The Colossus

The Colossus
Opie Read, prolific American journalist and humorist (1852-1939)

This ebook presents «The Colossus», from Opie Read. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE
-03- A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN
-04- ALL WAS DARKNESS
-05- A STRANGE REQUEST
-06- DISSECTING A MOTIVE
-07- WAITING AT THE STATION
-08- A MOTHER'S AFFECTION
-09- THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT
-10- THE INTERVIEWERS
-11- ROMPED WITH THE GIRL
-12- ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY
-13- A DEMOCRACY
-14- BUTTING AGAINST A WALL
-15- A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING
-16- TOLD HIM HER STORY
-17- AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY
-18- AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST
-19- THE INVESTMENT
-20- ARRESTED EVERYWHERE
-21- CRIED A SENSATION
-22- A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN
-23- TO GO ON A VISIT
-24- HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY
-25- WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT
-26- IMPATIENTLY WAITING
-27- TOLD IT ALL
-28- POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY
-29- THE VERDICT
-30- A DAY OF REST
-31- A MOTHER'S REQUEST
-32- A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE
-33- A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW
-34- THE TIME WAS DRAWING NEAR
-35- TOLD HIM A STORY
-36- CONCLUSION