## THE CRUISE OF THE JASPER B.
## CARTER, AND OTHER PEOPLE
## THE REVOLT OF THE OYSTER
## THE OLD SOAK
## DANNY'S OWN STORY
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE CRUISE OF THE JASPER B.
By
Don Marquis
To All The Copyreaders On All
The Newspapers Of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I <A BRIGHT BLADE LEAPS FROM A RUSTY SCABBARD
II <THE ROOM OF ILLUSION
III <A SCHOONER, A SKIPPER, AND A SKULL
IV <A BAD MAN TO CROSS
V <BEAUTY IN DISTRESS
VI <LADY AGATHA'S STORY
VII <FIRST BLOOD FOR CLEGGETT
VIII <A FLAME LEAPS OUT OF THE DARK
IX <MYSTERIES MULTIPLY
X <IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP
XI <REPARTEE AND PISTOLS
XII <THE SECOND OBLONG BOX
XIII <THE SOUL OF LOGAN BLACK
XIV <CLEGGETT STANDS BY HIS SHIP
XV <NIGHT, TEMPEST, LOVE AND BATTLE
XVI <ROMANCE REGNANT
XVII <MISS PRINGLE CALLS ON MR. CLEGGETT
XVIII <THE MAN IN THE BLUE PAJAMAS
XIX <TWO GREAT MEN MEET
XX <THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETECTIVE
XXI <THE THIRD OBLONG BOX ARRIVES
XXII <DANCING ON THE DECK
XXIII <CUTLASSES
XXIV <THE DUEL
XXV <THE SECRET OF THE VESSEL'S HOLD
XXVI <A DOG DIES GAME
XXVII <CLEGGETT ACCOMMODATES THE KING
CARTER, AND OTHER PEOPLE
By Don Marquis
1921
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
I.-Carter
II—Old Man Murtrie
III.—Never Say Die
IV.—McDermott
V.—Looney the Mutt
VI—Kale
VII—Bubbles
VIII.—The Chances of the Street
IX.—The Professor's Awakening
X.—The Penitent
XI.—The Locked Box
XII.—Behind the Curtain
XIII.—Words and Thoughts
THE REVOLT OF THE OYSTER
By Don Marquis
1922
CONTENTS
THE REVOLT OF THE OYSTER
“IF WE COULD ONLY SEE”
HOW HANK SIGNED THE PLEDGE
ACCURSED HAT
ROONEY'S TOUCHDOWN
TOO AMERICAN
THE SADDEST MAN
DOGS AND BOYS (As told by the dog)
BILL PATTERSON
BLOOD WILL TELL (As told by the dog)
BEING A PUBLIC CHARACTER (As told by the dog)
WRITTEN IN BLOOD (As told by the dogs)
THE OLD SOAK, and HAIL AND FAREWELL
By Don Marquis
Line Drawings By Sterling Patterson
1921
CONTENTS
OLD SOAK
CHAPTER ONE—Introducing the Old Soak
CHAPTER TWO—Beginning the Old Soak's History of the Rum Demon
CHAPTER THREE—Liquor and Hennery Simms
CHAPTER FOUR—The Old Soak's History—The Barroom as an Educative
CHAPTER FIVE—Look Out For Crime Waves!
CHAPTER SIX—Continuing the Old Soak's History—The Barroom and the Arts
CHAPTER SEVEN—An Argument With the Old Woman
CHAPTER EIGHT—The Old Soak's History—More Evils of Prohibition
CHAPTER NINE—Preparing for Christmas
CHAPTER TEN—Continuing the History—the Old Soak Fears for the Growing
CHAPTER ELEVEN—Jabe Potter's Optimism
CHAPTER TWELVE—More of the History—As It Used to Be of a Morning
CHAPTER THIRTEEN—Peace and Contentment
CHAPTER FOURTEEN—Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—Unfermented
CHAPTER FIFTEEN—Political Talk
CHAPTER SIXTEEN—The History Continued—Prohibition and Winter Weather
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN—The Old Soak Finds a Way
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—The History Continued—the Barroom's Good Influence
CHAPTER NINETEEN—A House Divided
CHAPTER TWENTY—Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—the Barroom and
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE—Sympathy Wanted
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO—The History of the Rum Demon Concluded—Prohibition
HAIL AND FAREWELL
I—A LAST DRINK
II—IN THE OLD DAYS
III—A DIPSEY CHANTEY
IV—A CERTAIN CLUB
V—A TEMPERANCE TRACT
VI—A VISION IN THE NIGHT
VII—THE LAST CASE OF GIN
VIII—CROWNED SINGERS
IX—DOWN IN A WINE VAULT
X—ANACREON
XI—THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE OLD DAYS
XII—IN AN OLD-TIME TAVERN BOOTH
XIII—THE OLD BRASS RAILING
XIV—ONCE YOUTH WAS MINE
XV—IN A TAVERN BOOTH
XVI—AN ENGAGEMENT
XVII—THE BATTLE OF THE KEYHOLES
XVIII—IN A TAVERN BOOTH
XIX—YEARNINGS AND MEMORIES
XX—DO YOU REMEMBER?
XXI—AND YOU MAY KECALL THIS
XXII—TRUE, BUT WHAT OF IT?
XXIII—A SUMMER DAY DREAM
XXIV—ON SWEARING OFF AGAIN
XXV—AFTER SEVERAL HIGHBALLS
XXVI—CHANT ROYAL OF THE DEJECTED DIPSOMANIAC
XXVII—PROVERBS XXIII, 29
XXVIII—AN OBJECT LESSON
XXIX—A KANSAS TRAGEDY
DANNY'S OWN STORY
By Don Marquis
1912
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