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## PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE

## A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS

## NORTHERN LIGHTS

## MRS. FALCHION

## CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK

## WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC

## THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE

## THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES

## AT THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE

## THE TRESPASSER

## THE MARCH OF THE WHITE GUARD

## THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY

## THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG

## THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING

## PARABLES OF A PROVINCE

## THE RIGHT OF WAY

## MICHEL AND ANGELE

## JOHN ENDERBY

## “THERE IS SORROW ON THE SEA”

## DONOVAN PASHA AND SOME PEOPLE OF EGYPT

## THE WEAVERS

## EMBERS (Poetry)

## A LOVER’S DIARY (Poetry)

## THE MONEY MASTER

## THE WORLD FOR SALE

## YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK

## WILD YOUTH

## NO DEFENSE

## CARNAC’S FOLLY

ALL STORIES and CHAPTERS

PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE

TALES OF THE FAR NORTH

By Gilbert Parker

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

THE PATROL OF THE CYPRESS HILLS

GOD’S GARRISON

A HAZARD OF THE NORTH

A PRAIRIE VAGABOND

SHE OF THE TRIPLE CHEVRON

THREE OUTLAWS

SHON McGANN’S TOBOGAN RIDE

PERE CHAMPAGNE

THE SCARLET HUNTER

THE STONE

THE TALL MASTER

THE CRIMSON FLAG

THE FLOOD

IN PIPI VALLEY

ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE

THE CIPHER

A TRAGEDY OF NOBODIES

A SANCTUARY OF THE PLAINS

A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS

BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE PERSONAL HISTORIES OF "PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE" AND THE LAST EXISTING RECORDS OF PRETTY PIERRE

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

ACROSS THE JUMPING SANDHILLS

A LOVELY BULLY

THE FILIBUSTER

THE GIFT OF THE SIMPLE KING

MALACHI

THE LAKE OF THE GREAT SLAVE

THE RED PATROL

THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN

AT BAMBER’S BOOM

THE BRIDGE HOUSE

THE EPAULETTES

THE HOUSE WITH THE BROKEN SHUTTER

THE FINDING OF FINGALL

THREE COMMANDMENTS IN THE VULGAR TONGUE

LITTLE BABICHE

AT POINT O’ BUGLES

THE SPOIL OF THE PUMA

THE TRAIL OF THE SUN DOGS

THE PILOT OF BELLE AMOUR

THE CRUISE OF THE "NINETY-NINE"

ROMANY OF THE SNOWS

THE PLUNDERER

NORTHERN LIGHTS

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS

ONCE AT RED MAN’S RIVER

THE STROBE OF THE HOUR

BUCKMASTER’S BOY

TO-MORROW

QU’APPELLE

THE STAKE AND THE PLUMB-LINE

WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY

GEORGE’S WIFE

MARCILE

A MAN, A FAMINE, AND A HEATHEN BOY

THE HEALING SPRINGS AND THE PIONEERS

THE LITTLE WIDOW OF JANSEN

WATCHING THE RISE OF ORION

THE ERROR OF THE DAY

THE WHISPERER

AS DEEP AS THE SEA

MRS. FALCHION

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

BOOK I.	BELOW THE SUN LINE
CHAPTER I.	THE GATES OF THE SEA
CHAPTER II.	"MOTLEY IS YOUR ONLY WEAR"
CHAPTER III.	A TALE OF NO MAN’S SEA
CHAPTER IV.	THE TRAIL OF THE ISHMAELITE
CHAPTER V.	ACCUSING FACES
CHAPTER VI.	MUMMERS ALL
CHAPTER VII.	THE WHEEL COMES FULL CIRCLE
CHAPTER VIII.	A BRIDGE OF PERIL
CHAPTER IX.	"THE PROGRESS OF THE SUNS"
CHAPTER X.	BETWEEN DAY AND DARK

BOOK II.	THE SLOPE OF THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER XI.	AMONG THE HILLS OF GOD
CHAPTER XII.	THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME
CHAPTER XIII.	THE SONG OF THE SAW
CHAPTER XIV.	THE PATH OF THE EAGLE
CHAPTER XV.	IN THE TROUGH OF THE WINDS
CHAPTER XVI.	A DUEL IN ARCADY
CHAPTER XVII.	RIDING THE REEFS
CHAPTER XVIII.	THE STRINGS OF DESTINY
CHAPTER XIX.	THE SENTENCE
CHAPTER XX.	AFTER THE STORM
CHAPTER XXI.	IN PORT

CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK

by Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

CUMNER’S SON

I.	THE CHOOSING OF THE MESSENGER
II.	"REST AT THE KOONGAT BRIDGE AN HOUR"
III.	THE CODE OF THE HILLS
IV.	BY THE OLD WELL OF JAHAR
V.	CHOOSE YE WHOM YE WILL SERVE
VI.	CONCERNING THE DAUGHTER OF CUSHNAN DI
VII.	THE RED PLAGUE
VIII.	THE CHOOSING OF THE DAKOON
IX.	THE PROPHET OF PEACE

THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR

AN EPIC IN YELLOW

DIBBS, R.N.

