Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF SAMUEL MERWIN
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE SHORT LINE WAR
## THE ROAD TO FRONTENAC
## CALUMET 'K'
## DRUGGING A NATION
## THE ROAD BUILDERS
## THE MERRY ANNE
## HENRY IS TWENTY
## THE TRUFFLERS
## IN RED AND GOLD
## ANTHONY THE ABSOLUTE
## HILLS OF HAN
## HIS LITTLE WORLD
## THE WHIP HAND
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE SHORT LINE WAR
By Samuel Merwin
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — JIM WEEKS
CHAPTER II. — MR. McNALLY GOES TO TILLMAN CITY
CHAPTER III. — POLITICS AND OTHER THINGS
CHAPTER IV. — JIM WEEKS CLOSES IN
CHAPTER V. — TUESDAY EVENING
CHAPTER VI. — JUDGE BLACK
CHAPTER VII. — BETWEEN THE LINES
CHAPTER VIII. — JUDGE GREY
CHAPTER IX. — THE MATTER OF POSSESSION
CHAPTER X. — SOMEBODY LOSES THE BOOKS
CHAPTER XI. — A POLITICIAN
CHAPTER XII. — KATHERINE
CHAPTER XIII. — TRAIN NO. 14
CHAPTER XIV. — A CAPTURE AT BRUSHINGHAM
CHAPTER XV. — DEUS EX MACHINA
CHAPTER XVI. — McNALLY's EXPEDIENT
CHAPTER XVII. — IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XVIII. — THE COMING OF DAWN
CHAPTER XIX. — KATHERINE DECIDES
CHAPTER XX. — HARVEY
CHAPTER XXI. — THE TILLMAN CITY STOCK
CHAPTER XXII. — THE WINNING OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE SURRENDER
THE ROAD TO
FRONTENAC
BY
SAMUEL MERWIN
1901
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Captain Menard Has a Lazy Day. 1
II. The Maid. 19
III. Mademoiselle Eats Her Breakfast. 38
IV. The Long Arrow. 61
V. Danton Breaks Out. 83
VI. The Fight at La Gallette. 103
VII. A Compliment for Menard. 127
VIII. The Maid Makes New Friends. 147
IX. The Word of an Onondaga. 169
X. A Night Council. 191
XI. The Big Throat Speaks. 212
XII. The Long House. 235
XIII. The Voice of the Great Mountain. 254
XIV. Where the Dead Sit. 272
XV. The Bad Doctor. 293
XVI. At the Long Lake. 314
XVII. Northward. 337
XVIII. The Only Way. 359
XIX. Frontenac. 383
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
“Half way down the steps was a double file of Indians chained two and two.” Frontispiece
“Sitting on a bundle was, a girl, perhaps eighteen or nineteen years old.” 36
“The Indians walked silently to the fire.” 64
“Menard stood ... smiling with the same look of scorn he had worn ... when they led him to the torture.” 256
CALUMET "K"
By Merwin-Webster
1904
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
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
HE ... CURSED THE WHOLE G. & M. SYSTEM, FROM THE TIES UP
LAYOUT
"HERE'S THE SPOUTING HOUSE"
HE WAS DRAWING LINES ACROSS THE TIMBER
"WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE TRICK"
IT WAS A SIMPLE SCHEME
DRUGGING A NATION
The Story of China
and the Opium Curse
A Personal Investigation, during an
Extended Tour, of the Present Conditions
of the Opium Trade in China
and Its Effects upon the Nation
By
Samuel Merwin
CONTENTS
I. China’s Predicament 9
II. The Golden Opium Days 20
III. A Glimpse Into an Opium Province 53
IV. China’s Sincerity 70
V. Sowing the Wind in China—Shanghai 101
VI. Sowing the Wind in China—Tientsin and Hongkong 129
VII. How British Chickens Came Home to Roost 154
VIII. The Position of Great Britain 178
Appendix 204
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Facing page
H. E. Tong Shao-I Title
Kneading Crude Opium with Oil to Make Round or Flat Cakes 27
Making Round Cakes of Opium 27
The Opium Hulks of Shanghai 50
An Opium Receiving Ship or “Godown” at Shanghai 50
The Villages were Little More than Heaps of Ruins 54
At Last He Crawls Out on the Highway, Whining, Chattering
and Praying that a Few Copper Cash be Thrown Him 54
Wreck and Ruin in China 68
Enforcing the Edict at Shanghai 88
In an Opium Den, Shanghai 114
Opium-smoking 114
Weighing Opium in a Government Factory in India 154
Where the Chinaman Travels, Opium Travels too 172
THE ROAD-BUILDERS
BY
SAMUEL MERWIN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
F. B. MASTERS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Young Van engages a Cook 1
II. Where the Money came From 22
III. At Mr. Carhart’s Camp 37
IV. Jack Flagg sees Stars 66
V. What They found at the Water-hole 97
VI. The Road to Total Wreck 138
VII. The Spirit of the Job 185
VIII. Shots—and a Scouting Party 219
IX. A Show-down 246
X. What took Place at Red Hills 293
ILLUSTRATIONS
‘There,’ he cried, ... ‘there, boys! That means Red Hills or bust’ Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
‘It’s all I have a right to give anybody’ 74
‘Eighty cents,’ he muttered, ‘and for how much work?’ 80
‘Well,’ began the boss, looking him over, ‘what kind of a cook are you?’ 98
Wonderfully they held the pace 114
They went on in this way for nearly an hour 120
‘Look here, Tiffany,’ Carhart began, ‘something’s going to happen to this man Peet’ 142
‘You go back to your quarters’ 208
... this trestle structure which was slowly crawling, like some monster centipede, across the sands of the La Paz 240
The cigarette dropped from Antonio’s unnerved fingers 244
Charlie had not raised his revolver,—the muzzle still rested easily on the sill,—but it was pointing straight at Jack Flagg’s heart 310
THE MERRY ANNE
By Samuel Merwin
Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty
1904
CONTENTS
THE MERRY ANNE
CHAPTER I—DICK AND HIS MERRY ANNE
CHAPTER II—THE NEW MATE
CHAPTER III—AT THE HOUSE ON STILTS
CHAPTER IV—THE CIRCLE MARK
CHAPTER V—BURNT COVE
CHAPTER VI—THE RED SEAL LABEL
CHAPTER VII—DRAWING TOGETHER
CHAPTER VIII—THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY
CHAPTER IX—THE CHASE BEGINS—THURSDAY MORNING
CHAPTER X—THURSDAY NIGHT—THE GINGHAM DRESS
CHAPTER XI—THURSDAY NIGHT—VAN DEELEN'S BRIDGE
CHAPTER XII—THE MEETING
CHAPTER XIII—WHISKEY JIM
CHAPTER XIV—HARBOR LIGHTS
CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH BEVERIDGE SURPRISES HIMSELF
HENRY IS TWENTY
A Further Episodic History of Henry Calverly, 3rd
By Samuel Merwin
1921
CONTENTS
OF PATTERNS AND PERSONS
I—THE IRRATIONAL ANIMAL
II—IN SAND-FLY TIME
III—THE STIMULANT
IV—THE WHITE STAR
V—TIGER, TIGER!
VI—ALADDIN ON SIMPSON STREET
VII—THE BUBBLE, REPUTATION
VIII—THIS BUD OF LOVE
IX—WHAT'S MONEY!
X—LOVE LAUGHS
THE TRUFFLERS
A Story
By Samuel Merwin
Illustrated by Frank Snapp
Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers
1916
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—THE GIRL IN THE PLAID COAT