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The Romance and Tragedy

Chapter 9 SUBURBAN LIFE.

Word Count: 973    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

efore we were quite in accord with the sentiment

rmhouse, improved by a piazza; but the interior, under the deft hands and good tas

t high; but this did not distress us, though in our parlor,

of a house set on a little elevation, in the center of a rather rough

th from the piazza to the road, set out an arbor-vitae hedge, made

n, but the kitchen garden was my hobby, and with all the enthus

ones, the soil was rich and productive. I met with wonderful success, and t

rked for two or three hours. Then a bath, followed by breakfast, and after a day in town,

enjoy th

for digging up the seed to see if it had sproute

out charge, and in melon season I picked the melons

the thought of thos

lf, practically by my own labor, added

most of the distance through a private la

s interesting; but not so the people, at least to us. It w

what we sought-a pleasant, comfortable home,

ntire expenditure was but thirteen hundred dollars, which w

ys, and these little visits we always enjoyed; but to each other my wife and I were

y "love in

way, and with wife and babies take a drive, our favorite ride having as an objecti

tural beauty with Morris County, New Jersey, and we commanded the best of this, in rather antiqu

o mind an incident of later years which

nt Comfort, and while we were there John Jacob As

few old negroes with disreputable "foh de wah" vehicles and horses that could only get over the poor

o of these hacks standing in front of

ne I selected had been washed probably at least once that season, w

d on our return met the o

g positively the worst-looking turnout I ever saw, wa

der such conditions, struck me first as ludicrous and then as a living example of the g

the day. With only one maid, my wife had no difficulty in keeping bu

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1 Chapter 1 THE FIRST ROUND OF THE LADDER2 Chapter 2 I MEET MY AFFINITY3 Chapter 3 A CO-PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED4 Chapter 4 AND THE ANSWER WAS YES 5 Chapter 5 WEDDING BELLS6 Chapter 6 THE FIRST REVERSE OF FORTUNE.7 Chapter 7 THE COMING OF THE STORK.8 Chapter 8 THE NEW PARTNER.9 Chapter 9 SUBURBAN LIFE.10 Chapter 10 MY PARTNER RETIRES11 Chapter 11 A YEAR OF SUNSHINE12 Chapter 12 AN IDEAL LIFE13 Chapter 13 PROSPEROUS DAYS14 Chapter 14 NEAR THE DARK VALLEY15 Chapter 15 A SUCCESSFUL MANEUVER16 Chapter 16 REDSTONE 17 Chapter 17 OUR NEIGHBORS18 Chapter 18 AN UNEVENTFUL YEAR19 Chapter 19 THE STREAM BROADENS20 Chapter 20 RETROGRESSION21 Chapter 21 THE DAM GIVES WAY22 Chapter 22 THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM23 Chapter 23 A FEW WEAK FRENCH SPECULATORS 24 Chapter 24 EXCITING TIMES25 Chapter 25 COME AND DANCE IN THE BARN 26 Chapter 26 AN IMPORTER AND DEALER27 Chapter 27 SAD HEARTS AT KNOLLWOOD28 Chapter 28 NEW FACES29 Chapter 29 A SHORT YEAR AND A MERRY ONE30 Chapter 30 A VOUCHER31 Chapter 31 TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION32 Chapter 32 THE PANIC OF NINETY-THREE33 Chapter 33 FAREWELL TO REDSTONE 34 Chapter 34 A SUMMER ON THE SOUND35 Chapter 35 MONMOUTH BEACH36 Chapter 36 THE SHIP FOUNDERS37 Chapter 37 THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS38 Chapter 38 W. E. STOWE & CO., INCORPORATED 39 Chapter 39 THE STRUGGLE COMMENCED40 Chapter 40 THE STRUGGLE CONTINUED41 Chapter 41 THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN42 Chapter 42 BRIGHTER DAYS43 Chapter 43 SMOOTH SAILING INTO ROUGH WATERS44 Chapter 44 THE TYRANNY OF THE JURY LAW45 Chapter 45 BITTER TRIALS46 Chapter 46 AT THE BRINK OF THE GRAVE47 Chapter 47 AGAIN AT THE HELM48 Chapter 48 A NIGHTMARE49 Chapter 49 RETROSPECTION50 Chapter 50 A DREAM51 Chapter 51 FROM GOD AND THE KING 52 Chapter 52 A FOUNDATION PRINCIPLE