Tragedy in Malone
The making of a "cultivated" man
Love and the new district attorney
"Here lies an honest man"
"Old hunkerism" is dead
A "mere act of justice"
"Grinding" it out in Albany
A pen "dipped in gall"
An early morning knock on the door
Suddenly, a "junior partner"
A sporting gentleman gets the itch
"True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth"
"Ho! For California"
Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth"
"Common justice" for the south
Returning the salary grab
No "unproductive and useless park"
An "earnest champion of the right"
The "New York Lincoln"
"God's hand is in this work"
"Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!"
"As righteous as an edict of God"
"A wild and joyous time"
The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs"
"The machine always slaughters its new converts"
Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury"
U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross
U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire
"Distressing malady of my bladder"
Negotiating "simple justice"
Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.