Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Chapter

Chapters 27–28

smouch steal.

melodeum melodeon; a small keyboard organ.

erysipelas an acute infectious disease of the skin or mucous membranes caused by a streptococcus and characterized by local inflammation and fever.

consumption tuberculosis.

harrow a frame with spikes or sharp-edged disks, drawn by a horse or tractor and used for breaking up and leveling plowed ground, covering seeds, rooting up weeds, etc.

muggins a fool.

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