The Colossus

The Colossus

Opie Read, prolific American journalist and humorist (1852-1939)


This ebook presents «The Colossus», from Opie Read. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK

-02- LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE

-03- A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN

-04- ALL WAS DARKNESS

-05- A STRANGE REQUEST

-06- DISSECTING A MOTIVE

-07- WAITING AT THE STATION

-08- A MOTHER'S AFFECTION

-09- THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT

-10- THE INTERVIEWERS

-11- ROMPED WITH THE GIRL

-12- ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY

-13- A DEMOCRACY

-14- BUTTING AGAINST A WALL

-15- A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING

-16- TOLD HIM HER STORY

-17- AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY

-18- AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST

-19- THE INVESTMENT

-20- ARRESTED EVERYWHERE

-21- CRIED A SENSATION

-22- A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN

-23- TO GO ON A VISIT

-24- HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY

-25- WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT

-26- IMPATIENTLY WAITING

-27- TOLD IT ALL

-28- POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY

-29- THE VERDICT

-30- A DAY OF REST

-31- A MOTHER'S REQUEST

-32- A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE

-33- A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW

-34- THE TIME WAS DRAWING NEAR

-35- TOLD HIM A STORY

-36- CONCLUSION