A Novel

JOHN BARLEYCORN

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JOHN BARLEYCORN

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JOHN BARLEYCORN

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01 CHAPTER I It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California
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02 CHAPTER II And, ere I begin, I must ask the reader to walk with me in all
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03 CHAPTER III I was five years old the first time I got drunk. It was on a hot day,
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04 CHAPTER IV My next bout with John Barleycorn occurred when I was seven.
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05 CHAPTER V This physical loathing for alcohol I have never got over. But I have
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06 CHAPTER VI But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my
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07 CHAPTER VII I was barely turned fifteen, and working long hours in a cannery.
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08 CHAPTER VIII We met by appointment, early Monday morning, to complete the deal,
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09 CHAPTER IX Gradual as was my development as a heavy drinker among the oyster
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10 CHAPTER X And so I won my manhood's spurs. My status on the water-front
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11 CHAPTER XI And still there arose in me no desire for alcohol, no chemical demand.
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12 CHAPTER XII Nor have I ever regretted those months of mad devilry I put in with
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13 CHAPTER XIII So I left Benicia, where John Barleycorn had nearly got me, and
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14 CHAPTER XIV Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front
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15 CHAPTER XV It was during the early winter of 1892 that I resolved to go to sea.
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16 CHAPTER XVI There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had
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17 CHAPTER XVII North we raced from the Bonin Islands to pick up the seal-herd, and
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18 CHAPTER XVIII My infatuation for the Oakland water-front was quite dead. I didn't
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19 CHAPTER XIX When I was with people who did not drink, I never thought of
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20 CHAPTER XX The jute mills failed of its agreement to increase my pay to a dollar
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21 CHAPTER XXI But behold! As soon as I went out on the adventure-path I met John
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22 CHAPTER XXII Three years was the time required to go through the high school. I
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23 CHAPTER XXIII My cruise in the salmon boat lasted a week, and I returned ready to
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24 CHAPTER XXIV Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a
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25 CHAPTER XXV After the laundry my sister and her husband grubstaked me into the
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26 CHAPTER XXVI Having burned my ship, I plunged into writing. I am afraid I always
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27 CHAPTER XXVII As I succeeded with my writing, my standard of living rose and my
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28 CHAPTER XXVIII Not yet was I ready to tuck my arm in John Barleycorn's. The older
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29 CHAPTER XXIX After my long sickness my drinking continued to be convivial. I
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30 CHAPTER XXX Part of the process of recovering from my long sickness was to find
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31 CHAPTER XXXI But the same stimulus to the human organism will not continue to
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32 CHAPTER XXXII When the Snark sailed on her long cruise from San Francisco there
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33 CHAPTER XXXIII I went to Australia to go into hospital and get tinkered up, after which
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34 CHAPTER XXXIV Back on the ranch, in the Valley of the Moon, I resumed my steady
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35 CHAPTER XXXV But the freight has to be paid. John Barleycorn began to collect, and
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36 CHAPTER XXXVI Back to personal experiences and the effects in the past of John
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37 CHAPTER XXXVII "Come," says the White Logic, "and forget these Asian dreamers of
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38 CHAPTER XXXVIII The foregoing is a sample roaming with the White Logic through the
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39 CHAPTER XXXIX Of course, no personal tale is complete without bringing the narrative
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