CONTENTS CHAPTER I. At Apple Orchard II. Verty and his
PREFACE
THE LAST OF THE FORESTERS.
THE LAST OF THE FORESTERS, (2)
CHAPTER I. AT APPLE ORCHARD.
CHAPTER II. VERTY AND HIS COMPANIONS.
CHAPTER III. INTRODUCES A LEGAL PORCUPINE.
CHAPTER IV. HOW VERTY THOUGHT, AND PLAYED, AND DREAMED.
CHAPTER V. WINCHESTER.
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH MR. ROUNDJACKET FLOURISHES HIS RULER.
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH ROUNDJACKET READS HIS GREAT POEM.
CHAPTER VIII. HOW VERTY SHOT A WHITE PIGEON.
CHAPTER IX. HAWKING WITHOUT A HAWK.
CHAPTER X. VERTY MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MR. JINKS.
CHAPTER XI. HOW VERTY DISCOVERED IN HIMSELF A GREAT FONDNESS FOR APPLES.
CHAPTER XII. HOW STREPHON TALKED WITH CHLOE IN AN ARBOR.
CHAPTER XIII. VERTY EXPRESSES A DESIRE TO IMITATE MR. JINKS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE THIRTEENTH OF OCTOBER.
CHAPTER XV. THE PEDLAR AND THE NECKLACE.
CHAPTER XVI. MR. ROUNDJACKET MAKES HIMSELF AGREEABLE.
CHAPTER XVII. MR. JINKS AT HOME.
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW MISS LAVINIA DEVELOPED HER THEORIES UPON MATRIMONY.
CHAPTER XIX. ONLY A FEW TEARS.
CHAPTER XX. HOW MISS FANNY SLAMMED THE DOOR IN VERTY'S FACE.
CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH REDBUD SUPPRESSES HER FEELINGS AND BEHAVES WITH DECORUM.
CHAPTER XXII. HOW MISS SALLIANNA FELL IN LOVE WITH VERTY.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESULT.
CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE EFFECT OF VERTY'S VIOLIN-PLAYING UPON MR. RUSHTON.
CHAPTER XXV. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, JUST FROM WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE NECKLACE.
CHAPTER XXVII. PHILOSOPHICAL.
CHAPTER XXVIII. CONSEQUENCES OF MISS SALLIANNA'S PASSION FOR VERTY.
CHAPTER XXIX. INTERCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS.
CHAPTER XXX. WHAT OCCURRED AT BOUSCH'S TAVERN.
CHAPTER XXXI. MR. JINKS ON HORSE-BACK, GOING TO TAKE REVENGE.
CHAPTER XXXII. AN OLD BIBLE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. FANNY'S VIEWS UPON HERALDRY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW MISS SALLIANNA ALLUDED TO VIPERS, AND FELL INTO HYSTERICS.
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MISS FANNY MADE MERRY WITH THE PASSION OF MR. VERTY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. RALPH MAKES LOVE TO MISS SALLIANNA.
CHAPTER XXXVII. VERTY STATES HIS PRIVATE OPINION OF MISS SALLIANNA.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW LONGEARS SHOWED HIS GALLANTRY IN FANNY'S SERVICE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. UP THE HILL-SIDE AND UNDER THE CHESTNUTS.
CHAPTER XL. UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.
CHAPTER XLI. USE OF COATS IN A STORM.
CHAPTER XLII. HOW MR. JINKS REQUESTED RALPH TO HOLD HIM.
CHAPTER XLIII. VERTY'S HEART GOES AWAY IN A CHARIOT.
CHAPTER XLIV. IN WHICH THE HISTORY RETURNS TO APPLE ORCHARD.
CHAPTER XLV. HOURS IN THE OCTOBER WOODS.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE HAPPY AUTUMN FIELDS.
CHAPTER XLVII. DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HARVEST MOON.
CHAPTER XLIX. BACK TO WINCHESTER, WHERE EDITORIAL INIQUITY IS DISCOURSED OF.
CHAPTER LI. A CHILD AND A LOGICIAN.
CHAPTER LIII. PROJECTS OF REVENGE, INVOLVING HISTORICAL DETAILS.
CHAPTER LIV. EXPLOITS OF FODDER.
CHAPTER LV. WOMAN TRAPS LAID BY MR. JINKS.
CHAPTER LVI. TAKES VERTY TO MR. ROUNDJACKET.
CHAPTER LVII. CONTAINS AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE.
CHAPTER LVIII. HOW MR. RUSHTON PROVED THAT ALL MEN WERE SELFISH, HIMSELF INCLUDED.
CHAPTER LIX. THE PORTRAIT SMILES.
CHAPTER LX. THE LODGE IN THE HILLS.
CHAPTER LXI. MISTRESS O'CALLIGAN'S WOOERS.
CHAPTER LXII. VERTY MUSES.
CHAPTER LXIII. HOW VERTY AND MISS LAVINIA RAN A-TILT AT EACH OTHER, AND WHO WAS OVERTHROWN.
CHAPTER LXIV. THE ROSE OF GLENGARY.
CHAPTER LXV. PROVIDENCE.
CHAPTER LXVI. THE HOUR AND THE NECKLACE.
CHAPTER LXVII. HOW ST. PATRICK ENCOUNTERED ST. MICHAEL, AND WHAT ENSUED.
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE END OF THE CHAIN.
CHAPTER LXIX. CONCLUSION.
Title: The Last of the Foresters
Author: John Esten Cooke
Language: English
Produced by Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
THE LAST OF THE FORESTERS:
OR,
HUMORS ON THE BORDER;
A STORY OF THE
Old Virginia Frontier.
BY
JOHN ESTEN COOKE
AUTHOR OF "THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS," "LEATHER STALKING AND SILK," "ELLIE," "THE YOUTH OF JEFFERSON," INC.
1856
