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McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928

"Green Fancy"

THE PRISONER OF GREEN FANCY, AND THE LAMENT OF PETER THE
CHAUFFEUR
XI. MR. SPROUSE ABANDONS LITERATURE AT AN EARLY HOUR IN THE MORNING
XII. THE FIRST WAYFARER ACCEPTS AN INVITATION, AND MR. DILLINGFORD
BELABORS A PROXY
XIII. THE SECOND WAYFARER RECEIVES TWO VISITORS AT MIDNIGHT
XIV. A FLIGHT, A STONE-CUTTER'S SHED, AND A VOICE OUTSIDE
XV. LARGE BODIES MOVE SLOWLY,--BUT MR. SPROUSE WAS SMALLER THAN THE
AVERAGE
XVI. THE FIRST WAYFARER VISITS A SHRINE, CONFESSES, AND TAKES AN
OATH
XVII. THE SECOND WAYFARER IS TRANSFORMED, AND MARRIAGE IS FLOUTED
XVIII. MR. SPROUSE CONTINUES TO BE PERPLEXING, BUT PUTS HIS NOSE TO
THE GROUND
XIX. A TRIP BY NIGHT, A SUPPER, AND A LATE ARRIVAL
XX. THE FIRST WAYFARER HAS ONE TREASURE THRUST UPON HIM,--AND
FORTHWITH CLAIMS ANOTHER
XXI. THE END IN SIGHT


CHAPTER I
THE FIRST WAYFARER AND THE SECOND WAYFARER MEET AND PART ON THE
HIGHWAY

A solitary figure trudged along the narrow road that wound its
serpentinous way through the dismal, forbidding depths of the forest:
a man who, though weary and footsore, lagged not in his swift,
resolute advance.


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