The Chronic LoaferFront matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · The Reunion.Chapter II · The Spelling Bee.Chapter III · Absalom Bunkel.Chapter IV · The Missus.Chapter V · The Awfullest Thing.Chapter VI · The Wrestling Match.Chapter VII · The Tramp’s Romance.Chapter VIII · Ambition—An Argument.Chapter IX · Bumbletree’s Bass-Horn.Chapter X · Little Si Berrybush.Chapter XI · Cupid and a Mule.Chapter XII · The Haunted Store.Chapter XIII · Rivals.Chapter XIV · Buddies.Chapter XV · Joe Varner’s Belling.Chapter XVI · The Sentimental Tramp.Chapter XVII · Hiram Gum, the Fiddler.Chapter XVIII · The “Good Un.”Chapter XIX · Breaking the Ice.Chapter XX · Two Stay-at-Homes.Chapter XXI · Eben Huckin’s Conversion.Chapter XXII · A Piece in the Paper.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · The Reunion.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122Publisher's markNEW YORK J. F. TAYLOR & COMPANY 1900◇Copyright, 1900, By J. F. Taylor & Company.◇CHAPTER I. The Reunion. →