Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924. The Harvester
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"Soon she was close enough to prove that she
was young and very lovely"
THE
HARVESTER
BY
GENE STRATTON-PORTER
AUTHOR OF
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST,
FRECKLES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
W. L. JACOBS
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1911 BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
THIS PORTION OF THE LIFE OF A MAN OF TO-DAY
IS OFFERED IN THE HOPE THAT IN
CLEANLINESS, POETIC TEMPERMENT
AND MENTAL FORCE, A
LIKENESS WILL
BE SEEN
TO
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Belshazzar's Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. The Effect of a Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
III. Harvesting the Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
IV. A Commission for the South Wind . . . . . . . . . .50
V. When the Harvester Made Good. . . . . . . . . . . .68
VI. To Labour and to Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
VII. The Quest of the Dream Girl . . . . . . . . . . . 104
VIII. Belshazzar's Record Point . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
IX. The Harvester Goes Courting . . . . . . . . . . . 153
X. The Chime of the Blue Bells . . . . . . . . . . . 169
XI. Demonstrated Courtship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
XII. "The Way of a Man with a Maid". . . . . . . . . 219
XIII. When the Dream Came True. . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
XIV. Snowy Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
XV. The Harvester Interprets Life . . . . . . . . . . 307
XVI. Granny Moreland's Visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
XVII. Love Invades Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
XVIII. The Better Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
XIX. A Vertical Spine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
XX. The Man in the Background . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
XXI. The Coming of the Bluebird. . . . . . . . . . . . 531
CHARACTERS
DAVID LANGSTON, A Harvester of the Woods.
RUTH JAMESON, A Girl of the City.
GRANNY MORELAND, An Interested Neighbour.
DR. CAREY, Chief Surgeon of the Onabasha Hospital.
MRS. CAREY, Wife of the Doctor.
DR. HARMON, Who Concludes to Leave the City.
MOLLY BARNET, A Hospital Nurse with a Heart.
HENRY JAMESON, A Trader Without a Heart.
ALEXANDER HERRON, Who Made a Concession.
MRS. HERRON, A Gentle Woman.
THE KENNEDYS, Philadelphia Lawyers.
