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Ellen Walton, by Alvin Addison
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Title: Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims
Author: Alvin Addison
Release Date: July 22, 2005 [EBook #16345]
Language: English
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ELLEN WALTON;
OR, THE VILLAIN AND HIS VICTIMS.
BY ALVIN ADDISON,
AUTHOR OF THE RIVAL HUNTERS, ETC.
CINCINNATI: H.M. RULISON, QUEEN CITY PUBLISHING HOUSE, 115-1/2 MAIN STREET. PHILADELPHIA: QUAKER CITY PUBLISHING HOUSE, 32 SOUTH THIRD STREET. 1855.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by
H.M. RULISON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern District of Ohio.
CHAPTER I.
FLEMING'S HOTEL.
In the year 1785, as, also, prior and subsequent to that time, there was a hotel situated in one of the less frequented streets of Pittsburg, then the largest town west of the mountains, and kept by one Fleming, whence it derived the name of "Fleming's Hotel." This house, a small one, and indifferently furnished, was a favorite resort of the Indians who visited the town on trading expeditions. Fleming had