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SHE WAS PROMISED TO SLOW JIM TOOL
EVERY MAN
FOR
HIMSELF
BY
NORMAN DUNCAN
AUTHOR OF
“THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHT”
“DOCTOR LUKE OF THE LABRADOR”
ETC. ETC
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVIII
Copyright, 1906,1907,1908, by Harper & Brothers.
Copyright, 1906, by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company.
Copyright, 1905, by The Outlook Company.
Copyright, 1907, by The Century Co.
All rights reserved
Published September, 1908.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Wayfarer1
II.A Matter of Expediency40
III.The Minstrel66
IV.The Squall98
V.The Fool of Skeleton Tickle132
VI.A Comedy of Candlestick Cove149
VII.“By-an’-by” Brown of Blunder Cove182
VIII.They Who Lose at Love208
IX.The Revolution at Satan’s Trap231
X.The Surplus273
ILLUSTRATIONS
SHE WAS PROMISED TO SLOW JIM TOOL.Frontispiece
“I SEED THE SHAPE OF A MAN LEAP FOR MY PLACE”62
THE DARK, SMILING SALIM, WITH HIS MAGIC PACK, WAS WELCOME88
“YOU KEEP YOUR TONGUE OFF POOR LIZABETH”112
“YOU WAS FIXED ALL RIGHT?” PARSON JAUNT ASKED178
“OL’ BILL HULK CRAWLIN’ DOWN THE HILL T’ MEETIN’”276