WEALTH 15
_Including_
THE LOVELY YOUNG MAN 28
IF I'D A MILLION MILLIONS 35
FARMER STEBBINS ON ROLLERS 40
WANT 46
_Including_
THAT SWAMP OF DEATH 53
A SEWING-GIRL'S DIARY 64
FIRE 75
_Including_
WHEN PROMETHEUS STOLE THE FLAME 77
FLASH: THE FIREMAN'S STORY 79
HOW WE FOUGHT THE FIRE 84
"YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE IS CONRAD?" 90
WATER 93
_Including_
THE DEAD STOWAWAY 97
THE WEDDING OF THE TOWNS 102
FARMER STEBBINS AT OCEAN GROVE 107
VICE 113
_Including_
THE BOY-CONVICT'S STORY 115
FARMER STEBBINS ON THE BOWERY 119
FARMER STEBBINS AHEAD 124
THE SLUGGING-MATCH 130
VIRTUE 132
_Including_
MORE WAYS THAN ONE 136
THE MARCH OF THE CHILDREN 141
TRAVEL 143
_Including_
HER TOUR 144
AT THE SUMMIT OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT 148
THE SILENT WHEEL 155
FARMER AND WHEEL; OR, THE NEW LOCHINVAR 157
ONLY A BOX 166
HOME 170
_Including_
LET THE CLOTH BE WHITE 172
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
"_These are the spires that were gleaming_" _Frontispiece._
"_I saw tall derricks by the hundred rise_" 21
"_I reached my hand down for it and it stopped_" 29
"_When all to once the wheels departed suddenly
above, an' took along my heels_" 43
_Farmer Stebbins on Rollers_ 45
"_Yes, it's straight and true, good preacher,
every word that you have said_" 51
"_Choked and strangled by the foul breath of the
chimneys over there_" 54
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