A LITTLE MASQUERADE

DERELICT

OLD ROSES

MY WIFE’S LOVERS

THE STRANGERS’ HUT

THE PLANTER’S WIFE

BARBARA GOLDING

THE LONE CORVETTE

A SABLE SPARTAN

A VULGAR FRACTION

HOW PANGO WANGO WAS ANNEXED

AN AMIABLE REVENGE

THE BLIND BEGGAR AND THE LITTLE RED PEG

A FRIEND OF THE COMMUNE

A PAGAN OF THE SOUTH

WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC

The Story of a Lost Napoleon

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC

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

EPILOGUE

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE

CHAPTER I.	HIS GREAT MISTAKE
CHAPTER II.	A DIFFICULT SITUATION
CHAPTER III.	OUT OF THE NORTH
CHAPTER IV.	IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY
CHAPTER V.	AN AWKWARD HALF-HOUR
CHAPTER VI.	THE PASSING OF THE YEARS
CHAPTER VII.	A COURT-MARTIAL
CHAPTER VIII.	TO EVERY MAN HIS HOUR
CHAPTER IX.	THE FAITH OF COMRADES
CHAPTER X.	THOU KNOWEST THE SECRETS OF OUR HEARTS
CHAPTER XI.	UPON THE HIGHWAY
CHAPTER XII.	"THE CHASE OF THE YELLOW SWAN"
CHAPTER XIII.	A LIVING POEM
CHAPTER XIV.	ON THE EDGE OF A FUTURE
CHAPTER XV.	THE END OF THE TRAIL

THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES

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

AT THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE

By Gilbert Parker

THE TRESPASSER

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

TO DOUGLAS ROBINSON, Esq.,

THE TRESPASSER

CHAPTER I.	ONE IN SEARCH OF A KINGDOM
CHAPTER II.	IN WHICH HE CLAIMS HIS OWN
CHAPTER III.	HE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
CHAPTER IV.	AN HOUR WITH HIS FATHER’S PAST
CHAPTER V.	WHEREIN HE FINDS HIS ENEMY
CHAPTER VI.	WHICH TELLS OF STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
CHAPTER VII.	WHEREIN THE SEAL OF HIS HERITAGE IS SET
CHAPTER VIII.	HE ANSWERS AN AWKWARD QUESTION
CHAPTER IX.	HE FINDS NEW SPONSORS
CHAPTER X.	HE COMES TO "THE WAKING OF THE FIRE"
CHAPTER XI.	HE MAKES A GALLANT CONQUEST
CHAPTER XII.	HE STANDS BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
CHAPTER XIII.	HE JOURNEYS AFAR
CHAPTER XIV.	IN WHICH THE PAST IS REPEATED
CHAPTER XV.	WHEREIN IS SEEN THE OLD ADAM AND THE GARDEN
CHAPTER XVI.	WHEREIN LOVE KNOWS NO LAW SAVE THE MAN’S WILL
CHAPTER XVII.	THE MAN AND THE WOMAN FACE THE INTOLERABLE
CHAPTER XVIII.	"RETURN, O SHULAMITE!"

THE MARCH OF THE WHITE GUARD

By Gilbert Parker

III

VII

VIII

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY

BEING THE MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ROBERT MORAY, SOMETIME AN OFFICER IN THE VIRGINIA REGIMENT, AND AFTERWARDS OF AMHERST’S REGIMENT

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPERIAL EDITION

I.	AN ESCORT TO THE CITADEL
II.	THE MASTER OF THE KING’S MAGAZINE
III.	THE WAGER AND THE SWORD
IV.	THE RAT IN THE TRAP
V.	THE DEVICE OF THE DORMOUSE
VI.	MORAY TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
VII.	"QUOTH LITTLE GARAINE"
VIII.	AS VAIN AS ABSALOM
IX.	A LITTLE CONCERNING THE CHEVALIER DE LA DARANTE
X.	AN OFFICER OF MARINES
XI.	THE COMING OF DOLTAIRE
XII.	"THE POINT ENVENOMED TOO!"
XIII.	"A LITTLE BOAST"
XIV.	ARGAND COURNAL.
XV.	IN THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE
XVI.	BE SAINT OR IMP
XVII.	THROUGH THE BARS OF THE CAGE
XVIII.	THE STEEP PATH OF CONQUEST
XIX.	A DANSEUSE AND THE BASTILE
XX.	UPON THE RAMPARTS
XXI.	LA JONGLEUSE
XXII.	THE LORD OF KAMARSKA
XXIII.	WITH WOLFE AT MONTMORENCI.
XXIV.	THE SACRED COUNTERSIGN
XXV.	IN THE CATHEDRAL.
XXVI.	THE SECRET OF THE TAPESTRY
XXVII.	A SIDE-WIND OF REVENGE
XXVIII.	"TO CHEAT THE DEVIL YET."
XXIX.	"MASTER DEVIL" DOLTAIRE
XXX.	"WHERE ALL THE LOVERS CAN HIDE"
APPENDIX.

