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The Old Game, by Samuel G. Blythe
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Title: The Old Game A Retrospect after Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon
Author: Samuel G. Blythe
Release Date: July 2, 2009 [EBook #29292]
Language: English
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The Old Game
A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon
By Samuel G. Blythe
Author of "The Price of Place," "Cutting It Out," etc. etc.
New York George H. Doran Company
COPYRIGHT, 1914 BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
The Old Game
CONTENTS
PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY 9
II. A BACKWARD GLANCE FROM A HILLOCK OF ABSTINENCE 15
III. GETTING THE ALCOHOL OUT OF ONE'S SYSTEM 21
IV. THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN VAIN 29
V. A THIRSTY NATION'S NEED 37
VI. THE JEERS OF THE SMART ALECS 45
VII. MORE TIME FOR OTHER THINGS 51
VIII. LEISURE PUT TO GOOD USES 59
IX. ALCOHOL AND THE TOLL IT TAKES 67
I: Introductory
In a few minutes it will be three years and a half