The Story of a New York House

H. C. Bunner

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Then out of the door came Jacob Dolph.

THE STORY
OF
A NEW YORK HOUSE

H. C. BUNNER

ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. FROST

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1887

Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York.

A. L. B.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Then out of the door came Jacob Dolph

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"I thumped him"	14
"It's a monstrous great place for a country-house, Mr. Dolph"	18
There was only one idea, and that was flight	28
The light flickered on the top of the church spire	31
(By F. Hopkinson Smith.)
They hesitated a second, looking at the great arm chair	37
"Stay there, sir—you, sir, you, Jacob Dolph!"	41
After awhile he began to take timorous strolls	47
Jacob Dolph the elder ... stood on his hearth rug	51
And then he marched off to bed by himself, suffering no one to go with him	55
In quiet morning hours ... when his daughter sat at his feet	77
"Mons'us gran dinneh, seh!"	79
"All of a sudden, chock forward he went, right on his face"	84
He heard the weak, spasmodic wail of another Dolph	88
"Central American," said the clerk	106
"Looks like his father," was Mr. Daw's comment	109
O'Reagan of Castle Reagan	118
"If it hadn't been for the Dolphs, devil the rattle you'd have had"	120
"I know'd you'd take me in, Mist' Dolph," he panted	131
"Have you got a nigger here?"	133
Abram Van Riper makes a business communication.	141
And so she set his necktie right, and he went	144
Looking on his face, she saw death quietly coming upon him	149
Finial	152

CHAPTERS

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II.
III.
IV.
V.

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THE STORY
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THE STORY OF A NEW YORK HOUSE

THE STORY
OF
A NEW YORK HOUSE