Chapter I: Front Matter

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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