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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Bret Harte Author: Bret Harte Editor: David Widger Release date: April 17, 2019 [eBook #59300] Language: English Credits: Produced by David Widger *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF BRET HARTE *** Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF BRET HARTE Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS ## SELECTED STORIES ## BY SHORE AND SEDGE ## DRIFT FROM TWO SHORES ## IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS ## MARUJA ## A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE ## CONDENSED NOVELS ## NEW BURLESQUES ## A WAIF OF THE PLAINS ## A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY ## THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH ## DEVIL'S FORD ## SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S ## IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS ## TRENT'S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES ## SUSY, A STORY OF THE PLAINS ## COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS ## IN LIGHT AND SHADOW ## OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL ## FROM SAND HILLS TO PINE ## TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN ## UNDER THE REDWOODS ## MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION ## THE THREE PARTNERS ## TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR ## ON THE FRONTIER ## MRS. SKAGG'S HUSBANDS ## URBAN SKETCHES ## LEGENDS AND TALES ## CLARENCE ## THE STORY OF A MINE ## THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S AND OTHERS ## A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S ## THE ARGONAUTS OF NORTH LIBERTY ## SALLY DOWS AND OTHER STORIES ## A PHYLLIS OF THE SIERRAS ## A FIRST FAMILY OF TASAJARA ## COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT ## FLIP A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE ## CRESSY ## A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS ## THE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAIN ## TALES OF THE ARGONAUTS ## THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP AND OTHERS ## EAST AND WEST POEMS ## FRONTIER STORIES ## SALOMY JANE ## THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE ## HER LETTER HIS ANSWER ## GABRIEL CONROY THANKFUL BLOSSOM A DRIFT FROM REDWOOD CAMP DICKENS IN CAMP EXCELSIOR FOUND AT BLAZING STAR JEFF BRIGGS'S LOVE STORY TENNESSEE'S PARTNER THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES SELECTED STORIES OF BRET HARTE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT MIGGLES TENNESSEE'S PARTNER THE IDYL OF RED GULCH BROWN OF CALAVERAS HIGH-WATER MARK A LONELY RIDE THE MAN OF NO ACCOUNT MLISS THE RIGHT EYE OF THE COMMANDER NOTES BY FLOOD AND FIELD AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN BARKER'S LUCK A YELLOW DOG A MOTHER OF FIVE BULGER'S REPUTATION IN THE TULES A CONVERT OF THE MISSION THE INDISCRETION OF ELSBETH THE DEVOTION OF ENRIQUEZ BY SHORE AND SEDGE Bret Harte CONTENTS AN APOSTLE OF THE TULES SARAH WALKER A SHIP OF '49 DRIFT FROM TWO SHORES Bret Harte CONTENTS THE MAN ON THE BEACH TWO SAINTS OF THE FOOT-HILLS "JINNY" ROGER CATRON'S FRIEND "WHO WAS MY QUIET FRIEND?" A GHOST OF THE SIERRAS THE HOODLUM BAND THE MAN WHOSE YOKE WAS NOT EASY MY FRIEND, THE TRAMP THE MAN FROM SOLANO THE OFFICE SEEKER A SLEEPING-CAR EXPERIENCE MORNING ON THE AVENUE WITH THE ENTREES IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII MARUJA By Bret Harte CONTENTS 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 A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE Bret Harte CONTENTS PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CONDENSED NOVELS By Bret Harte CONTENTS HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES LOTHAW, or THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION MUCK-A-MUCK, A MODERN INDIAN NOVEL, AFTER JAMES FENIMORE COOPER TERENCE DENVILLE SELINA SEDILIA THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN [AFTER THE THREE MUSKETEERS, BY DUMAS] THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD