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The Tinder-Box
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Title: The Tinder-Box
Author: Maria Thompson Daviess
Release Date: February 1, 2005 [EBook #14863]
Language: English
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THE TINDER-BOX
[Illustration: "You don't need another vine," I answered mutinously.]
THE TINDER-BOX
BY
MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS
Author of
"The Melting of Molly," "Miss Selina Lue," "Sue Jane," Etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN EDWIN JACKSON
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO.
_Published, November, 1913_
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO HANNAH DAVIESS PITTMAN WHO BLAZED MY TRAIL AND STILL DOES
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE LOAD 3
II. THE MAIDEN LANCE 26
III. A FLINT-SPARK 48
IV. SWEETER WHEN TAMED? 79
V. DEEPER THAN SHOULDERS OR RIBS 105
VI. MAN AND THE ASAFETIDA SPOON 136
VII. SOME SMOLDERINGS 173
VIII. AN ATTAINED TO-MORROW 211
IX. DYNAMITE 248
X. TOGETHER? 282
ILLUSTRATIONS
"You don't