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Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk

Chapter 17 IN WHICH PHIL PUTS A CHECK ON THE OPERATIONS OF MR. BEN WATERFORD.

Word Count: 2107    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

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1 Chapter 1 IN WHICH PHIL HAS A TALK WITH HIS FATHER, AND REVIEWS HIS PAST HISTORY.2 Chapter 2 IN WHICH PHIL STARTS FOR CHICAGO, AND HEARS A FAMILIAR NAME.3 Chapter 3 IN WHICH PHIL MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MRS. WHIPPLETON.4 Chapter 4 IN WHICH PHIL IS CHIVALROUS, BUT HAS HIS EYES OPENED.5 Chapter 5 IN WHICH PHIL TAKES A ROOM AT MRS. WHIPPLETON'S BOARDING-HOUSE.6 Chapter 6 IN WHICH PHIL IS ENGAGED AS ENTRY CLERK FOR COLLINGSBY AND WHIPPLETON.7 Chapter 7 IN WHICH PHIL TAKES HIS PLACE AT THE DESK, AND IS ENGAGED FOR A YEAR.8 Chapter 8 IN WHICH PHIL TAKES A SAIL ON THE LAKE WITH MR. WHIPPLETON.9 Chapter 9 IN WHICH PHIL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE OUT A TRIAL BALANCE.10 Chapter 10 IN WHICH PHIL IS PERPLEXED ABOUT CERTAIN INVOICES.11 Chapter 11 IN WHICH PHIL TAKES CHARGE OF MRS. WHIPPLETON'S EARTHLY TREASURE.12 Chapter 12 IN WHICH PHIL VISITS THE HOUSE OF MR. COLLINGSBY, AND SEES MISS MARIAN.13 Chapter 13 IN WHICH PHIL LOOKS INTO THE OPERATIONS OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER.14 Chapter 14 IN WHICH PHIL MEETS WITH A SERIOUS CATASTROPHE.15 Chapter 15 IN WHICH PHIL GOES TO WORK IN THE COOK-ROOM OF THE MARIAN.16 Chapter 16 IN WHICH PHIL PROMISES NOT TO DESERT MISS COLLINGSBY.17 Chapter 17 IN WHICH PHIL PUTS A CHECK ON THE OPERATIONS OF MR. BEN WATERFORD.18 Chapter 18 IN WHICH PHIL PROTESTS WITH THE BOAT-HOOK, BUT IS PROTESTED.19 Chapter 19 IN WHICH PHIL PROFITS BY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WEIGHS ANCHOR IN THE MARIAN.20 Chapter 20 IN WHICH PHIL SAILS THE MARIAN ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN.21 Chapter 21 IN WHICH PHIL ANSWERS SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT THE FAWN, AND OTHER MATTERS.22 Chapter 22 IN WHICH PHIL IS BEWILDERED, AND THE MARIAN SAILS FOR CHICAGO.23 Chapter 23 IN WHICH PHIL, IN THE MARIAN, GETS THE WEATHER-GAGE OF THE FLORINA.24 Chapter 24 IN WHICH PHIL GOES TO SLEEP, AND HIS SEVEREST CATASTROPHE COMES.25 Chapter 25 IN WHICH PHIL SUFFERS MUCH PAIN, AND MARIAN IS VERY RESOLUTE.26 Chapter 26 IN WHICH PHIL FINDS THE TABLES TURNED, AND THE MARIAN RUNS INTO CHICAGO RIVER.27 Chapter 27 IN WHICH PHIL VISITS MR. COLLINGSBY AGAIN, AND IS A HERO IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.28 Chapter 28 IN WHICH PHIL MORALIZES UPON WORLDLY WISDOM, AND BIDS FAREWELL TO DESK AND DEBIT.