHAPTER. | PAGE. | |
| I. | ON THE RIVER | 1 |
| II. | IN THE AIR | 13 |
| III. | THE BLACK GIANT | 20 |
| IV. | THE SENATOR | 28 |
| V. | A MOMENT OF FORGIVENESS | 36 |
| VI. | INTRODUCED TO MRS. ESTELL | 50 |
| VII. | THE NOTORIOUS BUGG PETERS | 66 |
| VIII. | THE STATE TREASURER | 82 |
| IX. | PUBLIC ENTERTAINERS | 99 |
| X. | MR. PETTICORD | 117 |
| XI. | THE CHARM OF AN OLD TOWN | 131 |
| XII. | A MATTER OF BUSINESS | 154 |