Chapter I: Front Matter

OLIVER
OCTOBER

BY
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

AUTHOR OF
“BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK,” “SHERRY,”
“VIOLA GWYN,” ETC.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1923

COPYRIGHT, 1922, 1923,
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY

The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I OLIVER IS BORN IN OCTOBER 1
II HIS RELATIVES AND HIS NEIGHBORS 15
III WOMEN IN RED SHAWLS 36
IV HIS FORTUNE—GOOD AND BAD 46
V OLIVER IS FOUND TO HAVE A TEMPER 65
VI A PASTOR PROMISES AID 85
VII THE MINISTER’S WIFE 94
VIII GLIDING OVER A FEW YEARS 109
IX HOME FROM THE WAR 128
X IDLE DAYS 140
XI OLD OLIVER DISAPPEARS 155
XII ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT 166
XIII THE GOOD SAMARITAN PAYS 174
XIV JEALOUSY WITHOUT LOVE 185
XV THE THIRD FAIR LADY 196
XVI MR. JOSEPH SIKES INTERVENES 201
XVII MR. GOOCH DECLARES HIMSELF 212
XVIII JOSEPHINE AND HENRY THE EIGHTH 228
XIX OLIVER COMPLAINS 242
XX DETECTIVE MALONE 252
XXI LOVE WITHOUT JEALOUSY 265
XXII THE CORPUS DELICTI 281
XXIII THE BREWING OF THE STORM 294
XXIV THE HANGING 308
XXV MR. GOOCH SEES THINGS AT NIGHT 322

Oliver October