The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 534 pages of information about The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 534 pages of information about The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself.

X. The Morning Walk—­An Old Friend in Duplicate.

XI.  Hon. B.F.  Mortimer—­H.B.  Edgemonte, Esq.,—­James Mordaunt,
Esq.—­Frederick Mortimer—­Thomas F. Griswold—­George Melville—­Mrs.
Mortimer—­Mrs. Edgemonte—­Bell Mortimer—­Clara Edgemonte—­The
Breakfast Party.

XII.  Bob Shank—­The Fire—­The Cave.

XIII.  Bell hates the Rain, but finally has no Objection to it—­Miss
Blackwood’s Party.

XIV.  Various Things material both to the Story and the Reader—­The
Catfish Railroad Scheme.

XV.  Ahead—­Back again.

XVI.  Who is Uncle Sam—­Syracuse—­Camillus—­Junction—­Auburn—­A New
York Lawyer obtains a Case (a hard one).

XVII.  The Dinner Party at Aurora—­The Telegram—­Mrs. Tryon’s Glance.

XVIII.  Broadway, New York—­James Mordaunt, Esq., at his Office in Wall street—­Is he a Married Man?

XIX.  Rev. John Furnace—­The Funeral—­The Lawsuit—­The Catfish Railroad
Stock at a Premium.

XX.  Arrival of the Liverpool Steamer—­New York Firemen—­Griswold’s
Heroism—­The Catfish Railroad Stock falling—­Trouble.

XXI.  Short but Interesting.

XXII.  A Sail on Cayuga Lake before Breakfast—­Thermometer thirty
Degrees below Zero—­Two Miles a Minute under a fair Wind—­Bell
Mortimer takes an Observation—­The Surprise not a Surprise—­The
Race Home—­The Ice-Boat too much for the Horses—­The Runaway—­The
Rescue,—­Love told without Words—­Death cheated, of his Prey.

XXIII.  Plans for the Future.

XXIV.  Commencement Day at Hamilton College—­William Hastings—­How a
Clerk in New York City may obtain a Partnership.

XXV.  A Friend in Need.

XXVI.  New York City Corporation Counsel—­All Marriage Notices not
Agreeable.

XXVII.  Sarah E. Graham’s call at Mordaunt’s Law Office—­A Cool
Scene—­James Mordaunt in trouble.

XXVIII.  George Melville under a Cloud.

XXIX.  The Metropolis of America never sleeps—­Scene in Twenty-Third street late at Night.

XXX.  An Arrest—­A Promise made, and a Promise given.

XXXI.  A Station on the N.Y.  Central Railroad—­Car
Manufactory—­Reception of a Convict at the Auburn State Prison—­The
Model Prison of the United States.

XXXII.  More about the Prison.

XXXIII.  James Mordaunt, Esq., triumphs.

XXXIV.  Mr. M——­l, Chief of the New York Police, puts his Private Seal upon a Coffin in Greenwood Cemetery.

XXXV.  A Council of War.

XXXVI.  A Smash-up in Broadway, N.Y.—­The New York Hospital—­The New
York Press—­Sarah E. Graham a Lunatic.

XXXVII.  Bell and Charger.

XXXVIII.  An Ante-Breakfast Ride—­The Homestead of an American
Statesman.

XXXIX.  Fort-Hill Cemetery—­“Who is there to Mourn for Logan?”—­How to carry on a Correspondence with a Convict—­Distant View of the Auburn State Prison—­Bell Mortimer in her Sanctum.

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