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A compiled index that organizes the author's short stories, poems, and novels by providing tables of contents and chapter-level hyperlinks for each work. Entries list chapter headings and direct links for narratives such as The Landloper, Blow the Man Down, When Egypt Went Broke, The Rainy Day Railroad War, and collections like Pine Tree Ballads, among others. The listing serves as a navigational tool to locate individual chapters and access complete texts online.

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Title: Index for Works of Holman Day

Author: Holman Day

Editor: David Widger

Release date: July 12, 2018 [eBook #57488]
Most recently updated: July 6, 2019

Language: English

Credits: Produced by David Widger

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INDEX FOR WORKS OF
HOLMAN DAY

By Holman Day

With hyperlinks to all Chapters of the Individual Ebooks

Compiled by David Widger






CONTENTS

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linked index of the detailed chapters for any of the listed ebooks.

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##  THE LANDLOPER

##  BLOW THE MAN DOWN

##  WHEN EGYPT WENT BROKE

##  SQUIRE PHIN

##  PINE TREE BALLADS

##  WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS

##  THE OWL TAXI

##  THE RAINY DAY WAR

##  JOAN OF ARC OF THE NORTH WOODS

##  KING SPRUCE

##  UP IN MAINE

THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPED








TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES





THE LANDLOPER


*

THE ROMANCE OF A MAN ON FOOT

By Holman Day

1915













WHEN EGYPT WENT BROKE


A NOVEL

By Holman Day













THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR

By Holman Day

1906

CONTENTS


THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WAR


CHAPTER ONE—THE TRYING-OUT OF ONE RODNEY PARKER, ASSISTANT ENGINEER

CHAPTER TWO—THE WHIM THAT PROJECTED THE FAMOUS “POQUETTE CARRY RAILROAD”

CHAPTER THREE—ENGINEER PARKER GETS FINAL ORDERS FOR “THE LAND OF THE GIDEONITES.”

CHAPTER FOUR—IN WHICH THE DOUGHTY “SWAMP SWOGON” ASTONISHES SUNKHAZE SETTLEMENT

CHAPTER FIVE—HOW COLONEL GIDEON WAS BACKED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE

CHAPTER SIX—IN WHICH “THE CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE” CASTS HIS SHADOW LONG BEFORE HIM

CHAPTER SEVEN—HOW “THE FRESH-WATER CORSAIRS” CAME TO SUNKHAZE

CHAPTER EIGHT—THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT SWIMMING AND THE ENGINEER WHO WAS STOLEN

CHAPTER NINE—UP THE WINDING WAY TO THE “OGRE OF THE BIG WOODS.”

CHAPTER TEN—THE WANGAN DUEL

CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BEAR THAT WALKED LIKE A MAN

CHAPTER TWELVE—THE STRANGE “CAT-HERMIT OF MOXIE”

CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE BEAR OF THE BIG WOODS “BAITED” AFTER HIS OWN FASHION

CHAPTER FOURTEEN—HOW RODNEY PARKER PAID AN HONEST DEBT

CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE DAY WHEN POQUETTE BURST WIDE OPEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE PACT THAT OPENED RODNEY PARKER'S PROFESSIONAL FUTURE








BLOW THE MAN DOWN

A ROMANCE OF THE COAST


By Holman Day



CONTENTS


BLOW THE MAN DOWN

I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS

II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS

III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS

IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL

V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA

VI ~ AND WE SAILED

VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD

VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE

IX ~ A MAN'S JOB

X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON

XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY

XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET

XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM

XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE

XV ~ THE RULES OF THE ROAD

XVI ~ MILLIONS AND A MITE

XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG

XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE!

XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG

XX ~ TESTING OUT A MAN

XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT

XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER

XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH

XXIV ~ DOWN A GALLOPING SEA

XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR

XXVI ~ THE FANGS OF OLD RAZEE

XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD

XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK

XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE

XXX ~ THE MATTER OP A MONOGRAM IN WAX

XXXI ~ THE BIG FELLOW HIMSELF

XXXII ~ A GIRL'S DEAR “BECAUSE!”











PINE TREE BALLADS

Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ Up in Maine

By Holman F. Day






CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PINE TREE BALLADS

OUR HOME FOLKS

FEEDIN’ THE STOCK

JOHN W. JONES

DEED OF THE OLD HOME PLACE

OUR HOME FOLKS

THANKSGIVIN’ JIM

“OLD POSH”

THE SUN-BROWNED DADS OF MAINE

“HEAVENLY CROWN” RICH

OLD “FIGGER-FOUR”

PHEBE AND ICHABOD

WHEN OUR HERO COMES TO MAINE

UNCLE TASCUS AND THE DEED

SONGS OF THE SEA AND SHORE

TALE OF A SHAG-EYED SHARK

THE GREAT JEEHOOKIBUS WHALE

“AS BESEEMETH MEN”

THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE REVIEW

THE BALLAD OF ORASMUS NUTE

THE DORYMAN’S SONG

WE FELLERS DIGGIN’ CLAMS

DAN’L AND DUNK

THE AWFUL WAH-HOOH-WOW

SKIPPER JASON ELLISON

BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP

THE RAPO-GENUS CHRISTMAS BALL

BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP

WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH

THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS

’BOARD FOR THE ALLEGASH”

THE WANGAN CAMP

PLUG TOBACCO AT SOURDNAHUNK

O’CONNOR FROM THE DRIVE

JUST HUMAN NATURE

BALLAD OF OZY B. ORR

THE BALLAD OF “OLD SCRATCH”

WHEN ’LISH PLAYED OX

OLD “TEN PER CENT”

DIDN’T BUST HIS FORK

MEAN SAM GREEN

DICKERER JIM

BALLAD OF BENJAMIN BRANN

THE HEIRS

A. B. APPLETON, “PIRUT”

NEXT TO THE HEART

WITH LOVE—FROM MOTHER

THE QUAKER WEDDING

THE MADAWASKA WOOING

THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES

THE OLD PEWTER PITCHER

OUR GOOD PREVARICATORS

OUR LIARS HERE IN MAINE

THE BALLAD OF DOC PLUFF

THE BALLAD OF HUNNEMAN TWO

ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT

TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE

JIM’S TRANSLATION

ELIPHALET JONES—INVENTOR

THE PANTS JEMIMY MADE

BALLADS OF “CAPERS AND ACTIONS”

BALLAD OF ELKANAH B. ATKINSON

BALLAD OF OBADI FRYE

AT THE OLD FOLKS’ WHANG

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

DRIVIN’ THE STAGE

“DOC”

ANOTHER “TEA REBELLION”

“LIKE AN OLD COW’S TAIL”

PASSING IT ALONG

A SETTIN’ HEN

BALLAD OF DEACON PEASLEE

THE WORST TEACHER

THE TUCKVILLE GRAND BALL

THE ONE-RING SHOW

THE SWITCH FOR HIRAM BROWN

THE JUMPER

ISHMAEL’S BREED














WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS

Being the Personal Narrative of Ross Sidney, Diver

By Holman Day



CONTENTS

WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS

I—BEING THE STRUGGLE OF AN AMATEUR AUTHOR TO GET A FAIR START

II—ENDING WITH A MEETING ON PURGATORY HILL

III—ON ACCOUNT OF A GIRL

IV—THE TRAINING OF THE QUEEN OF “SHEBY”

V—SHOOING AWAY A SCAPEGOAT

VI—HAVING TO DO WITH JODREY VOSE’s MAKING OP A DIVER

VII—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A PLUG-HAT|

VIII—“TAKING IT OUT” ON A SUIT OF CLOTHES

IX—A GRISLY GAME OF BOWLS

X—THE ART OF PUTTING ON A FRONT

XI—THE FAILURE OF AN UNCLE-TAMER

XII—STARTING SOMETHING IN LEVANT

XIII—THE MAN WHO TALKED IN THE DARK

XIV—THE KICK-BACKS IN THIS SAMARITAN BUSINESS

XV—A TIP FROM MR. DAWLIN

XVI—GRABBING A HUSBAND AND FATHER

XVII—MONEY HAS LEGS

XVIII—THE ECCENTRICITIES OF ROYAL CITY

XIX—THE JOB Of AN ALTRUIST

XX—ACROSS CALLAS

XXI—THE SKIRMISH-LINE

XXII—MONEY ON THE GALLOP

XXIII—THE CLEAN-UP

XXIV—HOW SWEET IS THE HOME-COMING, EH?

XXV—GRATITUDE!

XXVI—CAPTAIN HOLSTROM ET AL.

XXVII—MR. BEASON HORNS IN

XXVIII—SORTING THE CHECKER-BOARD CREW

XXIX—THE TELLTALE RIBS

XXX—THE LOCKS OF THE SAND

XXXI—A TASTE OF BLOOD

XXXII—PER MISTER MONKEY

XXXIII—THE HEART OF THE MILLIONS

XXXIV—AMONG THIEVES

XXXV—SUBMARINE PICKPOCKETS

XXXVI—THE TERROR FROM THE NORTH

XXXVII—THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE








THE OWL TAXI

BY HULBERT FOOTNER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I The Transfer
II Greg's First Fare
III Greg's Second Fare
IV In the House on Ninth Street
V The Taxi Yard
VI Greg's Rival
VII The Undertaker
VIII The Hold-up
IX The Flivver as a Post-Office
X Amy's Story
XI The Ride Home
XII What the Little Black Book Contained
XIII De Socotra Hires T7011 Again
XIV Through the Streets
XV Nina
XVI The "Psychopathic Sanitarium"
XVII The Young Man with the Little Black Moustache
XVIII Blossom's Report
XIX The Abduction
XX Exit Senor Saunders
XXI Up-stairs and Down
XXII Nemesis
XXIII Conclusion











SQUIRE PHIN

By Holman Day

CONTENTS

SQUIRE PHIN

CHAPTER I—“HARD-TIMES” WHARFF COCKS HIS NOSE TO SNIFF TROUBLE

CHAPTER II—“HIME” LOOK’S HOMECOMING WITH AN ELEPHANT

CHAPTER III—FROM THE MOUTH OF MARRINER AMAZEEN

CHAPTER IV—SQUIRE PHIN FINDS HYMEN’S TORCH BURNING HIS FINGERS

CHAPTER V—HIRAM LOOK MEETS KLEBER WILLARD BRIEFLY AND BRISKLY

CHAPTER VI—SQUIRE PHIN HAS A WORD OF BUSINESS WITH KING BRADISH

CHAPTER VII—THE BUSINESS OF HUMAN HEARTS

CHAPTER VIII—SQUIRE PHIN ACTS AS PEACEMAKER

CHAPTER IX—SUMNER BADGER MAKES A WILL AND, UNWITTINGLY, A DISCLOSURE

CHAPTER X—HIRAM LOOK PULLS IN SIMON PEAK FROM THE FLOTSAM OF LIFE

CHAPTER XI—THE COMBINATION THAT PROVED TOO MUCH

CHAPTER XII—THE LIVELY FIRST APPEARANCE OF “THE LOOK BROTHERS

CHAPTER XIII—THE “COME-UPPANCE” OF CAPTAIN NYMPHUS BODFISH

CHAPTER XIV—THE PACT OF “ORPHAN HILL”

CHAPTER XV—SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES IN A “CORNET BRASS BAND”

CHAPTER XVI—THE DISAPPOINTING “TEST CASE” OF SUMNER BADGER,

CHAPTER XVII—WHAT DEVELOPED AT THE FORUM IN ASA BRICKETT’S STORE,

CHAPTER XVIII—YANKEE DISPOSITION IS NOT EXACTLY UNDERSTOOD,

CHAPTER XIX—SQUIRE PHIN SEES AND REPLEVINS WHAT BELONGS TO HIM

CHAPTER XX—PALERMO’S “MARCH MEETIN’”

CHAPTER XXI—WHY HIRAM LOOK WENT OUT OF THE CIRCUS BUSINESS

CHAPTER XXII—HOW SYLVENA WILLARD “TRIED IT ON THE DOG,”

CHAPTER XXIII—HIRAM LOOK’S TWO LIVELY BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS

CHAPTER XXIV—THE CREDIT SHEET, AFTER THE LOOK

CHAPTER XXV—AQUARIUS WHARFF SEES SOMETHING BESIDES HARD TIMES