THE HAUNTED MAN MISS MIX [AFTER CHARLOTTE BRONTE] GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, "ENTIRE." MR. MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY JOHN JENKINS; OR, THE SMOKER REFORMED NO TITLE [AFTER WILKIE COLLINS] Contains: MARY JONES'S NARRATIVE THE SLIM YOUNG MAN'S STORY NO. 27 LIMEHOUSE ROAD COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE DR. DIGGS'S STATEMENT BEING A NOVEL IN THE FRENCH PARAGRAPHIC STYLE FANTINE LA FEMME MARY MCGILLUP, A SOUTHERN NOVEL, AFTER BELLE BOYD NEW BURLESQUES By Bret Harte CONTENTS RUPERT THE RESEMBLER [After Rupert of Hentzau and Prisoner of Zenda] THE STOLEN CIGAR CASE By A. CO--N D--LE GOLLY AND THE CHRISTIAN, OR THE MINX AND THE MANXMAN By H-LL C—NE THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN LONGBOWE, YEOMAN BEING A MODERN-ANTIQUE REALISTIC ROMANCE (COMPILED FROM SEVERAL EMINENT SOURCES) DAN'L BOREM BY E. N---S W--T---T STORIES THREE BY R-DY--D K-PL--G "ZUT-SKI" THE PROBLEM OF A WICKED FEME SOLE BY M-R-E C-R-LLI A WAIF OF THE PLAINS by Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY By Bret Harte CONTENTS PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH and Other Tales By Bret Harte CONTENTS THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH A KNIGHT-ERRANT OF THE FOOT-HILLS A SECRET OF TELEGRAPH HILL CAPTAIN JIM'S FRIEND DEVIL'S FORD by Bret Harte CONTENTS DEVIL'S FORD CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S by Bret Harte CONTENTS SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS By Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X TRENT'S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES By Bret Harte CONTENTS TRENT'S TRUST MR. MACGLOWRIE'S WIDOW A WARD OF COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S PROSPER'S “OLD MOTHER” THE CONVALESCENCE OF JACK HAMLIN A PUPIL OF CHESTNUT RIDGE DICK BOYLE'S BUSINESS CARD SUSY, A STORY OF THE PLAINS By Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS By Bret Harte CONTENTS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH POEMS I. NATIONAL JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG "HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?" BATTLE BUNNY THE REVEILLE OUR PRIVILEGE RELIEVING GUARD THE GODDESS ON A PEN OF THOMAS STARR KING A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY THE COPPERHEAD A SANITARY MESSAGE THE OLD MAJOR EXPLAINS CALIFORNIA'S GREETING TO SEWARD THE AGED STRANGER THE IDYL OF BATTLE HOLLOW CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD POEM MISS BLANCHE SAYS AN ARCTIC VISION ST. THOMAS OFF SCARBOROUGH CADET GREY II. SPANISH IDYLS AND LEGENDS THE MIRACLE OF PADRE JUNIPERO THE WONDERFUL SPRING OF SAN JOAQUIN THE ANGELUS CONCEPCION DE ARGUELLO "FOR THE KING" RAMON DON DIEGO OF THE SOUTH AT THE HACIENDA FRIAR PEDRO'S RIDE IN THE MISSION GARDEN THE LOST GALLEON* III. IN DIALECT "JIM" CHIQUITA DOW'S FLAT IN THE TUNNEL "CICELY" PENELOPE PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS LUKE "THE BABES IN THE WOODS" THE LATEST CHINESE OUTRAGE TRUTHFUL JAMES TO THE EDITOR AN IDYL OF THE ROAD THOMPSON OF ANGELS THE HAWK'S NEST HER LETTER HIS ANSWER TO "HER LETTER" "THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS" FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW "SEVENTY-NINE" THE STAGE-DRIVER'S STORY A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE THE THOUGHT-READER OF ANGELS THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGELS ARTEMIS IN SIERRA JACK OF THE TULES IV. MISCELLANEOUS A GREYPORT LEGEND A NEWPORT ROMANCE SAN FRANCISCO THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE GRIZZLY. MADRONO COYOTE TO A SEA-BIRD WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG DICKENS IN CAMP "TWENTY YEARS" FATE GRANDMOTHER TENTERDEN GUILD'S SIGNAL ASPIRING MISS DE LAINE A LEGEND OF COLOGNE THE TALE OF A PONY ON A CONE OF THE BIG TREES LONE MOUNTAIN ALNASCHAR THE TWO SHIPS ADDRESS DOLLY VARDEN TELEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR WHAT THE WOLF REALLY SAID TO LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER