THE OLD PATROON; OR, THE GREAT VAN BROEK PROPERTY.
BYJAMES A. MAITLAND.
AUTHOR OF "THE WATCHMAN," "THE DIARY OF AN OLD DOCTOR," "THE WANDERER," "THE LAWYER'S STORY," "SARTAROE," "THE THREE COUSINS," ETC., ETC.THREE ENGLISH VOLUMES COMPLETE IN ONE.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
CONTENTS.
- I.—MR. JULIUS VAN BROEK MAKES AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE IN THE LAND-AGENT'S OFFICE. 23
- II.—THE PATROONS OF NEW YORK STATE. 36
- III.—JULIUS VAN BROEK PROVES HIS IDENTITY BEFORE THE COURT IN A SINGULAR AND UNEXPECTED MANNER. 42
- IV.—HOW "GOOD SOCIETY" RECEIVED THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE PATROON'S MARRIAGE. 53
- V.—MRS. VAN BROEK MAKES HER FIRST APPEARANCE AT STUYVESANT HOUSE. 59
- VI.—MRS. MALCOM ENLIGHTENS MRS. VAN BROEK RESPECTING THE IDIOSYNCRACIES OF THEIR FELLOW-BOARDERS, AND MEETS WITH AN UNPLEASANT INTERRUPTION. 66
- VII.—MR. VAN BROEK HEARS NEWS OF AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, AND VISITS THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE FIVE POINTS IN CONSEQUENCE THEREOF. 78
- VIII.—NANCY SLOWBURY RELATES THE HISTORY OF HER GIRLHOOD TO THE PATROON. 94
- IX.—NANCY SLOWBURY CONCLUDES HER HISTORY, AND LEAVES THE PATROON IN A STATE OF PERPLEXITY. 111
- X.—THE PARSONAGE HOUSE AT ACTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 118
- XI.—AT HOME IN THE PARSONAGE, AND AMONG THE PASSES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 129
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- XII.—SETH COULTER DELIVERS HIS OPINION OF THE "INJINS," AND OF THINGS IN GENERAL. 142
- XIII.—THE DONATION PARTY AT ACTON PARSONAGE. 147
- XIV.—AN UNEXPECTED LETTER REACHES GEORGE NEVILLE AT THE PARSONAGE. 154
- XV.—HOW ELLEN UPTON BECAME MRS. JULIUS VAN BROEK. 161
- XVI.—BOARDING-HOUSE GOSSIP—MRS. DOCTOR BENSON IS DISAPPOINTED OF A "SCENE." 168
- XVII.—GEORGE NEVILLE'S FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK—A STROLL THROUGH THE CITY. 181
- XVIII.—AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE. 193
- XIX.—MR. PUFFINGTON'S INTENSE PATRIOTISM AND THOROUGH DEMOCRACY. 205
- XX.—MESSRS. NETTLETOP AND SWOOP HOLD A CONSULTATION, AND MR. SWOOP CONCEIVES A PLAN. 216
- XXI.—THE NIGHT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 220
- XXII.—CAPE COD—CAPTAIN JACK'S COTTAGE. 226
- XXIII.—CAPTAIN JACK IN SEARCH OF A HOUSEKEEPER. 233
- XXIV.—MR. SWOOP MAKES AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, AND CONCEIVES A NEW IDEA. 238
- XXV.—WHAT OCCURRED ON BOARD THE CARS FROM TROY TO NIAGARA FALLS. 247
- XXVI.—WHAT OCCURRED AT NIAGARA FALLS. 259
- XXVII.—MR. NETTLETOP VISITS AMOS JEPSON AT THE SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR ON STATEN ISLAND. 272
- XXVIII—THE UPTONS MAKE A DISCOVERY, AND QUIT NIAGARA FALLS FOR SARATOGA SPRINGS. 281
- XXIX.—MR. SWOOP WRITES A LONG LETTER TO HIS PARTNER, TAKING CAPTAIN JACK FOR HIS THEME. 286
- XXX.—THE UPTONS AT SARATOGA SPRINGS. 293
- XXXI.—MR. VAN BROEK AND MR. UPTON HOLD A CONVERSATION TOGETHER. 301
- XXXII.—THE END OF THE YEAR. 309
- XXXIII.—CONSTERNATION AT WELLFLEET, CAPE COD—THE DEPARTURE OF CAPTAIN JACK FOR NEW YORK. 315
- XXXIV.—MR. SWOOP ADVERTISES, AND RECEIVES A STRANGE VISITOR AT HIS OFFICE IN NASSAU STREET. 321
- XXXV.—MR. SWOOP'S MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE OLD BREWERY. 328
- XXXVI.—MR. SWOOP DERIVES IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM DIGBY, AND QUITS THE OLD BREWERY IN TRIUMPH. 340
- XXXVII.—THE STRANGE VISITOR TO THE MANSION IN THE FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. 349
- XXXVIII.—CAPTAIN JACK FINDS HIMSELF IN A STATE OF PERPLEXITY RESPECTING HIS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. 357
- XXXIX.—WHICH TELLS HOW MATTERS WERE FINALLY SETTLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF CERTAIN PARTIES WHO HAVE FIGURED IN THIS HISTORY. 375
- XL.—CONCLUSION, IN WHICH COLONEL WILTON SPEAKS PROPHETICALLY. 382
