Produced by David Widger






INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

WILLIAM J. LOCKE


Compiled by David Widger




CONTENTS

##  SIMON THE JESTER

##  THE RED PLANET

##  THE FORTUNATE YOUTH

##  THE MORALS OF MARCUS ORDEYNE

##  VIVIETTE

##  SEPTIMUS

##  JAFFERY

##  ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOL

##  FAR-AWAY STORIES

##  AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA

##  STELLA MARIS

##  A STUDY IN SHADOWS

##  WHERE LOVE IS

##  DERELICTS

##  THE WHITE DOVE

##  THE DEMAGOGUE AND LADY PHAYRE

##  IDOLS

THE BELOVÉD VAGABOND

THE MOUNTEBANK

THE ROUGH ROAD







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES





SIMON THE JESTER
By William J. Locke


CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
I CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV





THE RED PLANET
By William J. Locke
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	CHAPTER XV	CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII	CHAPTER XVIII	CHAPTER XIX	CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI	CHAPTER XXII	CHAPTER XXIII	CHAPTER XXIV





THE FORTUNATE YOUTH
By William J. Locke
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	CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI	CHAPTER XVII	CHAPTER XVIII	CHAPTER XIX	CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI	CHAPTER XXII	CHAPTER XXIII





THE MORALS OF MARCUS ORDEYNE
by William J. Locke


CONTENTS
PART I
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
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
PART II
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV





VIVIETTE
William J. Locke
CONTENTS
The Brothers
The Conspirators
Katherine
The Famous Duelling Pistols
A Crisis
Viviette Takes The Risk





SEPTIMUS
By William J. Locke
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
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII





JAFFERY
By William J. Locke
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
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV





THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES
OF ARISTIDE PUJOL
By William J. Locke
Illustrations By Alec Ball
CONTENTS
I	THE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR PATRONNE
II	THE ADVENTURE OF THE ARLÉSIENNE
III	THE ADVENTURE OF THE KIND MR. SMITH
IV	THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUNDLING
V	THE ADVENTURE OF THE PIG’S HEAD
VI	THE ADVENTURE OF FLEURETTE
VII	THE ADVENTURE OF THE MIRACLE
VIII	THE ADVENTURE OF THE FICKLE GODDESS
IX	THE ADVENTURE OF A SAINT MARTIN’S SUMMER
ILLUSTRATIONS
At the Beginning of the Fourth Kiss Out Came Her Father	Frontispiece
I Had Knocked Him Down on Purpose. He Was Crippled
for Life	14
Anything Less Congruous as the Bride-Elect of the Debonair
Aristide Pujol it Was Impossible to Imagine	22
Had Straightway Poured His Grievances into a Feminine Ear	32
I Found Both Tyres Had Been Punctured in a Hundred Places	40
“Madame,” said Aristide, “You Are Adorable, and I Love You to
Distraction”	50
“The Villain Was a Traveller in Buttons—Buttons!”	60
He Burst into Shrieks of Laughter	64
“And You!” shouted Bocardon, Falling on Aristide; “I Must Embrace
You Also”	68
Standing on the Arrival Platform of Euston Station	78
“Ah! the Pictures,” cried Aristide, with a Wide Sweep of His Arms	88
“I’ll Take Five Hundred Pounds,” said He, “to Stay in”	96
Between the Folds of a Blanket Peeped the Face of a Sleeping Child	110
He Demonstrated the Proper Application of the Cure	120
It is a Fearsome Thing for a Man to be Left Alone in the Dead
of Night with a Young Baby	124
One of the Little Girls in Pigtails Was Holding Him, While Miss
Anne Administered the Feeding-Bottle	134
He Must Have Dealt Out Paralyzing Information	180
Fleurette Danced with Aristide, as Light as an Autumn Leaf
Tossed by the Wind	188
Aristide Practised His Many Queer Accomplishments	200
He Read It, and Blinked in Amazement	208
He Might as Well Have Pointed Out the Marvels of Kubla Khan’s
Pleasure-Dome to a Couple of Guinea-Pigs	216
“I’ve Caught You! At Last, After Twenty Years, I’ve Caught You”	234
There He Saw a Sight Which for a Moment Paralyzed Him	238
Mr. Ducksmith Seized Him by the Lapels of His Coat	242





FAR-AWAY STORIES
By William J. Locke
CONTENTS
THE SONG OF LIFE
LADIES IN LAVENDER
STUDIES IN BLINDNESS
     I. AN OLD-WORLD EPISODE
     II. THE CONQUEROR
     III. A LOVER'S DILEMMA
     IV. A WOMAN OF THE WAR
THE PRINCESS'S KINGDOM
THE HEART AT TWENTY
THE SCOURGE
MY SHADOW FRIENDS





AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA
By William J. Locke


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.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.





STELLA MARIS
By William J. Locke
Illustrated by Frank Wiles


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
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV,





A STUDY IN SHADOWS
By William J. Locke


CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.	THE LONE WOMEN.
CHAPTER II.	KATHERINE.
CHAPTER III.	LOST IN THE SNOW
CHAPTER IV.	“WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET.”
CHAPTER V.	THE PUZZLE OF RAINE CHETWYND.
CHAPTER VI.	SUMMER CHANGES.
CHAPTER VII.	KATHERINE'S HOUR
CHAPTER VIII.	A POOR LITTLE TRAGEDY.
CHAPTER IX.	VARIOUS ELEMENTS HAVE THEIR SAY.
CHAPTER X.	A TOUCH OF NATURE.
CHAPTER XI.	“THE WOMAN WHO DELIBERATES.”
CHAPTER XII.	ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR.
CHAPTER XIII.	THE SOILING OF A PAGE.
CHAPTER XIV.	THE WEAKER SIDE.
CHAPTER XV.	THE SIGNING OF A DEATH WARRANT.
CHAPTER XVI.	FELICIA VICTRIX.





