THE GOLD BRICK
THE GOLD BRICK
By
BRAND WHITLOCK
Author of
THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
HER INFINITE VARIETY THE HAPPY AVERAGE
THE TURN OF THE BALANCE
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1910
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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BROOKLYN, N. Y.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I | The Gold Brick | 1 |
| II | The Has-Been | 35 |
| III | What Will Become of Annie? | 65 |
| IV | The Vindication of Henderson of Greene | 89 |
| V | Senate Bill 578 | 119 |
| VI | Macochee’s First Campaign Fund | 139 |
| VII | A Secret of State | 165 |
| VIII | The Colonel’s Last Campaign | 201 |
| IX | Reform in The First | 232 |
| X | Malachi Nolan | 262 |
| XI | The Pardon of Thomas Whalen | 302 |
| XII | That Boy | 333 |
The stories in this book were originally publishedin The Saturday Evening Post, The AmericanMagazine and Ainslee’s Magazine, and to thesepublications acknowledgments are due for theircourtesy in giving permission for republication.
THE GOLD BRICK
THE GOLD BRICK
TEN thousand dollars a year! Neil Kittrell leftthe office of the Morning Telegraph in a daze.He was insensible of the r