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OLIVER
OCTOBER
BY
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
AUTHOR OF
“BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK,” “SHERRY,”
“VIOLA GWYN,” ETC.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1923
Copyright, 1922, 1923,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
IOliver is Born in October1
IIHis Relatives and His Neighbors15
IIIWomen in Red Shawls36
IVHis Fortune—Good and Bad46
VOliver is Found To Have a Temper65
VIA Pastor Promises Aid85
VIIThe Minister’s Wife94
VIIIGliding over a Few Years109
IXHome from the War128
XIdle Days140
XIOld Oliver Disappears155
XIIOne Way of Looking at It166
XIIIThe Good Samaritan Pays174
XIVJealousy Without Love185
XVThe Third Fair Lady196
XVIMr. Joseph Sikes Intervenes201
XVIIMr. Gooch Declares Himself212
XVIIIJosephine and Henry the Eighth228
XIXOliver Complains242
XXDetective Malone252
XXILove Without Jealousy265
XXIIThe Corpus Delicti281
XXIIIThe Brewing of the Storm294
XXIVThe Hanging308
XXVMr. Gooch Sees Things at Night322
Oliver October