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG

[A ROMANCE OF TWO KINGDOMS]

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

PROEM

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

ELEVEN YEARS AFTER

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

IN FRANCE—NEAR FIVE MONTHS AFTER

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXII

CHAPTER XXIII

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAPTER XXV

CHAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER XXVII

CHAPTER XXVIII

IN JERSEY FIVE YEARS LATER

CHAPTER XXIX

CHAPTER XXX

CHAPTER XXXI

CHAPTER XXXII

CHAPTER XXXIII

CHAPTER XXXIV

CHAPTER XXXV

CHAPTER XXXVI

CHAPTER XXXVII

CHAPTER XXXVIII

CHAPTER XXXIX

DURING ONE YEAR LATER

CHAPTER XL

CHAPTER XLI

CHAPTER XLII

CHAPTER XLIII

CHAPTER XLIV

CHAPTER XLV

IN JERSEY-A YEAR LATER

CHAPTER XLVI

EPILOGUE

JERSEY WORDS AND PHRASES

THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING

CHAPTER I.	THE RETURN OF MADELINETTE
CHAPTER II.	WHEN THE RED-COATS CAME
CHAPTER III.	"MAN TO MAN AND STEEL TO STEEL"
CHAPTER IV.	MADELINETTE MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER V.	WHAT WILL SHE DO WITH IT?
CHAPTER VI.	THE ONE WHO SAW
CHAPTER VII.	THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER VIII.	FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER IX.	THE BITER BITTEN
CHAPTER X.	THE DOOR THAT WOULD NOT OPEN

