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The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell

Don Marquis

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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER ONE—Introducing the Old Soak3. CHAPTER TWO—Beginning the Old Soak's History of the Rum Demon4. CHAPTER THREE—Liquor and Hennery Simms5. CHAPTER FOUR—The Old Soak's History—The Barroom as an Educative Influence6. CHAPTER FIVE—Look Out For Crime Waves!7. CHAPTER SIX—Continuing the Old Soak's History—The Barroom and the Arts8. CHAPTER SEVEN—An Argument With the Old Woman9. CHAPTER EIGHT—The Old Soak's History—More Evils of Prohibition10. CHAPTER NINE—Preparing for Christmas11. CHAPTER TEN—Continuing the History—the Old Soak Fears for the Growing Children12. CHAPTER ELEVEN—Jabe Potter's Optimism13. CHAPTER TWELVE—More of the History—As It Used to Be of a Morning14. CHAPTER THIRTEEN—Peace and Contentment15. CHAPTER FOURTEEN—Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—Unfermented Grape Juice16. CHAPTER FIFTEEN—Political Talk17. CHAPTER SIXTEEN—The History Continued—Prohibition and Winter Weather18. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN—The Old Soak Finds a Way19. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—The History Continued—the Barroom's Good Influence20. CHAPTER NINETEEN—A House Divided21. CHAPTER TWENTY—Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—the Barroom and Manners22. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE—Sympathy Wanted23. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO—The History of the Rum Demon Concluded—Prohibition Is Making a Free Thinker of the Old Soak24. I—A LAST DRINK25. II—IN THE OLD DAYS26. III—A DIPSEY CHANTEY27. IV—A CERTAIN CLUB28. V—A TEMPERANCE TRACT29. VI—A VISION IN THE NIGHT30. VII—THE LAST CASE OF GIN31. VIII—CROWNED SINGERS32. IX—DOWN IN A WINE VAULT33. X—ANACREON34. XI—THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE OLD DAYS35. XII—IN AN OLD-TIME TAVERN BOOTH36. XIII—THE OLD BRASS RAILING37. XIV—ONCE YOUTH WAS MINE38. XV—IN A TAVERN BOOTH39. XVI—AN ENGAGEMENT40. XVII—THE BATTLE OF THE KEYHOLES41. XVIII—IN A TAVERN BOOTH42. XIX—YEARNINGS AND MEMORIES43. XX—DO YOU REMEMBER?44. XXI—AND YOU MAY KECALL THIS45. XXII—TRUE, BUT WHAT OF IT?46. XXIII—A SUMMER DAY DREAM47. XXIV—ON SWEARING OFF AGAIN48. XXV—AFTER SEVERAL HIGHBALLS49. XXVI—CHANT ROYAL OF THE DEJECTED DIPSOMANIAC50. XXVII—PROVERBS XXIII, 2951. XXVIII—AN OBJECT LESSON52. XXIX—A KANSAS TRAGEDY
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