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The Gilded Age

Part 1 — ILLUSTRATIONS

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FRONTPIECE COL. SELLERS FEEDING HIS FAMILY ON EXPECTATIONS

1. CONTEMPLATION

2. THE SQUIRE’s HOUSE

S. THE U. S. MAIL

4. OBEDSTOWN MALES

5. HURRYING

6. THE SQUIRE’S KITCHEN

7. "FOR GOODNESS SAKE SI"

8. THE LAST COG WHEEL

9. GONE UP

10. TAIL PIECE

11. THE ORPHANS LAST GIFT

12. MRS HAWKINS AND CLAY AT THE GRAVE OF HIS MOTHER

13. "CHILDREN, DAR’S SUMFIN’ A COMIN

14. "HEAH I IS, LORD, HEAH I IS!”

15. TAIL PIECE

16. NOT ENCOURAGED

17. SHE’S GAINING

18. "BY THE MARK TWAIN!”

19. FAST TOGETHER

20. ONE OF THE VICTIMS

21. THE PROCESSION—FORWARD MARCH!

22. THE HAPPY WIFE

23. LAURA

24. READY TO SELL

25. STOCK RISING

26. A FAMILY COUNCIL

27. TAIL PIECE

28. ATTEMPTED CORNER IN SPECIE

29. A BRILLIANT IDEA

30. BIG THINGS SHOWN UP

31. COL. SELLERS BLOWING BUBBLES FOR WASHINGTON

32. GEN BOSWELL’S OFFICE

33. TAIL PIECE

34. CONSOLATION

35. THE DYING FATHER

36. TAIL PIECE

37. LAURA SEEKING POR EVIDENCES OF HER BIRTH

38. EVER TRUE

39. A HEALTHY MEAL

40. PHILIP AT THE THEATRE

41. WHAT PHILIP LEARNED AT COLLEGE

42. THE DELEGATE’S INTERESTING GAME

43. THE PERSON OF IMPORTANCE

44. "NOT THAT"

45. RUTH’S MOTHER MAKES ENQUIRIES

46. THE LETTER

47. CARING FOR THE POOR

48. ANATOMICAL INVESTIGATIONS

49. RUTH LOOKING AT THE “NEW ONE” BY CANDLE LIGHT

60. "ONLY FOR YOU, BRIERLY"

51. AN ACCLIMATED MAN

51. NO THANKS! GOOD BYE!

52. "BRESS YOU, CHILE, YOU DAR NOW"

53. CAMP LIFE

54. STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER

55. JEFF THOMPSON AS A NIGHTINGALE

56. BOUND FOR STONE’S LANDING

57. STONE’S LANDING

58. WAITING FOR A RAILROAD

59. "IT AIN’T THERE"

60. TAIL PIECE

61. CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON

62. LAURA SWOONED

63. TAILPIECE

64. NOT EASILY REFERRED

65. ORDER, GENTLEMEN

66. THE SENATOR’S WALK

67. RESIDENCE OF SQUIRE MONTAGUE

68. INSIDE THE MANSION

69. RUTH DISSIPATING

70. TAIL PIECE

71. ANTICIPATION

72. REALITY

73. PHILIP HEARS HARRY ENTERTAINING RUTH

74. AN ENTERTAINING FELLOW

75. HARRY EXPLAINS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE

76. PHILIP STUDYING

77. "KEEP OUT OF HERE, SIR!”

78. AN OLD ONE

79. A PROMENADE OUTFIT

80. REARED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY

81. BENEFIT OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE

82. TAIL PIECE

83. VISIONS OF A HAPPY MAN

84. EXODUS OF THE NATIVES

85. HARRY BRIERLY FLIES FROM THE MOB

86. ENJOYING THE BONFIRE

87. BROTHER PLUM

88. RUTH AT HOME

89. MAP OF THE SALT LICK BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC R. R.

90. RESULT OF A STRAIGHT LINE

91. AT HEADQUARTERS

92. TOUCHING A WEAK SPOT

93. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, $10,000,

94. MALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 255

95. FEMALE LOBBYIST, $3,000

96. HIGH MORAL SENATOR, $3,000

97. COUNTRY MEMBER, $500

98. DOCUMENTARY PROOF

99. COLONEL SELLERS DESPONDENT

100. TAIL PIECE

101. THE MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYS

102. PHILIP THRUST FROM THE R. R. CAR

103. THE JUSTICE

104. "MINE INN"