THE ABSURD ROMANCE OF P’TITE LOUISON

THE LITTLE BELL OF HONOUR

A SON OF THE WILDERNESS

A WORKER IN STONE

THE TRAGIC COMEDY OF ANNETTE

THE MARRIAGE OF THE MILLER

MATHURIN

THE STORY OF THE LIME-BURNER

THE WOODSMAN’S STORY OF THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF

UNCLE JIM

THE HOUSE WITH THE TALL PORCH

PARPON THE DWARF

TIMES WERE HARD IN PONTIAC

MEDALLION’S WHIM

THE PRISONER

AN UPSET PRICE

A FRAGMENT OF LIVES

THE MAN THAT DIED AT ALMA

THE BARON OF BEAUGARD

THE TUNE McGILVERAY PLAYED

PARABLES OF A PROVINCE

By Gilbert Parker

THE GOLDEN PIPES

THE GUARDIAN OF THE FIRE

BY THAT PLACE CALLED PERADVENTURE

THE SINGING OF THE BEES

THE WHITE OMEN

THE SOJOURNERS

THE TENT OF THE PURPLE MAT

THERE WAS A LITTLE CITY

THE FORGE IN THE VALLEY

THE RIGHT OF WAY

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

THE RIGHT OF WAY

CHAPTER I.	THE WAY TO THE VERDICT
CHAPTER II.	WHAT CAME OF THE TRIAL
CHAPTER III.	AFTER FIVE YEARS
CHAPTER IV.	CHARLEY MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER V.	THE WOMAN IN HELIOTROPE
CHAPTER VI.	THE WIND AND THE SHORN LAMB
CHAPTER VII.	"PEACE, PEACE, AND THERE IS NO PEACE"
CHAPTER VIII.	THE COST OF THE ORNAMENT
CHAPTER IX.	OLD DEBTS FOR NEW
CHAPTER X.	THE WAY IN AND THE WAY OUT
CHAPTER XI.	THE RAISING OF THE CURTAIN
CHAPTER XII.	THE COMING OF ROSALIE
CHAPTER XIII.	HOW CHARLEY WENT ADVENTURING AND WHAT HE FOUND
CHAPTER XIV.	ROSALIE, CHARLEY, AND THE MAN THE WIDOW PLOMONDON JILTED
CHAPTER XV.	THE MARK IN THE PAPER
CHAPTER XVI.	MADAME DAUPHIN HAS A MISSION
CHAPTER XVII.	THE TAILOR MAKES A MIDNIGHT FORAY
CHAPTER XVIII.	THE STEALING OF THE CROSS
CHAPTER XIX.	THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN
CHAPTER XX.	THE RETURN OF THE TAILOR
CHAPTER XXI.	THE CURE HAS AN INSPIRATION
CHAPTER XXII.	THE WOMAN WHO SAW
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE WOMAN WHO DID NOT TELL
CHAPTER XXIV.	THE SEIGNEUR TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER XXV.	THE COLONEL TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XXVI.	A SONG, A BOTTLE, AND A GHOST
CHAPTER XXVII.	OUT ON THE OLD TRAIL
CHAPTER XXVIII.	THE SEIGNEUR GIVES A WARNING
CHAPTER XXIX.	THE WILD RIDE
CHAPTER XXX.	ROSALIE WARNS CHARLEY
CHAPTER XXXI.	CHARLEY STANDS AT BAY
CHAPTER XXXII.	JO PORTUGAIS TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XXXIII.	THE EDGE OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXXIV.	IN AMBUSH
CHAPTER XXXV.	THE COMING OF MAXIMILIAN COUR AND ANOTHER
CHAPTER XXXVI.	BARRIERS SWEPT AWAY
CHAPTER XXXVII.	THE CHALLENGE OF PAULETTE DUBOIS
CHAPTER XXXVIII.	THE CURE AND THE SEIGNEUR VISIT THE TAILOR
CHAPTER XXXIX.	THE SCARLET WOMAN
CHAPTER XL.	AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER XLI.	IT WAS MICHAELMAS DAY
CHAPTER XLII.	A TRIAL AND A VERDICT
CHAPTER XLIII.	JO PORTUGAIS TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XLIV.	"WHO WAS KATHLEEN?"
CHAPTER XLV.	SIX MONTHS GO BY
CHAPTER XLVI.	THE FORGOTTEN MAN
CHAPTER XLVII.	ONE WAS TAKEN AND THE OTHER LEFT
CHAPTER XLVIII.	"WHERE THE TREE OF LIFE IS BLOOMING—"
CHAPTER XLIX.	THE OPEN GATE
CHAPTER L.	THE PASSION PLAY AT CHAUDIERE
CHAPTER LI.	FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER LII.	THE COMING OF BILLY
CHAPTER LIII.	THE SEIGNEUR AND THE CURE HAVE A SUSPICION
CHAPTER LIV.	M. ROSSIGNOL SLIPS THE LEASH
CHAPTER LV.	ROSALIE PLAYS A PART
CHAPTER LVI.	MRS. FLYNN SPEAKS
CHAPTER LVII.	A BURNING FIERY FURNACE
CHAPTER LVIII.	WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL
CHAPTER LIX.	IN WHICH CHARLEY MEETS A STRANGER
CHAPTER LX.	THE HAND AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER LXI.	THE CURE SPEAKS
EPILOGUE.

MICHEL AND ANGELE

[A Ladder of Swords]

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE

MICHEL AND ANGELE

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

JOHN ENDERBY

By Gilbert Parker

III

“THERE IS SORROW ON THE SEA”