WHERE LOVE IS
By William J. Locke
CONTENTS
Chapter I	THE FIRST GLIMPSE
Chapter II	THE FOOL'S WISDOM
Chapter III	A MODERN BETROTHAL
Chapter IV	THE GREAT FROCK EPISODE
Chapter V	A BROKEN BUTTERFLY
Chapter VI	THE LOVERS
Chapter VII	A MAD PROPHET
Chapter VIII	HER SERENE HIGHNESS
Chapter IX	SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION
Chapter X	TWO IDYLLS
Chapter XI	DANGER
Chapter XII	NORMA'S ENLIGHTENMENT
Chapter XIII	THE OPTIMIST AT LARGE
Chapter XIV	THE BUBBLE REPUTATION
Chapter XV	MRS. HARDACRE LAUGHS
Chapter XVI	IN THE WILDERNESS
Chapter XVII	THE INCURABLE MALADY
Chapter XVIII	A RUDDERLESS SHIP
Chapter XIX	ABANA AND PHARPAR
Chapter XX	ALINE PREPARES FOR BATTLE
Chapter XXI	THE MOTH MEETS THE STAR
Chapter XXII	CATASTROPHE
Chapter XXIII	NORMA'S HOUR
Chapter XXIV	MRS. HARDACRE FORGETS
Chapter XXV	THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
Chapter XXVI	EARTH AGAIN
Chapter XXVII	A DINNER OF HERBS
Chapter XXVIII	THE WORD OF ALINE





DERELICTS
By William J. Locke
CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTER I	BEYOND THE PALE
CHAPTER II	YVONNE
CHAPTER III	IN THE DEPTHS
CHAPTER IV	DEA EX MACHINA
CHAPTER V	THE COMIC MUSE
CHAPTER VI	MELPOMENE
CHAPTER VII	A FORLORN HOPE
CHAPTER VIII	THE CANON’S ANGEL
CHAPTER IX	PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
CHAPTER X	COUNSELS OF PERFECTION
CHAPTER XI	THE OUTCAST COUSIN
CHAPTER XII	HISTOIRE DE REVENANT
CHAPTER XIII	Dis Aliter Visum
PART II
CHAPTER XIV	“IN A STRANGE LAND”
CHAPTER XV	KNIGHT-ERRANT
CHAPTER XVI	LA CIGALE
CHAPTER XVII	YVONNE PROPOSES
CHAPTER XVIII	DRIFTWOOD
CHAPTER XIX	FERMENT
CHAPTER XX	UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XXI	A DEMAND IN MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXII	SEEKING SALVATION
CHAPTER XXIII	AN END AND A BEGINNING





THE WHITE DOVE
By William J. Locke
CONTENTS
THE WHITE DOVE
CHAPTER I	FATHER AND SON
CHAPTER II	THE SHADOW IN A LIFE
CHAPTER III	SYLVESTER CONSULTS THE STARS
CHAPTER IV	LEROUX SPEAKS
CHAPTER V	DE MORTUIS
CHAPTER VI	THE WALDEN ART COLONY
CHAPTER VII	THE DANGEROUS HOUR
CHAPTER VIII	TRIUMPH
CHAPTER IX	DAMON AND PYTHIAS
CHAPTER X	SYLVESTER DOES BATTLE
CHAPTER XI	UNREST
CHAPTER XII	THE CAUSE WANES
CHAPTER XIII	THE USES OF ADVERSITY
CHAPTER XIV	AT AYRESFORD
CHAPTER XV	A STRIP OF PINK PAPER
CHAPTER XVI	AT BAY
CHAPTER XVII	A WEDDING EVE
CHAPTER XVIII	FELLOW-TRAVELLERS
CHAPTER XIX	THE SWORD FALLS
CHAPTER XX	“OH, WHITE DOVE OF THE PITY DIVINE”
CHAPTER XXI	HERITAGE
CHAPTER XXII	A GLORIOUS WORLD





THE DEMAGOGUE
AND LADY PHAYRE
By William J. Locke
CONTENTS
THE DEMAGOGUE AND LADY PHAYRE
CHAPTER I	THE ETERNAL FEMININE
CHAPTER II	A REVOLUTION
CHAPTER III	THE END OF AN ACT
CHAPTER IV	LADY PHAYRE AND THE COMING MAN
CHAPTER V	LIZZIE
CHAPTER VI	THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
CHAPTER VII	A DEMAGOGUE’S IDYLL
CHAPTER VIII	WITH THE HELP OF LADY PHAYRE
CHAPTER IX	SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENTS
CHAPTER X	LADY PHAYRE THROWS HER CAP OVER THE WINDMILLS.
CHAPTER XI	RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER XII	A LEADER OF MEN
CHAPTER XIII	THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER





IDOLS
By William J. Locke


CONTENTS
IDOLS
PROEM
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
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV