Parker, Gilbert, 1860-1932 / 2008-07-01 00:00:00

EBOOK WILD YOUTH, VOLUME COMPLETE ***


Produced by David Widger


WILD YOUTH
By Gilbert Parker

Volume 1.
I. THE MAZARINES TAKE POSSESSION
II. "MY NAME IS LOUISE"
III. "I HAVE FOUGHT WITH BEASTS AT EPHESUS"
IV. TWO SIDES TO A BARGAIN
V. ORLANDO HAS AN ADVENTURE
VI. "THINGS MUST HAPPEN"
VII. "THE ZOOLYOGICAL GARDEN"
VIII. THE ORIENTAL WAY OF IT
IX. THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
Volume 2.
X. THE MOON WAS NOT ALONE
XI. LOUISE
XII. MAN UNNATURAL
XIII. ORLANDO GIVES A WARNING
XIV. FILION AND FIONA--ALSO PATSY KERNAGHAN
XV. OUTWARD BOUND
XVI. AT THE CROSS TRAILS
XVII. THE SUPERIOR MAN
XVIII. YOUTH HAS ITS WAY


WILD YOUTH

CHAPTER I
THE MAZARINES TAKE POSSESSION
From the beginning, Askatoon had had more character and idiosyncrasy than
any other town in the West. Perhaps that was because many of its citizens
had marked personality, while some were distinctly original--a few so
original as to be almost bizarre. The general intelligence was high, and
this made the place alert for the new observer. It slept with one eye
open; it waked with both eyes wide--as wide as the windows of the world.
The virtue of being bright and clever was a doctrine which had never been
taught in Askatoon; it was as natural as eating and drinking.
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