By Gilbert Parker

DONOVAN PASHA
AND SOME PEOPLE OF EGYPT

By Gilbert Parker

A FOREWORD

WHILE THE LAMP HOLDS OUT TO BURN

THE PRICE OF THE GRINDSTONE—AND THE DRUM

THE DESERTION OF MAHOMMED SELIM

ON THE REEF OF NORMAN’S WOE

FIELDING HAD AN ORDERLY

THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

A TREATY OF PEACE

AT THE MERCY OF TIBERIUS

ALL THE WORLD’S MAD

THE MAN AT THE WHEEL

A TYRANT AND A LADY

A YOUNG LION OF DEDAN

HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED

THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK

THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

GLOSSARY

THE WEAVERS

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

CHAPTER I.	AS THE SPIRIT MOVED
CHAPTER II.	THE GATES OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER III.	BANISHED
CHAPTER IV.	THE CALL
CHAPTER V.	THE WIDER WAY
CHAPTER VI.	"HAST THOU NEVER KILLED A MAN?"
CHAPTER VII.	THE COMPACT
CHAPTER VIII.	FOR HIS SOUL’S SAKE AND THE LAND’S SAKE
CHAPTER IX.	THE LETTER, THE NIGHT, AND THE WOMAN
CHAPTER X.	THE FOUR WHO KNEW
CHAPTER XI.	AGAINST THE HOUR OF MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER XII.	THE JEHAD AND THE LIONS
CHAPTER XIII.	ACHMET THE ROPEMAKER STRIKES
CHAPTER XIV.	BEYOND THE PALE
CHAPTER XV.	SOOLSBY’S HAND UPON THE CURTAIN
CHAPTER XVI.	THE DEBT AND THE ACCOUNTING
CHAPTER XVII.	THE WOMAN OF THE CROSS-ROADS
CHAPTER XVIII.	TIME, THE IDOL-BREAKER
CHAPTER XIX.	SHARPER THAN A SWORD
CHAPTER XX.	EACH AFTER HIS OWN ORDER
CHAPTER XXI.	"THERE IS NOTHING HIDDEN WHICH SHALL NOT BE REVEALED"
CHAPTER XXII.	AS IN A GLASS DARKLY
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE TENTS OF CUSHAN
CHAPTER XXIV.	THE QUESTIONER
CHAPTER XXV.	THE VOICE THROUGH THE DOOR
CHAPTER XXVI.	"I OWE YOU NOTHING"
CHAPTER XXVII.	THE AWAKENING
CHAPTER XXVIII.	NAHOUM TURNS THE SCREW
CHAPTER XXIX.	THE RECOIL
CHAPTER XXX.	LACEY MOVES
CHAPTER XXXI.	THE STRUGGLE IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER XXXII.	FORTY STRIPES SAVE ONE
CHAPTER XXXIII.	THE DARK INDENTURE
CHAPTER XXXIV.	NAHOUM DROPS THE MASK "CLARIDGE PASHA!"
CHAPTER XXXV.	THE FLIGHT OF THE WOUNDED
CHAPTER XXXVI.	"IS IT ALWAYS SO—IN LIFE?"
CHAPTER XXXVII.	THE FLYING SHUTTLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII.	JASPER KIMBER SPEAKS
CHAPTER XXXIX.	FAITH JOURNEYS TO LONDON
CHAPTER XL.	HYLDA SEEKS NAHOUM
CHAPTER XLI.	IN THE LAND OF SHINAR
CHAPTER XLII.	THE LOOM OF DESTINY
GLOSSARY.

EMBERS

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

PROEM

ROSLEEN

WILL YOU COME BACK HOME?

MARY CALLAGHAN AND ME

KILDARE

YOU’LL TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE

FARCALLADEN RISE

GIVE ME THE LIGHT HEART

WHERE SHALL WE BETAKE US?

NO MAN’S LAND

AT SEA

ATHENIAN

EYES LIKE THE SEA

OPEN THY GATE

SUMMER IS COME

WAS IT SOME GOLDEN STAR?

I HEARD THE DESERT CALLING

THE FORGOTTEN WORD

WHAT WILL IT MATTER?

THE COURIER STAR

THE WORLD IN MAKING

HEW

O SON OF MAN

AT THE END OF THE WORLD

WAYFARERS

THE RED PATROL

THE YELLOW SWAN

THE HEART OF THE PIONEER

THE NORTH TRAIL

ALONE

THE SCARLET HILLS

THE WOODSMAN LOVER

QUI VIVE

THE LITTLE HOUSE

SPINNING

SUZON

MY LITTLE TENDER HEART

THE MEN OF THE NORTH

THE CROWNING

CLOSE UP

W. E. H.

WHEN BLOWS THE WIND

DOLLY

LIFE’S SWEET WAGES

TO THE VALLEY

LOVE IN HER COLD GRAVE LIES

GRANADA, GRANADA

THE NEW APHRODITE

AN ANCIENT PLEDGE

THE TRIBUTE OF KING HATH

THERE IS AN ORCHARD

HEART OF THE WORLD

EPITAPHS

THE MAID

THE SEA-REAPERS

THE WATCHER

THE WAKING

WHEN ONE FORGETS

ALOES AND MYRRH

IN WASTE PLACES

LAST OF ALL

AFTER

REMEDIAL

THE TWILIGHT OF LOVE

IRREVOCABLE

THE LAST DREAM

WAITING

IN MAYTIME

INSIDE THE BAR

THE CHILDREN

LITTLE GARAINE

TO A LITTLE CHILD

PHYLLIS

BAIRNIE

IN CAMDEN TOWN

JEAN

A MEMORY

IN CAMP AT JUNIPER COVE

JUNIPER COVE TWENTY YEARS AFTER

LISTENING

NEVERTHELESS

ISHMAEL

OVER THE HILLS

THE DELIVERER

THE DESERT ROAD

A SON OF THE NILE

A FAREWELL FROM THE HAREM

AN ARAB LOVE SONG

THE CAMEL-DRIVER TO HIS CAMEL

THE TALL DAKOON

THERE IS SORROW ON THE SEA

THE AUSTRALIAN STOCKRIDER

THE BRIDGE OF THE HUNDRED SPANS

NELL LATORE

A LOVER’S DIARY

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE VISION

ABOVE THE DIN

LOVE’S COURAGE

LOVE’S LANGUAGE

ASPIRATION

THE MEETING

THE NEST

LOVE IS ENOUGH

AT THE PLAY

SO CALM THE WORLD

THE WELCOME

THE SHRINE

THE TORCH

IN ARMOUR,

IN THEE MY ART

DENIAL

TESTAMENT

CAPTIVITY

O MYSTIC WINGS

WAS IT THY FACE?

