E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 38826-h.htm or 38826-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/38826/pg38826-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38826/38826-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/bolanyonovel00readrich BOLANYO A Novel by OPIE READ Author of A Kentucky Colonel The Jucklins etc Chicago Printed for Way & Williams MDCCCXCVII Copyright, 1897, by Way & Williams. The Cover Designed by Mr. Maxfield Parrish. Decorations by Mr. Charles Francis Browne. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. ON THE RIVER 1 II. IN THE AIR 13 III. THE BLACK GIANT 20 IV. THE SENATOR 28 V. A MOMENT OF FORGIVENESS 36 VI. INTRODUCED TO MRS. ESTELL 50 VII. THE NOTORIOUS BUGG PETERS 66 VIII. THE STATE TREASURER 82 IX. PUBLIC ENTERTAINERS 99 X. MR. PETTICORD 117 XI. THE CHARM OF AN OLD TOWN 131 XII. A MATTER OF BUSINESS 154 XIII. THE PLACE OF THE GOBLINS 164 XIV. OLD JOE VARK 172 XV. OLD AUNT PATSEY 187 XVI. THE PLAY 203 XVII. A SLOW STEP ON THE STAIRS 219 XVIII. TO MEET THE MANAGER 226 XIX. BURN THE JUNIPER 233 XX. GLEANING THE FIELD 241 XXI. THE WORK OF THE SCOUNDREL 251 XXII. IN THE THICKET 258 XXIII. THE RINGING OF THE BELL 269 XXIV. MAGNOLIA LAND 280 XXV. DOWN A DARK ALLEY 291 XXVI. CONCLUSION--IN THE GARDEN 300 BOLANYO CHAPTER I. ON THE RIVER.