WHAT THE BULLET SANG THE OLD CAMP-FIRE THE STATION-MASTER OF LONE PRAIRIE THE MISSION BELLS OF MONTEREY "CROTALUS" ON WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT THE BIRDS OF CIRENCESTER LINES TO A PORTRAIT, BY A SUPERIOR PERSON HER LAST LETTER V. PARODIES BEFORE THE CURTAIN TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL* THE BALLAD OF MR. COOKE THE BALLAD OF THE EMEU MRS. JUDGE JENKINS A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL AVITOR THE WILLOWS NORTH BEACH THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS THE RITUALIST A MORAL VINDICATOR CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL WHAT THE ENGINES SAID THE LEGENDS OF THE RHINE SONGS WITHOUT SENSE MASTER JOHNNY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR MISS EDITH'S MODEST REQUEST MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK MISS EDITH MAKES ANOTHER FRIEND WHAT MISS EDITH SAW FROM HER WINDOW ON THE LANDING NOTES STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW By Bret Harte CONTENTS “UNSER KARL” UNCLE JIM AND UNCLE BILLY SEE YUP THE DESBOROUGH CONNECTIONS SALOMY JANE'S KISS THE MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN THE PASSING OF ENRIQUEZ OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL by Bret Harte CONTENTS A MERCURY OF THE FOOT-HILLS COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF THE LANDLORD OF THE BIG FLUME HOTEL A BUCKEYE HOLLOW INHERITANCE THE REINCARNATION OF SMITH LANTY FOSTER'S MISTAKE AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS MISS PEGGY'S PROTEGES THE GODDESS OF EXCELSIOR FROM SAND HILL TO PINE By Bret Harte CONTENTS FROM SAND HILL TO PINE A NIECE OF SNAPSHOT HARRY'S A TREASURE OF THE REDWOODS A BELLE OF CANADA CITY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FONDA A JACK AND JILL OF THE SIERRAS MR. BILSON'S HOUSEKEEPER TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN By Bret Harte CONTENTS TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN THE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLY CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III TWO AMERICANS THE JUDGMENT OF BOLINAS PLAIN THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF ALKALI DICK A NIGHT ON THE DIVIDE A TALE OF THREE TRUANTS UNDER THE REDWOODS By Bret Harte CONTENTS UNDER THE REDWOODS JIMMY'S BIG BROTHER FROM CALIFORNIA THE YOUNGEST MISS PIPER A WIDOW OF THE SANTA ANA VALLEY THE MERMAID OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT UNDER THE EAVES HOW REUBEN ALLEN “SAW LIFE” IN SAN FRANCISCO THREE VAGABONDS OF TRINIDAD A VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN A ROMANCE OF THE LINE BOHEMIAN DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION By Bret Harte CONTENTS MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION THE MAN AT THE SEMAPHORE AN ESMERALDA OF ROCKY CANYON DICK SPINDLER'S FAMILY CHRISTMAS WHEN THE WATERS WERE UP AT “JULES'” THE BOOM IN THE “CALAVERAS CLARION” THE SECRET OF SOBRIENTE'S WELL LIBERTY JONES'S DISCOVERY THE THREE PARTNERS By Bret Harte CONTENTS PROLOGUE. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR by Bret Harte CONTENTS DRAMATIS PERSONAE COSTUMES TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR ACT I ACT II. ACT III. ACT IV. ON THE FRONTIER By Bret Harte CONTENTS AT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMEL PROLOGUE CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV A BLUE GRASS PENELOPE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V LEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAIN. