ONE WAY OUT
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A MIDDLE-CLASS NEW-ENGLANDER EMIGRATES TO AMERICA
BY
WILLIAM CARLETON
BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1911 By Small, Maynard & Company (INCORPORATED)
Entered at Stationers' Hall
Published January 28, 1911; second printing January
Presswork by Geo. H. Ellis Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO HER WHO WASN'T AFRAID
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A Born and Bred New Englander 1
II Thirty Dollars a Week 18
III The Middle Class Hell 37
IV We Emigrate to America 53
V We Prospect 67
VI I Become a Day Laborer 82
VII Nine Dollars a Week 94
VIII Sunday 112
IX Plans for the Future 125
X The Emigrant Spirit 146
XI New Opportunities 165
XII Our First Winter 183
XIII I Become a Citizen 200
XIV Fifteen Dollars a Week 216
XV The Gang 234
XVI Dick Finds a Way Out, Too 252
XVII The Second Year 266
XVIII Maturing Plans 283
XIX Once Again a New Englander 298