105. A PLEASING LANDLORD

106. PHILIP HIRED THREE WOODSMEN

107. TAIL PIECE

108. TAIL PIECE

109. BRO. BALAAM

110. THE FIRE PANIC

111. RUTH ASSISTS IN DRESSING PHILIP’S ARM

112. THE FIRST RECEPTION

113. VANITY COLLAPSED

114. THE ATTACHES OF THE ANTIQUES

115. HON. OLIVER HIGGINS

116. PAT O’RILEY AND THE “OULD WOMAN"

117. HON. P. OREILLE AND LADY

118. AN UNMISTAKABLE POTATO MOUTH

119. THE THREE PATIENTS

120. TAIL PIECE

121. DELIBERATE PERSECUTION

122. "IT IS ONLY ME"

123. "ALL CONGRESSMEN DO THAT"

124. A TRICK WORTH KNOWING

125. COL. SELLERS ENLIGHTENING THE BOHEMIANS

126. LAURA IN THE BOOK STORE

127. VERY AGREEABLE

128. PLAYING TO WIN

129. SHE SAID “PARDON"

130. "IT’S HE! IT’S HE!”

131. REFLECTION

132. ONCE MORE FACE TO FACE

133. COL. SELBY KNEELS AND KISSES HER HAND

134. JOLLY GOOD COMPANY

135. SUPPER OR BREAKFAST?

136. TAIL PIECE

137. A LADY-KILLER TAMED

138. CONSUMING LOVE

139. A CONVERT TO WOMEN’S RIGHTS

140. OPENING NEGOTIATIONS

141. NOT JUST YET

142. WELL POSTED

143. MR. TROLLOP THINKS IT OVER

144. DILWORTHY GIVES LAURA HIS BLESSING

145. UNNECESSARY PRECAUTION

146. WHERE THE PROTECTION IS NEEDED

147. AN OBJECT OF SYMPATHY

148. CHILDREN OF HOPE

149. THE EDITOR

150. PHILIP LEAVING LAURA

151. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE

152. THE HOUSE

153. COL SELLERS ASLEEP IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

154. A HEARTY SHAKE

155. SENATOR DILWORTHY TRANQUIL

156. "SHE AIN’T DAH, SAR"

157. AS THE WITNESSES DESCRIBED IT

158. THE LEARNED DOCTORS

159. IMPORTANT BUSINESS

160. COL. SELLERS AND WASHINGTON IN LAURA’S CELL

161. PROMISED PATRONAGE

162. NO LOVE LIKE A MOTHER’S

163. CLEANED OUT BUT NOT CRUSHED

164. THE LANDLORD TAKING LESSONS

165. TAILPIECE

166. "WE’VE STRUCK IT"

167. THE MINE AT ILIUM

168. THE HERMIT

169. TAIL PIECE

110. ONE CHANCE OPEN

171. WHAT HE EXPECTED TO BE

172. ALAS! POOR ALICE

173. HOW HE WAS DRAWN IN

174. EVERYTHING

175. TAIL PIECE

176. "COME NOW, LETS CHEER UP"

177. A SHINING EXAMPLE

178. THE SEWING SOCIETY DODGE

179. DILWORTHY ADDRESSES A SUNDAY SCHOOL

180. TAIL PIECE

181. THE JUDGE

182. LAURA ON TRIAL

183. MICHAEL LANIGAN

184. PATRICK COUGHLIN

185. ETHAN DOBB

186. MR HICKS

187. SEARCH FOR A FATHER

158. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LULL

189. TERM EXPIRED

190. RE-ELECTED

191. THE “FAITHFUL OLD HAND"

192. A FIRE BRAND

193. TAIL PIECE

194. COL. SELLERS AND WASHINGTON RETURN HOME AFTER THE VOTE

195. A COURT-IN SCENE

196. POPULAR ENDORSEMENT

197. ONE OF THE INSULTED MEMBERS

195. TOUCHED BY THE SIRUGGLES OF THE POOR

199. MR NOBLE ASKS QUESTIONS

200. THE WORN OUT STYLE OF SENATOR

201. THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

202. THE LAST LINK BROKEN

203. THE TERRIBLE ORDEAL

204. RETROSPECTION

205. GOOD-BYE TO WASHINGTON

206. TAIL PIECE

207. THE PARTING BLAST OFFERED

208. THE LAST BLAST

209. STRUCK IT AT LAST

210. THE RICH PROPRIETOR

211. THE SICK CHAMBER

212. ALICE

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