Gaut Gurley by D. P. Thompson
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CHAPTER III. Gambling (an allegory) invented by the Fiends, and is proclaimed the Premium Vice by Lucifer.--A Gambling Scene between Gaut Gurley and the merchant, Mark Elwood.--The Failure of the latter.--The Refusal of his brother, Arthur Elwood, to help him.--The Surprise and Distress of his Family. CHAPTER IV. The Downward Path of the Habitual Gambler.--His Family sharing in the Degradation, and becoming the suffering Victims of his Vices.--The Sudden Resolve to be a Man again, and remove to an unsettled Country, to begin Life anew in the Woods. CHAPTER V. The moral and intellectual Influences of Forest Life.--Scenery of Umbagog.--Description of Elwood's new Home in the Woods.--The Burning of his first _Slash_.--His House catches Fire, and he and his Wife engage in extinguishing it, praying for the return of their Son, Claud Elwood, to help them in their terrible strait. CHAPTER VI. Claud Elwood and his Forest Musings.--Dangerous Assault, and slaying of a Moose.--Rescue of Gaut's Daughter from the enraged animal.--Strange Developments.--Incipient Love Scene.--Trout-catching.--Return of Claud and |
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