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II MRS. SKAGGS'S HUSBANDS By Bret Harte CONTENTS MRS. SKAGGS'S HUSBANDS. HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME TO SIMPSON'S BAR. THE PRINCESS BOB AND HER FRIENDS. THE ILIAD OF SANDY BAR. MR THOMPSON'S PRODIGAL THE ROMANCE OF MADRONO HOLLOW. THE POET OF SIERRA FLAT. THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT CAME TO RUPERT. URBAN SKETCHES by Bret Harte CONTENTS URBAN SKETCHES A VENERABLE IMPOSTOR. FROM A BALCONY MELONS SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF MASTER CHARLES SUMMERTON. SIDEWALKINGS A BOYS' DOG CHARITABLE REMINISCENCES “SEEING THE STEAMER OFF” NEIGHBORHOODS I HAVE MOVED FROM MY SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. ON A VULGAR LITTLE BOY WAITING FOR THE SHIP. LEGENDS AND TALES By Bret Harte CONTENTS LEGENDS AND TALES. THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO. THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VINCENTIO THE LEGEND OF DEVIL'S POINT. THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND; THE RUINS OF SAN FRANCISCO A NIGHT AT WINGDAM. CLARENCE By Bret Harte CONTENTS PART I. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. PART II. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. PART III. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF A MINE By Bret Harte CONTENTS PART—I. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V PART II.—IN THE COURTS CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX PART III.—IN CONGRESS CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S By Bret Harte CONTENTS THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. JOHNNYBOY. YOUNG ROBIN GRAY. THE SHERIFF OF SISKYOU. A ROSE OF GLENBOGIE. THE MYSTERY OF THE HACIENDA. CHU CHU. MY FIRST BOOK. A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S by Bret Harte CONTENTS A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S. AN INGENUE OF THE SIERRAS. THE REFORMATION OF JAMES REDDY. THE HEIR OF THE McHULISHES. AN EPISODE OF WEST WOODLANDS. THE HOME-COMING OF JIM WILKES. THE ARGONAUTS OF NORTH LIBERTY By Bret Harte CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV PART II CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V SALLY DOWS By Bret Harte CONTENTS SALLY DOWS. PROLOGUE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. THE CONSPIRACY OF MRS. BUNKER. THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUCKEYE CAMP THEIR UNCLE FROM CALIFORNIA. A PHYLLIS OF THE SIERRAS By Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPER II. CHAPER III. CHAPER IV. CHAPER V. A FIRST FAMILY OF TASAJARA By Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPER II. CHAPER III. CHAPER IV. CHAPER V. CHAPER VI CHAPER VII. CHAPER VIII. CHAPER IX. CHAPER X. CHAPER XI. CHAPER XII. CHAPER XIII. COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT By Bret Harte CONTENTS COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. THE POSTMISTRESS OF LAUREL RUN. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. A NIGHT AT “HAYS." CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. JOHNSON'S “OLD WOMAN." THE NEW ASSISTANT AT PINE CLEARING SCHOOL. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. IN A PIONEER RESTAURANT. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. A TREASURE OF THE GALLEON. OUT OF A PIONEER'S TRUNK. THE GHOSTS OF STUKELEY CASTLE. FLIP: A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE By Bret Harte CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CRESSY By Bret Harte CONTENTS 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. CHAPTER XIV. A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS By Bret Harte CONTENTS A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS THE CHATELAINE OF BURNT RIDGE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III THROUGH THE SANTA CLARA WHEAT CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI A MAECENAS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII THE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAIN By Bret Harte CONTENTS THE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAIN. AN HEIRESS OF RED DOG. THE GREAT DEADWOOD MYSTERY A LEGEND OF SAMMTSTADT VIEWS FROM A GERMAN SPION TALES OF THE ARGONAUTS By Bret Harte CONTENTS THE ROSE OF TUOLUMNE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. JOHN OAKHURST. WAN LEE, THE PAGAN HOW OLD MAN PLUNKETT WENT HOME THE FOOL OF FIVE FORKS BABY SYLVESTER. AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN. A JERSEY CENTENARIAN THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP AND OTHER TALES With Condensed Novels, Spanish And