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Then out of the door came Jacob Dolph.

THE STORY OF A NEW YORK HOUSE

BY

H. C. BUNNER

ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. FROST

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1887

Copyright, 1887, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

Press of J. J. Little & Co. Astor Place, New York.

TO

A. L. B.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Then out of the door came Jacob DolphFrontispiece

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"I thumped him"14

"It's a monstrous great place for a country-house, Mr. Dolph"18

There was only one idea, and that was flight28

The light flickered on the top of the church spire31

(By F. Hopkinson Smith.)

They hesitated a second, looking at the great arm chair37

"Stay there, sir—you, sir, you, Jacob Dolph!"41

After awhile he began to take timorous strolls47

Jacob Dolph the elder ... stood on his hearth rug51

And then he marched off to bed by himself, suffering no one to go with him55

In quiet morning hours ... when his daughter sat at his feet77

"Mons'us gran dinneh, seh!"79

"All of a sudden, chock forward he went, right on his face"84

He heard the weak, spasmodic wail of another Dolph88

"Central American," said the clerk106

"Looks like his father," was Mr. Daw's comment109

O'Reagan of Castle Reagan118

"If it hadn't been for the Dolphs, devil the rattle you'd have had"120

"I know'd you'd take me in, Mist' Dolph," he panted131

"Have you got a nigger here?"133

Abram Van Riper makes a business communication.141

And so she set his necktie right, and he went144

Looking on his face, she saw death quietly coming upon him149

Finial152

CHAPTERS

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II.

III.

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V.

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THE STORY OF A NEW YORK HOUSE.