gONTENTS.
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CHAPTER I. Early Incidents .......................  9
CHAPTER IL. Removal to Kentucky .    ............... 16
CHAPTER III. Starting in Life .................... 26
CHAPTER IV. A Trip to Mill        .     .      36
CHAPTER V. On to Richmond         .     .      41
CHAPTER VI. Five Years in Clerk's Office  ..     52
CHAPTER VII. Clerk's Office Life Continued  ... 65
CHAPTER VIII. First Fire .    ........................ 78
CHAPTER IX. My First Courtship      .    .     88
CHAPTER X. Bashfulness .    ........................ 97
CHAPTER XI. Life in Irvine   .     .............. 108
CHAPTER XII. A Strange History   .    ........... 125
CHAPTER XIII. A Debate    .     ............... 142
CHAPTER XIV. Elected Commonwealth's Attorney.. 156
CHAPrER XV. Official Life  .     .............. 174
CHAPTER XVI. Official Life Continued .  ......... 186
CHAPTER XVII. Debt     .      ................. 199
CHAPTER XVIII. Debt, Expenses, and Labor ....... 208
CHAPTER XIX. Banker's Life  .     ............. 222
CHAPTER XX. Conclusion    .     ............... 229

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