American Legends, And Earlier Papers By Bret Harte CONTENTS PUBLISHERS' NOTE GENERAL INTRODUCTION THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT MIGGLES TENNESSEE'S PARTNER THE IDYL OF BED GULCH BROWN OF CALAVERAS MUCK-A-MUCK CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI SELINA SEDILIA CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III MISS MIX CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V MR. MIDSHIPMAN BEEEZY CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, “ENTIRE" CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV JOHN JENKINS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III AND LAST FANTINE PROLOGUE II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X "LA FEMME" II III IV V VI VII THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD BOOK II BOOK III BOOK IV N N. NO TITLE PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER LAST HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI LOTHAW CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX THE HAUNTED MAN PART I PART II TERENCE DENVILLE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II MARY McGILLUP INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI THE HOODLUM BAND CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V M'LISS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X HIGH-WATER MARK A LONELY RIDE THE MAN OF NO ACCOUNT NOTES BY FLOOD AND FIELD PART I PART II WAITING FOR THE SHIP A NIGHT AT WINGDAM THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO THE RIGHT EYE OF THE COMMANDER THE LEGEND OF DEVIL'S POINT THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VICENTIO THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT CAME TO RUPERT EAST AND WEST POEMS By Bret Harte CONTENTS A Greyport Legend A Newport Romance The Hawk's Nest In the Mission Garden The Old Major Explains "Seventy-Nine" Truthful James's Answer to "Her Letter" Further Language from Truthful James The Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin On a Cone of the Big Trees A Sanitary Message The Copperhead On a Pen of Thomas Starr King Lone Mountain California's Greeting to Seward The Two Ships The Goddess Address The Lost Galleon The Second Review of the Grand Army Before the Curtain The Stage-Driver's Story Aspiring Miss de Laine California Madrigal St. Thomas Ballad of Mr. Cooke Legends of the Rhine Mrs. Judge Jenkins: Sequel to Maud Muller Avitor A White Pine Ballad Little Red Riding-Hood The Ritualist A Moral Vindicator Songs without Sense BRET HARTE'S WRITINGS FRONTIER STORIES CONTENTS FLIP: A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. FOUND AT BLAZING STAR. IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. AT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMEL. A BLUE-GRASS PENELOPE LEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAIN. A SHIP OF '49. SALOMY JANE By Bret Harte WITH ILLUSTRATIONS CONTENTS I A KISS AND AN ESCAPE 1 II THE LADY'S REFLECTIONS 19 III THE KISS REPEATED 35 IV ANOTHER ESCAPE 59 THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE By Bret Harte Illustrated By Kate Greenaway ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE MRS SMITH 7 POLLY 10 BEGGAR CHILD 12 SCHOOL MISTRESS 12 INDIAN MAIDEN 13 PROUD LADY 14 CHINESE JUNK 15 SWIMMING FOR HIS LIFE 16 A TENT 17 CAPTURE OF MERCHANTMAN 18 AT SUPPER 20 POLLY IN THE BRANCHES 23 PATSEY 25 SLUMGULLION 28 EACH OTHER'S HANDS 30 EDGE OF CLIFF 31 SLIDING DOWN HILL 32 PIG TAIL ROPE 34 FIREWORKS IN CAVE 37 LADY MARY'S HAIR GONE 39 INVISIBLE MEDICINE 42 CLAD IN DEEPEST MOURNING 44 BROTHER STEP-AND-FETCH-IT 48 WAN LEE 54 NOT ALWAYS PIRATES 56 POLLY BROUGHT HOME 58 ASLEEP WITH DOLL 60 HER LETTER His Answer & Her Last Letter By BRET HARTE Pictured by ARTHUR I KELLER 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 GABRIEL CONROY By Bret Harte CONTENTS 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 *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF BRET HARTE *** Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will be renamed. 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