



Produced by Al Haines.




[Illustration: Cover art]




[Illustration: He threw a piece of silver upon the banner of the
salvationists.--_Page_ 180]




                             JUDGE ELBRIDGE


                                   BY

                               OPIE READ



                               AUTHOR Of
                   "AN ARKANSAS PLANTER," "THE WATERS
                       OF CANEY FORK," "A YANKEE
                          FROM THE WEST," ETC.



                         CHICAGO AND NEW YORK:
                    RAND, McNALLY & CO., PUBLISHERS.
                               MDCCCXCIX.




                Copyright, 1899, by Rand, McNally & Co.




                               *CONTENTS*

CHAPTER

      I. THE STUDENT AND THE ORATOR
     II. THE FAMILY JOKE
    III. THE NIGHT CAME BACK WITH A RUSH
     IV. STOOD LOOKING AT THEM
      V. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS STRONG
     VI. THE WEXTON CLUB
    VII. WENT OUT TO "DIG"
   VIII. SAW THE BLACK FACE, GRIM, WITHOUT A SMILE
     IX. HEARD A GONG IN THE ALLEY
      X. WILLIAM AGREED WITH THE JUDGE
     XI. THE OLD OFFICE
    XII. WALKED AND REPENTED
   XIII. WANTED TO SEE HIS SON
    XIV. A PROPOSITION TO MAKE
     XV. DID NOT TOUCH HER
    XVI. WITH AN EAR TURNED TOWARD THE DOOR
   XVII. LYING ON THE SIDEWALK
  XVIII. MADE HIS PROPOSITION
    XIX. THE GIRL AGAIN
     XX. THE PREACHER CONFESSES
    XXI. UP THE STAIRS AND DOWN AGAIN
   XXII. TOLD HIM GOOD-BYE
  XXIII. THE LIGHT BREAKS
   XXIV