Chapter I: Preface: BY THE FATHER ix

1 MY PARENTS 13

2 STARTING GAILY 19

3 ERIE LAKE 29

4 BUFFALO TO ROCHESTER 76.4 39

5 MY FATHER’S IDEAR 44

6 SYRACUSE TO HUDSON 183.2 50

7 HUDSON 63

8 HUDSON TO YONKERS 106.5 71

9 THE BUREAU OF MANHATTAN 76

10 N. Y. TO GRENITCH 500.0 78

11 HOW IT ENDED 82

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Author _Frontispiece_

The Rest of the Family 15

Granmother at Goshen 21

Uncle Bill 25

Uncle and Ant in Detroit 31

The Bride and Glum 35

The Man with the Adams Apple 41

The Dirty Mechanic 47

Dr. and Mrs. Heywood 53

The Policeman at Albany 59

A Man of 12 Years 65

The Lanlady 69

The Policeman at New Rochelle 79

Our nurse 83

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