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BROOKSIDE SERIES.
STOPPING THE LEAK.
BY
AUNT HATTIE. [Madeline Leslie]
BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY GRAVES AND YOUNG
No. 24 Cornhill.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by GRAVES AND YOUNG, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
DEDICATION ——————
TO
HARRY AND GEORGE COLVIN,
SONS OF MY ESTEEMED FRIENDS IN BALTIMORE,
I dedicate this Volume,
TRUSTING IT MAY HELP THEM TO AVOID THE FOIBLES AND EXCESSES WHICH DESTROY FORTUNE AND CHARACTER, AND TO CULTIVATE INDUSTRY, ECONOMY, AND THOSE KINDRED VIRTUES WHICH DISTINGUISH THE WISE AND GOOD.
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
LADY-BIRD
CHAPTER II.
THE RECONNOISANCE
CHAPTER III.
DAYS OF YORE
CHAPTER IV.
WHO IS MISTRESS?
CHAPTER V.
FARM VERSUS RUM
CHAPTER VI.
A RAY OF SUNSHINE
CHAPTER VII.
POLICE AND CRIMINALS
CHAPTER VIII.
DETECTION AND ARREST
CHAPTER IX.
A PLUG IN THE LEAK
CHAPTER X.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
CHAPTER XI.
ONE LEAK STOPPED
CHAPTER XII.
A SECOND LEAK STOPPED
CHAPTER XIII.
FAILURE FROM LEAKS
CHAPTER XIV.
HOME VERSUS OYSTER SALOON
CHAPTER XV.
AFFIDAVIT
CHAPTER XVI.
THE RESTORED HOME
CHAPTER XVII.
DANGER AND COURAGE
CHAPTER XVIII.
LEAKS ALL STOPPED
STOPPING THE LEAK.
