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