



Produced by Linda P. Kemper-Holzman, and David Widger









KILO

Being the Love Story of Eliph' Hewlitt Book Agent


By Ellis Parker Butler





Contents

KILO

   CHAPTER I.   Eliph' Hewlitt
   CHAPTER II.   Susan
   CHAPTER III.   "How to Win the Affections"
   CHAPTER IV.   Kilo
   CHAPTER V.   Sammy Mills
   CHAPTER VI.   The Castaway
   CHAPTER VII.   The Colonel
   CHAPTER VIII.  The Medium-Sized Box
   CHAPTER IX.   The Witness
   CHAPTER X.   The Boss Grafter
   CHAPTER XI.   The False Gods of Doc Weaver
   CHAPTER XII.   Getting Acquainted
   CHAPTER XIII.   "Second: A Small Present"
   CHAPTER XIV.   Something Turns Up
   CHAPTER XV.   Difficulties
   CHAPTER XVI.   Two Lovers, and a Third
   CHAPTER XVII.   According to Jarby's
   CHAPTER XVIII.      Another Trial
   CHAPTER XIX.   Pap Briggs' Hen Food






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CHAPTER I. Eliph' Hewlitt

Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent, seated in his weather-beaten top buggy,
drove his horse, Irontail, carefully along the rough Iowa hill road that
leads from Jefferson to Clarence. The Horse, a rusty gray, tottered in
a loose-jointed manner from side to side of the road, half asleep in
the sun, and was indolent in every muscle of his body, except his tail,
which thrashed violently at the flies. Eliph' Hewlitt drove with his
hands held high, almost on a level with his sandy whiskers, for he was
well acquainted with Irontail.

The road seemed to pass through a region of large farms, offering few
opportunities for selling books, the houses being so far apart,