The Pursuit of the Houseboat

By Bangs, John Kendrick

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Title:	The Pursuit of the Houseboat
Author:	Bangs, John Kendrick
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
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Excerpt: Chapter 1. THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTION. THE House?boat of the Associated Shades, formerly located upon the River Styx, as the reader may possibly remember, had been torn from its moorings and navigated out into unknown seas by that vengeful pirate Captain Kidd, aided and abetted by some of the most ruffianly inhabitants of Hades. Like a thief in the night had they come, and for no better reason than that the Captain had been unanimously voted a shade too shady to associate with self?respecting spirits had they made off with the happy floating club?house of their betters; and worst of all, with them, by force of circumstances over which they had no control, had sailed also the fair Queen Elizabeth, the spirited Xanthippe, and every other strong?minded and beautiful woman of Erebean society, whereby the men thereof were rendered desolate. ?I can?t stand it!? cried Raleigh, desperately, as with his accustomed grace he presided over a special meeting of the club, called on the bank of the inky Stygian stream, at the point where the missing boat had been moored. ?Think of it, gentlemen, Elizabeth of England, Calpurnia of Rome, Ophelia of Denmark, and every precious jewel in our social diadem gone, vanished completely; and with whom? Kidd, of all men in the universe!

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Pursuit of the House?Boat, 1 -- John Kendrick Bangs, 1 -- Chapter I: THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTION, 1 -- Chapter II: THE STRANGER UNRAVELS A MYSTERY AND REVEALS HIMSELF, 5 -- Chapter III: THE SEARCH?PARTY IS ORGANIZED, 12 -- Chapter IV: ON BOARD THE HOUSE?BOAT, 16 -- Chapter V: A CONFERENCE ON DECK, 20 -- Chapter VI: A CONFERENCE BELOW?STAIRS, 24 -- Chapter VII: THE GEHENNA IS CHARTERED, 28 -- Chapter VIII: ON BOARD THE GEHENNA, 32 -- Chapter IX: CAPTAIN KIDD MEETS WITH AN OBSTACLE, 37 -- Chapter X: A WARNING ACCEPTED, 42 -- Chapter XI: MAROONED, 46 -- Chapter XII: THE ESCAPE AND THE END, 50





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