------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. A HOOSIER HOLIDAY ------------------------------------ BY THEODORE DREISER =================== ------------------- THE “GENIUS” SISTER CARRIE JENNIE GERHARDT A TRAVELER AT FORTY PLAYS OF THE NATURAL AND THE SUPERNATURAL THE FINANCIER } THE TITAN } A TRILOGY OF DESIRE *** ***** } [Illustration: THE WARSAW HOME The Mecca of this trip _Frontispiece_ ] A HOOSIER HOLIDAY BY THEODORE DREISER WITH ILLVSTRATIONS BY FRANKLIN BOOTH· [Illustration: colophon] NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD MCMXVI COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY JOHN LANE COMPANY Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A. TO MY MOTHER CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ROSE WINDOW 13 II. THE SCENIC ROUTE 20 III. ACROSS THE MEADOWS TO THE PASSAIC 24 IV. THE PIETY AND EGGS OF PATERSON 29 V. ACROSS THE DELAWARE 35 VI. AN AMERICAN SUMMER RESORT 42 VII. THE PENNSYLVANIANS 50 VIII. BEAUTIFUL WILKES-BARRE 58 IX. IN AND OUT OF SCRANTON 65 X. A LITTLE AMERICAN TOWN 75 XI. THE MAGIC OF THE ROAD AND SOME TALES 81 XII. RAILROADS AND A NEW WONDER OF THE WORLD 92 XIII. A COUNTRY HOTEL 98 XIV. THE CITY OF SWAMP ROOT 107 XV. A RIDE BY NIGHT 116