Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition, by Marietta HolleyThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Samantha at the St. Louis ExpositionAuthor: Marietta HolleyRelease Date: May 19, 2004 [eBook #12386]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SAMANTHA AT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION***E-text prepared by Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersSAMANTHA AT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITIONBYJOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE (MARIETTA HOLLEY)ILLUSTRATIONS BY CH. GRUNWALD1904LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[Transcriber's note: These are the captioned halftone illustrations.There are several other uncaptioned line drawings.]He showed 'em in a careless way as much as fifteen dollars in cashJosiah's good nater returnin' with every mouthful he tookIt is the big crowd that is surgin' through the Pike to and fro, fro and to"I hain't Theodore. I'm President of a Gas Company."She laid her pretty head in my lap, sobbin' out, "What shall I do? What shall I do?"Good land! I couldn't sort 'em out and describe them that passed by in an hour. FrontispieceSAMANTHA AT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITIONCHAPTER I.I had noticed for some time that Josiah Allen had acted queer. He would seem lost in thought anon or oftener, and thenseemin'ly roust himself up and try ...