A WOMAN’S HAND

ONE FACE I SEE

MOTHER

WHEN FIRST I SAW THEE

THE FATES LAUGH

AS ONE WHO WAITETH

THE SEALING

THE PLEDGE

LOVE’S TRIBUTARIES

THE CHOICE

RECOGNITION

THE WAY OF DREAMS

THE ACCOLADE

FALLEN IDOLS

TENNYSON

DREAMS

THE BRIDE

THE WRAITH

SURRENDER

THE CITADEL

MALFEASANCE

ANNUNCIATION

VANISHED DREAMS

INTO THY LAND

DIVIDED

WE MUST LIVE ON

YET LIFE IS SWEET

LOST FOOTSTEPS

THE CLOSED DOOR

THE CHALICE

MIO DESTINO

I HAVE BEHELD

TOO SOON AWAY

THE TREASURE

DAHIN

LOVE’S USURY

THE DECREE

’TIS MORNING NOW

SACRIFICE

SHINE ON

SO, THOU ART GONE

THE THOUSAND THINGS

THE SEA

THE CHART

REVEALING

OVERCOMING

WHITHER NOW

ARARAT

AS LIGHT LEAPS UP

THE DARKENED WAY

REUNITED

SONG WAS GONE FROM ME

GOOD WAS THE FIGHT

UNCHANGED

ABSOLVO TE

BENEDICTUS

THE MESSAGE

UNAVAILING

YOU SHALL LIVE ON

"VEX NOT THIS GHOST"

THE MEMORY

THE PASSING

ENVOY

THE MONEY MASTER

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.	THE GRAND TOUR OF JEAN JACQUES BARBILLE
CHAPTER II.	"THE REST OF THE STORY TO-MORROW"
CHAPTER III.	"TO-MORROW"
CHAPTER IV.	THIRTEEN YEARS AFTER; CLERK OF THE COURT TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER V.	THE CLERK OF THE COURT ENDS HIS STORY
CHAPTER VI.	JEAN JACQUES HAD HAD A GREAT DAY
CHAPTER VII.	JEAN JACQUES AWAKES FROM SLEEP
CHAPTER VIII.	THE GATE IN THE WALL
CHAPTER IX.	"MOI-JE SUIS PHILOSOPHE"
CHAPTER X.	"QUIEN SABE"—WHO KNOWS!
CHAPTER XI.	THE CLERK OF THE COURT KEEPS A PROMISE
CHAPTER XII.	THE MASTER-CARPENTER HAS A PROBLEM
CHAPTER XIII.	THE MAN FROM OUTSIDE
CHAPTER XIV.	"I DO NOT WANT TO GO"
CHAPTER XV.	BON MARCHE
CHAPTER XVI.	MISFORTUNES COME NOT SINGLY
CHAPTER XVII.	HIS GREATEST ASSET
CHAPTER XVIII.	JEAN JACQUES HAS AN OFFER
CHAPTER XIX.	SEBASTIAN DOLORES DOES NOT SLEEP
CHAPTER XX.	"AU ’VOIR, M’SIEU’ JEAN JACQUES"
CHAPTER XXI.	IF SHE HAD KNOWN IN TIME
CHAPTER XXII.	BELLS OF MEMORY
CHAPTER XXIII.	JEAN JACQUES HAS WORK TO DO
CHAPTER XXIV.	JEAN JACQUES ENCAMPED
CHAPTER XXV.	WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
EPILOGUE.

