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From Wealth to Poverty

by Austin Potter

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Dedication — Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — A Departure
  4. 4Chapter II — Richard and Ruth Ashton
  5. 5Chapter III — On the Down Grade
  6. 6Chapter IV — Sails for America, and Meets a Kindly Welcome
  7. 7Chapter V — Good Resolutions; a Tempter, and a Fall
  8. 8Chapter VI — Arrival in Canada: A Friendly Host Applies for a Situa…
  9. 9Chapter VII — Mr. and Mrs. Gurney
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Ashton Meets With Friends and Secures a Situation
  11. 11Chapter IX — Ruth’s Misgivings and Mental Agony
  12. 12Chapter X — All in Canada
  13. 13Chapter XI — Aunt Debie and Her Friends
  14. 14Chapter XII — A Worthy Sheriff and Judge — Dr. Dalton
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Ruth Ashton’s Introduction to Aunt Debie Ruth’s Dilemma
  16. 16Chapter XIV — A Happy Home
  17. 17Chapter XV — Mr. and Mrs. Gurney’s Satisfaction With Ashton; Mutual…
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Ashton Re-Visits Old Scenes
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Mr. Howe Gives His Views in Regard to Canada
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Banquet, and What Followed
  21. 21Chapter XIX — A Startling Newspaper Item to Mr. and Mrs. Reid
  22. 22Chapter XX — A Base Plot, and What It Led To
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Utterly Broken — Blasted Hopes
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Dunkin Act — A Discussion in Which Strong Langua…
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The Conspirators Formulating Their Scheme
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Alderman Toper’s Flattering Opinion of the “Dodger”
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Friends of Temperance Rejoicing Over the Victory
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — In Which the Reader Listens to a Tete-a-Tete Between…
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Barton’s Despair, and What It Led To
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The Conspirators Perfecting the Details of Their C…
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Mr. Brown’s Opinion of the Trial and the Presiding M…
  32. 32Chapter XXX — The Insult to Allie Ashton — Her Gallant Defender
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — Richard Ashton and Little Mamie — Mamie’s Dream
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — A Bar-Room Settlement of a Misunderstanding
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — The House and Family of Morris — He Nearly Kills L…
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — Tom Flatt’s Hut — A Description of the Scene in Whi…
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — John, Jun.’s Wedding — Barton’s Murder — Luella Seal…
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Some of the Characters Who Helped the Repeal — A Ho…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — Death of Little Mamie — A Promise
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — Richard Ashton Murderously Attacked — His Death
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — Mr. Gurney Speaks His Mind — Deaths of Dr. Dalton a…
  42. 42Chapter XL — Conclusion

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