Outpost

Outpost

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Title: Outpost

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OUTPOST.
BY J. G. AUSTIN,
AUTHOR OF "DORA DARLING, OR THE DAUGHTER OF THE
REGIMENT," &C.
BOSTON:

1867.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
SUNSHINE
CHAPTER II.
THE LITTLE WIFE
CHAPTER III.
CHERRYTOE
CHAPTER IV.
THE CHILDREN OF MERRIGOLAND
CHAPTER V.
THE RUNAWAY
CHAPTER VI.
MOTHER WINCH
CHAPTER VII.
TEDDY'S LITTLE SISTER
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FAYVER

CHAPTER IX.
THE NIGHT-WATCH
CHAPTER X.
THE EMPTY NEST
CHAPTER XI.
A TRACE AND A SEARCH
CHAPTER XII.
TEDDY'S TEMPTATION
CHAPTER XIII.
THE CACHUCA
CHAPTER XIV.
GIOVANNI AND PANTALON
CHAPTER XV.
THE PINK-SILK DRESS
CHAPTER XVI.
BEGINNING A NEW LIFE
CHAPTER XVII.
WHOLESALE MURDER
CHAPTER XVIII.

DORA DARLING
CHAPTER XIX.
A CHAMBER OF MEMORIES
CHAPTER XX.
A LETTER AND AN OFFER
CHAPTER XXI.
GIOVANNI'S ROOM
CHAPTER XXII.
THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXIII.
TEDDY LOSES AND FINDS HIS HOME
CHAPTER XXIV.
MR. BURROUGHS'S BUSINESS
CHAPTER XXV.
MAN VERSUS DOG
CHAPTER XXVI.
MRS. GINNISS HAS A VISITOR
CHAPTER XXVII.
TEDDY FINDS A NEW PATRON

CHAPTER XXVIII.
WELCOME HOME
CHAPTER XXIX.
LIFE AT OUTPOST
CHAPTER XXX.
KITTY IN THE WOODS
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE FOX UNDER THE ROBE
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE PAINTER AND UNCLE 'SIAH'S HARNAH
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A GLEAM OF DAWN
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE FIRST CHANCE
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE SECOND CHANCE
CHAPTER XXXVI.
TREASURE-TROVE
CHAPTER XXXVII.

TEDDY'S PRIVILEGE
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
WHAT DORA SAID
CHAPTER XXXIX.
A SURPRISE FOR MRS. GINNISS
CHAPTER XL.
THE WEDDING-DAY
CHAPTER XLI.
KARL TO DORA

OUTPOST.
CHAPTER I.
SUNSHINE.

"The last day of October!" said the Sun to himself,--"the last day of my
favorite month, and the birthday of my little namesake! See if I don't
make the most of it!"
So the Sun called to all the winds and all the breezes, who, poor things!
had but just gone to bed after a terrible night's work, ordering them to
get up directly, and sweep the sky as clear as a bell; and bid all the
clouds, whether big white mountains, little pinky islands, sweeping
mares'-tails, or freckled mackerel-back, to put themselves out of the
way, and keep out of it until November; when, as the Sun remarked
with a sigh, they would have it all their own way.

"And as soon as that job's done," continued he, "you may go to bed
again in the Mountains of the Moon; for you will only disturb me if you
are about."
So the winds, grumbling and sighing a little, went to their work; and
the Sun, after a good dip in the Atlantic Ocean, began to roll up the
eastern sky, flecking the waves with diamond spray, touching up the
gay-colored leaves still clinging to the forest-trees, blazing on the town
and city clocks to let every one know how late it