THE WORLD FOR SALE

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

PRELUDE

CHAPTER I.	"THE DRUSES ARE UP!"
CHAPTER II.	THE WHISPER FROM BEYOND
CHAPTER III.	CONCERNING INGOLBY AND THE TWO TOWNS
CHAPTER IV.	THE COMING OF JETHRO FAWE
CHAPTER V.	"BY THE RIVER STARZKE... IT WAS SO DONE"
CHAPTER VI.	THE UNGUARDED FIRES
CHAPTER VII.	IN WHICH THE PRISONER GOES FREE
CHAPTER VIII.	THE SULTAN
CHAPTER IX.	MATTER AND MIND AND TWO MEN
CHAPTER X.	FOR LUCK
CHAPTER XI.	THE SENTENCE OF THE PATRIN
CHAPTER XII.	"LET THERE BE LIGHT"
CHAPTER XIII.	THE CHAIN OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XIV.	SUCH THINGS MAY NOT BE
CHAPTER XV.	THE WOMAN FROM WIND RIVER
CHAPTER XVI.	THE MAYOR FILLS AN OFFICE
CHAPTER XVII.	THE MONSEIGNEUR AND THE NOMAD
CHAPTER XVIII.	THE BEACONS
CHAPTER XIX.	THE KEEPER OF THE BRIDGE
CHAPTER XX.	TWO LIFE PIECES
CHAPTER XXI.	THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER
CHAPTER XXII.	THE SECRET MAN
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS
CHAPTER XXIV.	AT LONG LAST
CHAPTER XXV.	MAN PROPOSES
CHAPTER XXVI.	THE SLEEPER
CHAPTER XXVII.	THE WORLD FOR SALE

YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK

[BEING THE STORY OF A MATRIMONIAL DESERTER]

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK

PROEM

CHAPTER I.	"PIONEERS, O PIONEERS"
CHAPTER II.	CLOSING THE DOORS
CHAPTER III.	THE LOGAN TRIAL AND WHAT CAME OF IT
CHAPTER IV.	"STRENGTH SHALL BE GIVEN THEE"
CHAPTER V.	A STORY TO BE TOLD
CHAPTER VI.	"HERE ENDETH THE FIRST LESSON"
CHAPTER VII.	A WOMAN’S WAY TO KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER VIII.	ALL ABOUT AN UNOPENED LETTER
CHAPTER IX.	NIGHT SHADE AND MORNING GLORY
CHAPTER X.	"S. O. S."
CHAPTER XI.	IN THE CAMP OF THE DESERTER
CHAPTER XII.	AT THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM
CHAPTER XIII.	KITTY SPEAKS HER MIND AGAIN
CHAPTER XIV.	AWAITING THE VERDICT
CHAPTER XV.	"MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM"
CHAPTER XVI.	"’TWAS FOR YOUR PLEASURE YOU CAME HERE,"
CHAPTER XVII.	WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT?
EPILOGUE.

WILD YOUTH

By Gilbert Parker

WILD YOUTH

CHAPTER I.	THE MAZARINES TAKE POSSESSION
CHAPTER II.	"MY NAME IS LOUISE"
CHAPTER III.	"I HAVE FOUGHT WITH BEASTS AT EPHESUS"
CHAPTER IV.	TWO SIDES TO A BARGAIN
CHAPTER V.	ORLANDO HAS AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER VI.	"THINGS MUST HAPPEN"
CHAPTER VII.	"THE ZOOLYOGICAL GARDEN"
CHAPTER VIII.	THE ORIENTAL WAY OF IT
CHAPTER IX.	THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
CHAPTER X.	THE MOON WAS NOT ALONE
CHAPTER XI.	LOUISE
CHAPTER XII.	MAN UNNATURAL
CHAPTER XIII.	ORLANDO GIVES A WARNING
CHAPTER XIV.	FILION AND FIONA—ALSO PATSY KERNAGHAN
CHAPTER XV.	OUTWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XVI.	THE CROSS TRAILS
CHAPTER XVII.	THE SUPERIOR MAN
CHAPTER XVIII.	YOUTH HAS ITS WAY

NO DEFENSE

By Gilbert Parker

CHAPTER I.	THE TWO MEET
CHAPTER II.	THE COMING OF A MESSENGER
CHAPTER III.	THE QUARREL
CHAPTER IV.	THE DUEL
CHAPTER V.	THE KILLING OF ERRIS BOYNE
CHAPTER VI.	DYCK IN PRISON
CHAPTER VII.	MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER VIII.	DYCK’S FATHER VISITS HIM
CHAPTER IX.	A LETTER FROM SHEILA
CHAPTER X.	DYCK CALHOUN ENTERS THE WORLD AGAIN
CHAPTER XI.	WHITHER NOW?
CHAPTER XII.	THE HOUR BEFORE THE MUTINY
CHAPTER XIII.	TO THE WEST INDIES
CHAPTER XIV.	IN THE NICK OF TIME
CHAPTER XV.	THE ADMIRAL HAS HIS SAY
CHAPTER XVI.	A LETTER
CHAPTER XVII.	STRANGERS ARRIVE
CHAPTER XVIII.	AT SALEM
CHAPTER XIX.	LORD MALLOW INTERVENES
CHAPTER XX.	OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES
CHAPTER XXI.	THE CLASH OF RACE
CHAPTER XXII.	SHEILA HAS HER SAY
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE COMING OF NOREEN
CHAPTER XXIV.	WITH THE GOVERNOR
CHAPTER XXV.	THEN WHAT HAPPENED

