THE COLOSSUS


A NOVEL
BY
OPIE READ


Author of "The Carpetbagger," "Old Ebenezer," "The Jucklins," "My
Young Master," "On The Suwanee River," "A Kentucky Colonel," "Emmett
Bonlore," "A Tennessee Judge," "The Wives of the Prophet," "Len
Gansett," "The Tear in the Cup and Other Stories".


CHICAGO
LAIRD & LEE, PUBLISHERS
1893.


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CONTENTS.


Chapter.

I. LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE
II. A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN
III. ALL WAS DARKNESS