The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Sutton E. Griggs

"Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God."

THE
HINDERED HAND:

OR,

THE REIGN OF THE
REPRESSIONIST.

BY

SUTTON E. GRIGGS.

THIRD EDITION—REVISED.

AMS PRESS
NEW YORK

ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY ROBERT E. BELL.

"The young woman looked into his face"    20-21
"Her pretty brown eyes nestling"    24-25
"Name me as I was named"    40-41
"The rock battle was now on"    54-55
"What do they take me to be"    86-87
"Yer air jes' a plain, orternary liah"    114-115
"Poor Bud, her helpless husband"    134-135
"To and fro the two men swayed"    164-165
"Is it a crime for me?"    174-175
"I have tellerphoned 'round the world"    184-185
"She made a flag of truce"    188-189
"Don't circumscribe the able, noble souls"    234-235
"We machine men in the South"    258-259
"Ensal bent forward and kissed Tiara"    290-291
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
OCCURRENCES THAT PUZZLE    11
CHAPTER II.
HIS FACE WAS HER GUIDE    19
CHAPTER III.
WHEREIN FORESTA FIRST APPEARS    24
CHAPTER IV.
THE WAYS OF A SEEKER AFTER FAME    30
CHAPTER V.
RATHER LATE IN LIFE TO BE STILL NAMELESS    36
CHAPTER VI.
FRIENDLY ENEMIES    46
CHAPTER VII.
OFFICERS OF THE LAW    53
CHAPTER VIII.
A MESSENGER THAT HESITATES    62
CHAPTER IX.
A PLOTTER IS HE    67
CHAPTER X.
ARABELLE SEABRIGHT    72
CHAPTER XI.
UNUSUAL FOR A MAN    77
CHAPTER XII.
A HONEYMOON OUT OF THE USUAL ORDER    82
CHAPTER XIII.
SHREWD MRS. CRAWFORD    88
CHAPTER XIV.
ALENE AND RAMON    94
CHAPTER XV.
UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS    99
CHAPTER XVI.
AN EAGER SEARCHER    108
CHAPTER XVII.
PECULIAR DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS    113
CHAPTER XVIII.
MISTS THAT VANISH    117
CHAPTER XIX.
THE FUGITIVES FLEE AGAIN    122
CHAPTER XX.
THE BLAZE    129
CHAPTER XXI.
PLANNING TO ACT    138
CHAPTER XXII.
THE TWO PATHWAYS    142
CHAPTER XXIII.
THEY GRAPPLE    162
CHAPTER XXIV.
OUT OF JOINT WITH HIS TIMES    167
CHAPTER XXV.
A JOYFUL FAREWELL    178
CHAPTER XXVI.
GUS MARTIN    182
CHAPTER XXVII.
TIARA MYSTIFIES US    187
CHAPTER XXVIII.
POOR FELLOW!    191
CHAPTER XXIX.
A REVELATION    195
CHAPTER XXX.
MR. A. HOSTILITY    201
CHAPTER XXXI.
TWO OF A KIND    206
CHAPTER XXXII.
WORKING AND WAITING    214
CHAPTER XXXIII.
BACK IN ALMAVILLE    220
CHAPTER XXXIV.
A GREAT DAY IN COURT    224
CHAPTER XXXV.
EUNICE! EUNICE!    240
CHAPTER XXXVI.
ENTHUSIASTIC JOHN BLUE    252
CHAPTER XXXVII.
POSTPONING HIS SHOUT OF TRIUMPH    265
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
HE CANNOT, BUT HE DOES!    269
CHAPTER XXXIX.
A SON OF THE NEW SOUTH    276
CHAPTER XL.
SORROW AND GLADNESS    289

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