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       James Henry Foss

      The Gentleman from Everywhere

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066133429

       CHAPTER I.

       CHAPTER II.

       CHAPTER III.

       CHAPTER IV.

       CHAPTER V.

       CHAPTER VI.

       CHAPTER VII.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       CHAPTER IX.

       CHAPTER X.

       CHAPTER XI.

       CHAPTER XII.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       CHAPTER XV.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       CHAPTER XX.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       CHAPTER XXII.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       CHAPTER XXIV.

       CHAPTER XXV.

       CHAPTER XXVI.

       CHAPTER XXVII.

       CHAPTER XXVIII.

       CHAPTER XXIX.

       CHAPTER XXX.

       AFTERMATH

       CHAPTER XXXI.

       CHAPTER XXXII.

      CHAPTER

      I. Launching of My Life Boat

       II. My First Voyage

       III. Near to Nature's Heart

       IV. Joys and Sorrows of School-Days

       V. Career of a Dominie-Pedagogue

       VI. Dreams of My Youth

       VII. A Disenchanted Collegian-Preacher

       VIII. In Shadow Land

       IX. Sunlight and Darkness in Palace and Cottage

       XI. Adventures in Mosquito Land

       XI. In Arcadie

       XII. From Philistine to Benedict and a Honeymoon

       XIII. The Angels of Life and Death

       XIV. Tribulations of a Widower

       XV. Faith Sees a Star

       XVI. On the Political Stump

       XVII. That Eddyfying Christian Science XVIII. In the Land of Flowers XIX. Sunbeam, The Seminole XX. A Founder of Towns and Clubs XXI. A Million Dollar Business with a One Dollar Capital XXII. Pendulum 'twixt Smiles and Tears XXIII. Monarch of all He Surveyed: Then Deposed, XXIV. Foregleams of Immortality XXV. A Practical Socialist and Colonizer XXVI. Hand in Hand with Angels XXVII. Among the Law-Sharks XXVIII. Campaigning in Wonderland XXIX. Among the Clouds XXX. Disenchanted: Home Again XXXI. The Florida Crackers XXXII. Looking Forward

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       James H. Foss]

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      LAUNCHING OF MY LIFE-BOAT.

      Wild was the night, yet a wilder night

       Hung around o'er the mother's pillow;

       In her bosom there waged a fiercer fight

       Than the fight on the wrathful billow.

      Already there were more children than potatoes in her hut of logs, and yet, another unwelcome guest was coming, to whom fate had ordained that it would have been money in his pocket had he never been born.

      A sympathizing neighbor held over the suffering woman an umbrella to shield her from the rain which poured through the dilapidated roof, and when the dreary light of that Sunday morning dawned, my frail bark was launched on the stormy, sullen sea of life.

      My father, a good man, but a ne'er-do-well financially, had loaned his best clothes, watch and pocketbook to a friend to enable him to call on his best girl in captivating style, and said friend expressed his gratitude by eloping with the girl and all the borrowed finery.

      That same night the boom broke, and allowed all the savings of our family invested in logs, cut by

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