XXVII. O. STROUT. FINE GROCIERIES
XXVIII. THE HOME COMING
XXIX. THE FINAL CONFLICT
XXX. TOM, JACK AND NED
XXXI. THE GREAT ISBURN RUBY
XXXII. "IT WAS SO SUDDEN"




The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner
Folks




CHAPTER I

THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH


When the applause had subsided, Governor Sawyer began to speak.

"My Friends and Fellow Citizens: When I stood before the
representatives chosen by the people, and an audience composed of the
most eminent men and women in the State, and took the oath to support
the constitution of my native State and that of my country, my heart
was filled with what I deemed an honest pride. My fellow citizens had
chosen me to fill the most exalted position in their power to bestow,
and when the Secretary of the Commonwealth uttered the well-known