Contents
from the Portland Daily Advertiser, June 2, 1897
from Disguise, Dual Identity, and the Moosepath LeagueA Monograph by Basil Penwall (1947)
PROLOGUE: THE DARK ROOM
June 3, 1897
BOOK ONE: WEDDING AND DEPARTURE
June 4–5, 1897
1. THE MEMBERS WERE EARLY (June 4, 1897)
from the Eastern Argus, June 5, 1897
2. BRIDE AND GROOM
3. A KITCHEN FULL AND A CHORUS OF TWO
4. VARIED SPECIES OF CHICKENS CAME HOME TO ROOST
5. THE UNPREDICTED STORM
6. TIME AND TIDE
7. A RUM BUSINESS
8. GATHERED ON THAT DAY
9. THE WEDDING
10. THE FIRST SHOT OF A DISTANT CONFLICT
11. INDICATIONS
12. DEPARTURE (June 5, 1897)
from the Eastern Argus, June 7, 1897
BOOK TWO: MRS. MORRELL’S ANNUAL JUNE BALL
June 8, 1897
13. PICKING THE PRINCIPALS
14. PARTNERS BOW
15. CUTTING IN
16. A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
17. PRINCIPALS IN PLAY
18. CHARMED
19. PRISCILLA
20. PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING
21. PRINCIPALS IN ACTION
22. MUCH MIGHT OCCUR
23. CHASING SOLACE
24. TENDING TEACUP
25. THE INDIAN BRIDGE
BOOK THREE: THE SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF SUNDRY MOSS
June 9–10, 1897
from the Portland Daily Advertiser, June 7, 1897
26. LEAVING WITHOUT KNOWING (June 9, 1897)
27. QUICK AT FIGURES
28. SUNDRY PUTS IN HIS OWN OAR
29. SOMEONE’S MR. MOSS
30. SADNESS AND POSSIBILITY
31. SETTING COURSE
32. MR. NORMELL
33. A BAD JUNCTURE BETWEEN STOPS
34. LILLIE IN THE FIELDS
35. PROOF THE DAY WOULD END
36. ODD ENOUGH
37. LAUGHING WATER
38. TIM’S BURDEN
39. AMONG THE DROONE AND NORMELL
40. THE DEAFENED MAN THOUGHT WHISPERS WERE SILENCE
41. MEETING HORACE
42. DUTTEN LANE
43. WHAT ABNER SAW AT THE FAIR
44. ON THE CUSP OF KNOWING
45. ONE WHY BUT NOT ANOTHER
46. MOTHS THROUGH A WINDOW
47. THE PATH OF BEST INTENT WENT BOTH WAYS
48. LIGHT AND DAWN (June 10, 1897)
49. AN ELF FROM THE WOODS
50. THE DOWSE
51. THE KNIGHT ON THE ROAD
52. BODY OF LIES
53. CRUXES AND CRANKS
54. ONE FELL SWEEP
55. THE LAST TIME HE SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE
BOOK FOUR: SMALL ENDS UNDONE
June 14–15, 1897
56. THE MANTEL WATCH (June 14, 1897)
57. MEN WITH LITTLE MOTIVE (June 15, 1897)
from Mister Tobias Walton, June 9, 1897
58. PASSPORT AND VERIFICATION
EPILOGUE: HARD BUSINESS
June 16, 1897
Author’s Note