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THE NINE-TENTHS

BY JAMES OPPENHEIM
1911

TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER




CONTENTS


PART I--THE DREAM

I.    THE PRINTERY

II.   THE EAST EIGHTY-FIRST STREET FIRE

III.  THE GOOD PEOPLE

IV.   GOLDEN OCTOBER

V.    MYRA AND JOE

VI.   MARTY BRIGGS

VII.  LAST OF JOE BLAINE AND HIS MEN

VIII. THE WIND IN THE OAKS


PART II--THE TEST

I.    BEGINNINGS

II.   THE NINE-TENTHS

III.  OTHERS: AND SALLY HEFFER

IV.   OTHERS: AND THEODORE MARRIN

V.    FORTY-FIVE TREACHEROUS MEN

VI.   A FIGHT IN GOOD EARNEST

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