Ten nights in a bar-room and what I saw there

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Ten nights in a bar-room and what I saw there (1882)
by Timothy Shay Arthur

Night the First – The "Sickle and Sheaf"

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Early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Original publication 1854.

2056326Ten nights in a bar-room and what I saw there1882Timothy Shay Arthur

TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-ROOM,

AND

What I Saw There.

BY

T. S. ARTHUR,

AUTHOR OF "THE BAR-ROOMS AT BRANTLEY," "ORANGE BLOSSOMS,"
ETC., ETC., ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:

PORTER & COATES.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
T. S. ARTHUR,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Re-issued according to Act of Congress, and entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1882, by
T. S. ARTHUR,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

NIGHT THE FIRST.
PAGE
The "Sickle and Sheaf" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		7

NIGHT THE SECOND.
The Changes of a Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		52

NIGHT THE THIRD.
Joe Morgan's Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		87

NIGHT THE FOURTH.
Death of Little Mary Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		122

NIGHT THE FIFTH.
Some of the Consequences of Tavern-Keeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		154

NIGHT THE SIXTH.
More Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		197

NIGHT THE SEVENTH.
Sowing the Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		224

NIGHT THE EIGHTH.
Reaping the Whirlwind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		292

NIGHT THE NINTH.
A Fearful Consummation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		325

NIGHT THE TENTH.
The Closing Scene at the "Sickle and Sheaf" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		345

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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