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CHAPTER I	CHAPTER II	CHAPTER III	CHAPTER IV	CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI	CHAPTER VII	CHAPTER VIII	CHAPTER IX	CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI	CHAPTER XII	CHAPTER XIII

PROLOGUE	CHAPTER I	CHAPTER II	CHAPTER III	CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V	CHAPTER VI	CHAPTER VII	CHAPTER VIII	CHAPTER IX

PROLOGUE	CHAPTER I	CHAPTER II	CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV	CHAPTER V	CHAPTER VI

I	A KISS AND AN ESCAPE	1
II	THE LADY'S REFLECTIONS	19
III	THE KISS REPEATED	35
IV	ANOTHER ESCAPE	59

	PAGE
I'm sitting alone by the fire Dressed just as I came from the dance. (In color) Frontispiece
Title. (In color)
Publishers' Note—Headpiece	5
List of Designs—Headpiece	7
Her Letter—Half-title	11
Is wasting an hour upon you	13
That waits—on the stairs—for me yet	15
With whom do I waltz, flirt, or talk?	17
To look supernaturally grand	19
And the hum of the smallest of talk	21
With the man that shot Sandy McGee. (In color)	23
The man that shot Sandy McGee	25
Of that ride,—that to me was the rarest	27
And swam the North Fork, and all that	29
Mamma says my taste still is low	31
That my heart's somewhere there in the ditches	33
His Answer—Half-title	35
I should write what he runs off his tongue. (In color)	37
Being asked by an intimate party	39
That with you, Miss, he "challenges Fate"	41
Though the claim not, at date, paying wages	43
And the rose that you gave him. (In color)	45
Is frequent and painful and free	47
Imparts but small ease to the style	49
In this green laurel spray that he treasures	51
But he lies there quite peaceful and pensive	53
For I have a small favor to ask you	55
Here's my pile; which it's six hundred dollars	57
Her Last Letter—Half-title	59
That you last wrote the 4th of December	61
And you're not to be found in the ditches. (In color)	63
From this spot, that you said was the fairest	65
To London, when Pa wired, "Stop"	67
And as to the stories you've heard	69
Whose father sold clothes on the Bar	71
With a look, Joe, that made her eyes drop. (In color)	73
To find myself here, all alone	75
Ah! gone is the old necromancy	77
And you called the place Eden, you know. (In color)	79
And the copse where you once tied my shoe-knot	81
There's the rustle of silk on the sidewalk	83
But there's still the "lap, lap" of the river. (In color)	85
There's a lot that remains which one fancies	87
He thinks he may find you	89
And good-night to the cañon that answers	91
I've just got your note. You deceiver!	93
Now I know why they had me transferred here. (In color)	95
How dared you get rich—you great stupid!	97
The man who shot Sandy McGee
You made mayor!	99
Tailpiece	100

BOOK I.—ON THE THRESHOLD.


I. WITHOUT	1
II. WITHIN	9
III. GABRIEL	21
IV. NATURE SHOWS THEM THE WAY	26
V. OUT OF THE WOODS—INTO THE SHADOW	30
VI. FOOTPRINTS	36
VII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE	40
VIII. THE FOOTPRINTS GROW FAINTER	43
IX. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS ARE LOST FOR EVER	47

BOOK II.—AFTER FIVE YEARS.

I. ONE HORSE GULCH	54
II. MADAME DEVARGES	65
III. MRS. MARKLE	74
IV. IN WHICH THE ARTFUL GABRIEL IS DISCOVERED	87
V. SIMPLICITY versus SAGACITY	95

BOOK III.—THE LEAD.

I. AN OLD PIONEER OF '49	108
II. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES	118
III. THE CHARMING MRS. SEPULVIDA	125
IV. FATHER FELIPE	132
V. IN WHICH THE DONNA MARIA MAKES AN IMPRESSION	140
VI. THE LADY OF GRIEF	151
VII. A LEAF OUT OF THE PAST	165
VIII. THE BULLS OF THE BLESSED TRINITY	171

BOOK IV.—DRIFTING.

I. MR. AND MRS. CONROY AT HOME	178
II. IN WHICH THE TREASURE IS FOUND—AND LOST	191
III. MR. DUMPHY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND	205
IV. MR. JACK HAMLIN TAKES A HOLIDAY	212
V. VICTOR MAKES A DISCOVERY	222
VI. AN EXPERT	231

BOOK V.—THE VEIN.

I. IN WHICH GABRIEL RECOGNISES THE PROPRIETIES	243
II. TRANSIENT GUESTS AT THE GRAND CONROY	257
III. IN WHICH MR. DUMPHY TAKES A HOLIDAY	266
IV. MR. DUMPHY HAS NEWS OF A DOMESTIC CHARACTER	280
V. MRS. CONROY HAS AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR	291
VI. GABRIEL DISCARDS HIS HOME AND WEALTH	299
VII. WHAT PASSED UNDER THE PINE AND WHAT REMAINED THERE	305

BOOK VI.—A DIP.

I. MR. HAMLIN'S RECREATION CONTINUED	317
II. MR. HAMLIN TAKES A HAND	325
III. MR DUMPHY TAKES POINSETT INTO CONFIDENCE	338
IV. MR. HAMLIN IS OFF WITH AN OLD LOVE	349
V. THE THREE VOICES	354
VI. MR. DUMPHY IS PERPLEXED BY A MOVEMENT IN REAL ESTATE	363
VII. IN WHICH BOTH JUSTICE AND THE HEAVENS FALL	376
VIII. IN TENEBRIS SERVARE FIDEM	387
IX. IN WHICH HECTOR ARISES FROM THE DITCH	398

BOOK VII.—THE BED ROCK.

I. IN THE TRACK OF A STORM	409
II. THE YELLOW ENVELOPE	423
III. GABRIEL MEETS HIS LAWYER	435
IV. WHAT AH FE DOES NOT KNOW	447
V. THE PEOPLE v. JOHN DOE alias GABRIEL CONROY, AND JANE ROE alias JULIE CONROY	452
VI. IN REBUTTAL	461
VII. A FAMILY GREETING	471
VIII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS RETURN	477
IX. IN WHICH MR. HAMLIN PASSES	481
X. IN THE OLD CABIN AGAIN	491
XI. THE RETURN OF A FOOTPRINT	495
XII. FRAGMENT OF A LETTER FROM OLYMPIA CONROY TO GRACE POINSETT	497

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Bret Harte

INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF BRET HARTE

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

SELECTED STORIES OF BRET HARTE

CONTENTS

BY SHORE AND SEDGE

Bret Harte

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DRIFT FROM TWO SHORES

Bret Harte

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IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS

Bret Harte

CONTENTS

MARUJA

By Bret Harte

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A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE

Bret Harte

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CONDENSED NOVELS

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

NEW BURLESQUES

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

A WAIF OF THE PLAINS

by Bret Harte

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A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH and Other Tales

By Bret Harte

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DEVIL'S FORD

by Bret Harte

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SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S

by Bret Harte

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IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS

By Bret Harte

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TRENT'S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES

By Bret Harte

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SUSY, A STORY OF THE PLAINS

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL

by Bret Harte

CONTENTS

FROM SAND HILL TO PINE

By Bret Harte

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TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN

THE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLY

UNDER THE REDWOODS

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

UNDER THE REDWOODS

MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION

By Bret Harte

CONTENTS

THE THREE PARTNERS

By Bret Harte

INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

BRET HARTE

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THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH
and Other Tales

SUSY,

A STORY OF THE PLAINS

With Condensed Novels, Spanish
And American Legends, And Earlier Papers

EAST AND WEST
POEMS