From Wealth to Poverty
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. A DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER II. RICHARD AND RUTH ASHTON.
CHAPTER III. ON THE DOWN GRADE.
CHAPTER IV. SAILS FOR AMERICA, AND MEETS A KINDLY
WELCOME.
CHAPTER V. GOOD RESOLUTIONS; A TEMPTER, AND A FALL.
CHAPTER VI. ARRIVAL IN CANADA: A FRIENDLY HOST
APPLIES FOR A SITUATION.
CHAPTER VII. MR. AND MRS. GURNEY.
CHAPTER VIII. ASHTON MEETS WITH FRIENDS AND
SECURES A SITUATION.
CHAPTER IX. RUTH'S MISGIVINGS AND MENTAL AGONY.
CHAPTER X. ALL IN CANADA.
CHAPTER XI. AUNT DEBIE AND HER FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XII. A WORTHY SHERIFF AND JUDGE—DR.
DALTON.
CHAPTER XIII. RUTH ASHTON'S INTRODUCTION TO AUNT
DEBIE RUTH'S DILEMMA.
CHAPTER XIV. A HAPPY HOME.
CHAPTER XV. MR. AND MRS. GURNEY'S SATISFACTION
WITH ASHTON; MUTUAL CONGRATULATIONS.
CHAPTER XVI. ASHTON RE-VISITS OLD SCENES.
CHAPTER XVII. MR. HOWE GIVES HIS VIEWS IN REGARD
TO CANADA.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BANQUET, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
CHAPTER XIX. A STARTLING NEWSPAPER ITEM TO MR. AND
MRS. REID.
CHAPTER XX. A BASE PLOT, AND WHAT IT LED TO.
CHAPTER XXI. UTTERLY BROKEN—BLASTED HOPES.
CHAPTER XXII. THE DUNKIN ACT.—A DISCUSSION IN
WHICH STRONG LANGUAGE IS USED.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CONSPIRATORS FORMULATING THEIR
SCHEME.
CHAPTER XXIV. ALDERMAN TOPER'S FLATTERING OPINION
OF THE “DODGER.”
CHAPTER XXV. THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE REJOICING
OVER THE VICTORY.
CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH THE READER LISTENS TO A
TETE-A-TETE BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER XXVII. BARTON'S DESPAIR, AND WHAT IT LED
TO.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CONSPIRATORS PERFECTING THE
DETAILS OF THEIR CONSPIRACY.
CHAPTER XXIX. MR. BROWN'S OPINION OF THE TRIAL AND
THE PRESIDING MAGISTRATES.
CHAPTER XXX. THE INSULT TO ALLIE ASHTON—HER
GALLANT DEFENDER.
CHAPTER XXXI. RICHARD ASHTON AND LITTLE
MAMIE—MAMIE'S DREAM.
CHAPTER XXXII. A BAR-ROOM SETTLEMENT OF A
MISUNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HOUSE AND FAMILY OF MORRIS—HE
NEARLY KILLS LITTLE HARRY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. TOM FLATT'S HUT—A DESCRIPTION OF
THE SCENE IN WHICH HE MURDERS HIS WIFE.
CHAPTER XXXV. JOHN, JUN.'S WEDDING—BARTON'S
MURDER—LUELLA SEALY'S SUICIDE— GINSLING'S TRAGICAL DEATH.
CHAPTER XXXVI. SOME OF THE CHARACTERS WHO HELPED
THE REPEAL—A HOODLUM'S VICTORY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. DEATH OF LITTLE MAMIE—A PROMISE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. RICHARD ASHTON MURDEROUSLY
ATTACKED—HIS DEATH.
CHAPTER XXXIX. MR. GURNEY SPEAKS HIS MIND—DEATHS
OF DR. DALTON AND AUNT DEBIE.
CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.
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