JOHN RAWN

Prominent Citizen

By EMERSON HOUGH

Author of The Mississippi Bubble, 54-40 Or Fight The Purchase Price, Etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY M. LEONE BRACKER

INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1912 EMERSON HOUGH

PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.

TO WOODROW WILSON ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE THIRD WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

Contents

BOOK I

Chapter

I Certain Notable Details in Genesis II Purely Incidental III In Victory Generous IV In Love Successful V In Adversity Triumphant VI Mr. Rawn Announces His Arrival VII The Difference Between Men VIII Power IX Change in Kelly Row X The Woodshed in Kelly Row XI The Test XII The Helpmeet

BOOK II

I The New Mr. Rawn II Graystone Hall III The Competencies of Miss Delaware IV At Headquarters V Their Master's Voice VI In Proper Person VII John Rawn, Prominent Citizen VIII A Princely Generosity

BOOK III

I The Extreme Monogamy of Mr. Rawn II Asparagus, Also Potatoes III The Silent Partner IV The Baker's Daughter

BOOK IV

I The Royal Progress of Mr. and Mrs. Rawn II Four Being No Company III The Step-Mother-in-Law IV The Second Current V Means to an End VI An Informal Meeting VII They Who Sow the Wind VIII They Who Water With Tears IX What Cheer of the Harvest? X Those Who Reap the Whirlwind XI The Means--And the End XII The Great John Rawn

JOHN RAWN