Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | This e-text contains dialect and unusual spelling. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * ONE WAY OUT A MIDDLE-CLASS NEW-ENGLANDER EMIGRATES TO AMERICA ONE WAY OUT A MIDDLE-CLASS NEW-ENGLANDER EMIGRATES TO AMERICA BY WILLIAM CARLETON BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1911 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) _Entered at Stationers' Hall_ Published January 28, 1911; second printing January _Presswork by Geo. H. Ellis Co., Boston, U.S.A._ TO HER WHO WASN'T AFRAID CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A BORN AND BRED NEW ENGLANDER 1 II THIRTY DOLLARS A WEEK 18 III THE MIDDLE CLASS HELL 37 IV WE EMIGRATE TO AMERICA 53 V WE PROSPECT 67 VI I BECOME A DAY LABORER 82 VII NINE DOLLARS A WEEK 94 VIII SUNDAY 112 IX PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 125 X THE EMIGRANT SPIRIT 146 XI NEW OPPORTUNITIES 165 XII OUR FIRST WINTER 183 XIII I BECOME A CITIZEN 200 XIV FIFTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK 216 XV THE GANG 234 XVI DICK FINDS A WAY OUT, TOO 252 XVII THE SECOND YEAR 266 XVIII MATURING PLANS 283 XIX ONCE AGAIN A NEW ENGLANDER 298 ONE WAY OUT ONE WAY OUT CHAPTER I A BORN AND BRED NEW ENGLANDER