CARNAC’S FOLLY

By Gilbert Parker

CHAPTER I.	IN THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II.	ELEVEN YEARS PASS
CHAPTER III.	CARNAC’S RETURN
CHAPTER IV.	THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
CHAPTER V.	CARNAC AS MANAGER
CHAPTER VI.	LUKE TARBOE HAS AN OFFER
CHAPTER VII.	"AT OUR PRICE?"
CHAPTER VIII.	JOHN GRIER MAKES ANOTHER OFFER
CHAPTER IX.	THE PUZZLE
CHAPTER X.	DENZIL TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XI.	CARNAC’S TALK WITH HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XII.	CARNAC SAYS GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XIII.	CARNAC’S RETURN
CHAPTER XIV.	THE HOUSE OF THE THREE TREES
CHAPTER XV.	CARNAC AND JUNIA
CHAPTER XVI.	JOHN GRIER MAKES A JOURNEY
CHAPTER XVII.	THE READING OF THE WILL
CHAPTER XVIII.	A GREAT DECISION
CHAPTER XIX.	CARNAC BECOMES A CANDIDATE
CHAPTER XX.	JUNIA AND TARBOE HEAR THE NEWS
CHAPTER XXI.	THE SECRET MEETING
CHAPTER XXII.	POINT TO POINT
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT
CHAPTER XXIV.	THE BLUE PAPER
CHAPTER XXV.	DENZIL TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER XXVI.	THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XXVII.	EXIT
CHAPTER XXVIII.	A WOMAN WRITES A LETTER
CHAPTER XXIX.	CARNAL AND HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XXX.	TARBOE HAS A DREAM
CHAPTER XXXI.	THIS WAY HOME
CHAPTER XXXII.	"HALVES, PARDNER, HALVES"

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

With each volume of this subscription edition (1912) there is a special introduction, setting forth, in so far as seemed possible, the relation of each work to myself, to its companion works, and to the scheme of my literary life. Only one or two things, therefore, need be said here, as I wish God-speed to this edition, which, I trust, may help to make old friends warmer friends and new friends more understanding. Most of the novels and most of the short stories were suggested by incidents or characters which I had known, had heard of intimately, or, as in the case of the historical novels, had discovered in the works of historians. In no case are the main characters drawn absolutely from life; they are not portraits; and the proof of that is that no one has ever been able to identify, absolutely, any single character in these books. Indeed, it would be impossible for me to restrict myself to actual portraiture. It is trite to say that photography is not art, and photography has no charm for the artist, or the humanitarian indeed, in the portrayal of life. At its best it is only an exhibition of outer formal characteristics, idiosyncrasies, and contours. Freedom is the first essential of the artistic mind. As will be noticed in the introductions and original notes to several of these volumes, it is stated that they possess anachronisms; that they are not portraits of people living or dead, and that they only assume to be in harmony with the spirit of men and times and things. Perhaps in the first few pages of ‘The Right of Way’ portraiture is more nearly reached than in any other of these books, but it was only the nucleus, if I may say so, of a larger development which the original Charley Steele never attained. In the novel he grew to represent infinitely more than the original ever represented in his short life.

That would not be strange when it is remembered that the germ of The ‘Right of Way’ was growing in my mind over a long period of years, and it must necessarily have developed into a larger conception than the original character could have suggested. The same may be said of the chief characters in ‘The Weavers’. The story of the two brothers—David Claridge and Lord Eglington—in that book was brewing in my mind for quite fifteen years, and the main incidents and characters of other novels in this edition had the same slow growth. My forthcoming novel, called ‘The Judgment House’, had been in my mind for nearly twenty years and only emerged when it was full grown, as it were; when I was so familiar with the characters that they seemed as real in all ways as though they were absolute people and incidents of one’s own experience.

Little more need be said. In outward form the publishers have made this edition beautiful. I should be ill-content if there was not also an element of beauty in the work of the author. To my mind truth alone is not sufficient. Every work of art, no matter how primitive in conception, how tragic or how painful, or even how grotesque in design—like the gargoyles on Notre Dame must have, too, the elements of beauty—that which lures and holds, the durable and delightful thing. I have a hope that these books of mine, as faithful to life as I could make them, have also been touched here and there by the staff of beauty. Otherwise their day will be short indeed; and I should wish for them a day a little longer at least than my day and span.

I launch the ship. May it visit many a port! May its freight never lie neglected on the quays!