Writer: Joseph Crosby Lincoln

This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. THE WOMAN-HATERS by JOSEPH C. LINCOLN FOREWORD (By Way of Explanation) A story of mine called, like this, “The Woman-Haters,” appeared recently in one of the magazines. That story was not this one, except in part–the part dealing with “John Brown” and Miss Ruth Graham. Readers of

This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. THE RISE OF ROSCOE PAINE by Joseph C. Lincoln CHAPTER I “I’m going up to the village,” I told Dorinda, taking my cap from the hook behind the dining-room door. “What for?” asked Dorinda, pushing me to one side and reaching for the dust-cloth, which also was

This etext was produced by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com THE PORTYGEE by JOSEPH C. LINCOLN CHAPTER I Overhead the clouds cloaked the sky; a ragged cloak it was, and, here and there, a star shone through a hole, to be obscured almost instantly as more cloud tatters were hurled across the rent. The pines threshed on

This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. THE DEPOT MASTER by Joseph C. Lincoln CONTENTS CHAPTER I.–AT THE DEPOT II.–SUPPLY AND DEMAND III.–“STINGY GABE” IV.–THE MAJOR V.–A BABY AND A ROBBERY VI.–AVIATION AND AVARICE VII.–CAPTAIN SOL DECIDES TO MOVE VIII.–THE OBLIGATIONS OF A GENTLEMAN IX.–THE WIDOW BASSETT X.–CAPTAIN JONADAB GOES XI. THE GREAT METROPOLIS

This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. THANKFUL’S INHERITANCE by Joseph C. Lincoln CHAPTER I The road from Wellmouth Centre to East Wellmouth is not a good one; even in dry weather and daylight it is not that. For the first two miles it winds and twists its sandy way over bare hills, with

Produced by Donald Lainson. HTML version by Ronald Holder, Rick Niles “SHAVINGS” by Joseph C. Lincoln CHAPTER I Mr. Gabriel Bearse was happy. The prominence given to this statement is not meant to imply that Gabriel was, as a general rule, unhappy. Quite the contrary; Mr. Bearse’s disposition was a cheerful one and the cares

This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. MARY-‘GUSTA by Joseph C. Lincoln MARY-‘GUSTA CHAPTER I On the twentieth day of April in the year 19–, the people–that is, a majority of the grown people of Ostable–were talking of Marcellus Hall and Mary-‘Gusta. A part of this statement is not surprising. The average person, no

This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. KEZIAH COFFIN by Joseph C. Lincoln CONTENTS CHAPTER I.–IN WHICH KEZIAH HEARS OF TWO PROPOSALS AND THE BEGINNING OF A THIRD II.–IN WHICH KEZIAH UNEARTHS A PROWLER III.–IN WHICH KEZIAH ASSUMES A GUARDIANSHIP IV.–IN WHICH KEZIAH’S PARSON DECIDES TO RUN IT BLINDFOLD V.–IN WHICH THE PARSON CRUISES

This etext was produced by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. CY WHITTAKER’S PLACE by JOSEPH C. LINCOLN CONTENTS CHAPTER I.–THE PERFECT BOARDING HOUSE II.–THE WANDERER’S RETURN III.–“FIXIN’ OVER” IV.–BAILEY BANGS’S EXPERIMENT V.–A FRONT DOOR CALLER VI.–ICICLES AND DUST VII.–CAPTAIN CY PROVES DELINQUENT VIII.–THE “COW LADY” IX.–POLITICS AND BIRTHDAYS X.–A LETTER AND A VISITOR XI.–A BARGAIN OFF XII.–“TOWN

This eBook was produced by Don Lainson. CAPE COD STORIES ALSO PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE OF “THE OLD HOME HOUSE” by JOSEPH C. LINCOLN CONTENTS TWO PAIRS OF SHOES THE COUNT AND THE MANAGER THE SOUTH SHORE WEATHER BUREAU THE DOG STAR THE MARE AND THE MOTOR THE MARK ON THE DOOR THE LOVE OF

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Joshua Hutchinson and PG Distributed Proofreaders Cape Cod Ballads and Other Verse By Joseph C. Lincoln _With Drawings by Edward W. Kemble_ 1902 To My Wife This book is affectionately dedicated Preface A friend has objected to the title of this book on the ground that, as many of the characters

This etext was produced by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com. CAP’N WARREN’S WARDS by JOSEPH C. LINCOLN CHAPTER I “Ostable!” screamed the brakeman, opening the car door and yelling his loudest, so as to be heard above the rattle of the train and the shriek of the wind; “Ostable!” The brakeman’s cap was soaked through, his hair