Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
BRET HARTE
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## SELECTED STORIES
## BY SHORE AND SEDGE
## DRIFT FROM TWO SHORES
## IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS
## MARUJA
## A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE
## CONDENSED NOVELS
## NEW BURLESQUES
## A WAIF OF THE PLAINS
## A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY
## THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH
## DEVIL'S FORD
## SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S
## IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS
## TRENT'S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES
## SUSY, A STORY OF THE PLAINS
## COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS
## IN LIGHT AND SHADOW
## OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL
## FROM SAND HILLS TO PINE
## TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN
## UNDER THE REDWOODS
## MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION
## THE THREE PARTNERS
## TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR
## ON THE FRONTIER
## MRS. SKAGG'S HUSBANDS
## URBAN SKETCHES
## LEGENDS AND TALES
## CLARENCE
## THE STORY OF A MINE
## THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S AND OTHERS
## A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S
## THE ARGONAUTS OF NORTH LIBERTY
## SALLY DOWS AND OTHER STORIES
## A PHYLLIS OF THE SIERRAS
## A FIRST FAMILY OF TASAJARA
## COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT
## FLIP A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE
## CRESSY
## A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS
## THE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAIN
## TALES OF THE ARGONAUTS
## THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP AND OTHERS
## EAST AND WEST POEMS
## FRONTIER STORIES
## SALOMY JANE
## THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
## HER LETTER HIS ANSWER
## GABRIEL CONROY
THANKFUL BLOSSOM
A DRIFT FROM REDWOOD CAMP
DICKENS IN CAMP
EXCELSIOR
FOUND AT BLAZING STAR
JEFF BRIGGS'S LOVE STORY
TENNESSEE'S PARTNER
THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
SELECTED STORIES OF BRET HARTE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
MIGGLES
TENNESSEE'S PARTNER
THE IDYL OF RED GULCH
BROWN OF CALAVERAS
HIGH-WATER MARK
A LONELY RIDE
THE MAN OF NO ACCOUNT
MLISS
THE RIGHT EYE OF THE COMMANDER
NOTES BY FLOOD AND FIELD
AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN
BARKER'S LUCK
A YELLOW DOG
A MOTHER OF FIVE
BULGER'S REPUTATION
IN THE TULES
A CONVERT OF THE MISSION
THE INDISCRETION OF ELSBETH
THE DEVOTION OF ENRIQUEZ
BY SHORE AND SEDGE
Bret Harte
CONTENTS
AN APOSTLE OF THE TULES
SARAH WALKER
A SHIP OF '49
DRIFT FROM TWO SHORES
Bret Harte
CONTENTS
THE MAN ON THE BEACH
TWO SAINTS OF THE FOOT-HILLS
"JINNY"
ROGER CATRON'S FRIEND
"WHO WAS MY QUIET FRIEND?"
A GHOST OF THE SIERRAS
THE HOODLUM BAND
THE MAN WHOSE YOKE WAS NOT EASY
MY FRIEND, THE TRAMP
THE MAN FROM SOLANO
THE OFFICE SEEKER
A SLEEPING-CAR EXPERIENCE
MORNING ON THE AVENUE
WITH THE ENTREES
IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS
Bret Harte
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
MARUJA
By Bret Harte
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
A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE
Bret Harte
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX
CONDENSED NOVELS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES
LOTHAW, or THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION
MUCK-A-MUCK, A MODERN INDIAN NOVEL, AFTER JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
TERENCE DENVILLE
SELINA SEDILIA
THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN [AFTER THE THREE MUSKETEERS, BY DUMAS]
THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD
THE HAUNTED MAN
MISS MIX [AFTER CHARLOTTE BRONTE]
GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, "ENTIRE."
MR. MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY
JOHN JENKINS; OR, THE SMOKER REFORMED
NO TITLE [AFTER WILKIE COLLINS]
Contains:
MARY JONES'S NARRATIVE
THE SLIM YOUNG MAN'S STORY
NO. 27 LIMEHOUSE ROAD
COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE
DR. DIGGS'S STATEMENT
BEING A NOVEL IN THE FRENCH PARAGRAPHIC STYLE
FANTINE
LA FEMME
MARY MCGILLUP, A SOUTHERN NOVEL, AFTER BELLE BOYD
NEW BURLESQUES
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
RUPERT THE RESEMBLER [After Rupert of Hentzau and Prisoner of Zenda]
THE STOLEN CIGAR CASE By A. CO--N D--LE
GOLLY AND THE CHRISTIAN, OR THE MINX AND THE MANXMAN By H-LL C—NE
THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN LONGBOWE, YEOMAN
BEING A MODERN-ANTIQUE REALISTIC ROMANCE
(COMPILED FROM SEVERAL EMINENT SOURCES)
DAN'L BOREM BY E. N---S W--T---T
STORIES THREE BY R-DY--D K-PL--G
"ZUT-SKI" THE PROBLEM OF A WICKED FEME SOLE BY M-R-E C-R-LLI
A WAIF OF THE PLAINS
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI
THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH
and Other Tales
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH
A KNIGHT-ERRANT OF THE FOOT-HILLS
A SECRET OF TELEGRAPH HILL
CAPTAIN JIM'S FRIEND
DEVIL'S FORD
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
DEVIL'S FORD
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
TRENT'S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
TRENT'S TRUST
MR. MACGLOWRIE'S WIDOW
A WARD OF COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S
PROSPER'S “OLD MOTHER”
THE CONVALESCENCE OF JACK HAMLIN
A PUPIL OF CHESTNUT RIDGE
DICK BOYLE'S BUSINESS CARD
SUSY,
A STORY OF THE PLAINS
By Bret Harte
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.
COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
POEMS
I. NATIONAL
JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG
"HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?"
BATTLE BUNNY
THE REVEILLE
OUR PRIVILEGE
RELIEVING GUARD
THE GODDESS
ON A PEN OF THOMAS STARR KING
A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY
THE COPPERHEAD
A SANITARY MESSAGE
THE OLD MAJOR EXPLAINS
CALIFORNIA'S GREETING TO SEWARD
THE AGED STRANGER
THE IDYL OF BATTLE HOLLOW
CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD
POEM
MISS BLANCHE SAYS
AN ARCTIC VISION
ST. THOMAS
OFF SCARBOROUGH
CADET GREY
II. SPANISH IDYLS AND LEGENDS
THE MIRACLE OF PADRE JUNIPERO
THE WONDERFUL SPRING OF SAN JOAQUIN
THE ANGELUS
CONCEPCION DE ARGUELLO
"FOR THE KING"
RAMON
DON DIEGO OF THE SOUTH
AT THE HACIENDA
FRIAR PEDRO'S RIDE
IN THE MISSION GARDEN
THE LOST GALLEON*
III. IN DIALECT
"JIM"
CHIQUITA
DOW'S FLAT
IN THE TUNNEL
"CICELY"
PENELOPE
PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES
THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS
LUKE
"THE BABES IN THE WOODS"
THE LATEST CHINESE OUTRAGE
TRUTHFUL JAMES TO THE EDITOR
AN IDYL OF THE ROAD
THOMPSON OF ANGELS
THE HAWK'S NEST
HER LETTER
HIS ANSWER TO "HER LETTER"
"THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS"
FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES
AFTER THE ACCIDENT
THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW
"SEVENTY-NINE"
THE STAGE-DRIVER'S STORY
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
THE THOUGHT-READER OF ANGELS
THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGELS
ARTEMIS IN SIERRA
JACK OF THE TULES
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
A GREYPORT LEGEND
A NEWPORT ROMANCE
SAN FRANCISCO
THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE
GRIZZLY.
MADRONO
COYOTE
TO A SEA-BIRD
WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG
DICKENS IN CAMP
"TWENTY YEARS"
FATE
GRANDMOTHER TENTERDEN
GUILD'S SIGNAL
ASPIRING MISS DE LAINE
A LEGEND OF COLOGNE
THE TALE OF A PONY
ON A CONE OF THE BIG TREES
LONE MOUNTAIN
ALNASCHAR
THE TWO SHIPS
ADDRESS
DOLLY VARDEN
TELEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR
WHAT THE WOLF REALLY SAID TO LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD
HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER
WHAT THE BULLET SANG
THE OLD CAMP-FIRE
THE STATION-MASTER OF LONE PRAIRIE
THE MISSION BELLS OF MONTEREY
"CROTALUS"
ON WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT
THE BIRDS OF CIRENCESTER
LINES TO A PORTRAIT, BY A SUPERIOR PERSON
HER LAST LETTER
V. PARODIES
BEFORE THE CURTAIN
TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL*
THE BALLAD OF MR. COOKE
THE BALLAD OF THE EMEU
MRS. JUDGE JENKINS
A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL
AVITOR
THE WILLOWS
NORTH BEACH
THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS
THE RITUALIST
A MORAL VINDICATOR
CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL
WHAT THE ENGINES SAID
THE LEGENDS OF THE RHINE
SONGS WITHOUT SENSE
MASTER JOHNNY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR
MISS EDITH'S MODEST REQUEST
MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK
MISS EDITH MAKES ANOTHER FRIEND
WHAT MISS EDITH SAW FROM HER WINDOW
ON THE LANDING
NOTES
STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
“UNSER KARL”
UNCLE JIM AND UNCLE BILLY
SEE YUP
THE DESBOROUGH CONNECTIONS
SALOMY JANE'S KISS
THE MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN
THE PASSING OF ENRIQUEZ
OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
A MERCURY OF THE FOOT-HILLS
COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF
THE LANDLORD OF THE BIG FLUME HOTEL
A BUCKEYE HOLLOW INHERITANCE
THE REINCARNATION OF SMITH
LANTY FOSTER'S MISTAKE
AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS
MISS PEGGY'S PROTEGES
THE GODDESS OF EXCELSIOR
FROM SAND HILL TO PINE
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
FROM SAND HILL TO PINE
A NIECE OF SNAPSHOT HARRY'S
A TREASURE OF THE REDWOODS
A BELLE OF CANADA CITY
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FONDA
A JACK AND JILL OF THE SIERRAS
MR. BILSON'S HOUSEKEEPER
TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN
THE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
TWO AMERICANS
THE JUDGMENT OF BOLINAS PLAIN
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF ALKALI DICK
A NIGHT ON THE DIVIDE
A TALE OF THREE TRUANTS
UNDER THE REDWOODS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
UNDER THE REDWOODS
JIMMY'S BIG BROTHER FROM CALIFORNIA
THE YOUNGEST MISS PIPER
A WIDOW OF THE SANTA ANA VALLEY
THE MERMAID OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT
UNDER THE EAVES
HOW REUBEN ALLEN “SAW LIFE” IN SAN FRANCISCO
THREE VAGABONDS OF TRINIDAD
A VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN
A ROMANCE OF THE LINE
BOHEMIAN DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO
MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION
THE MAN AT THE SEMAPHORE
AN ESMERALDA OF ROCKY CANYON
DICK SPINDLER'S FAMILY CHRISTMAS
WHEN THE WATERS WERE UP AT “JULES'”
THE BOOM IN THE “CALAVERAS CLARION”
THE SECRET OF SOBRIENTE'S WELL
LIBERTY JONES'S DISCOVERY
THE THREE PARTNERS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
COSTUMES
TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR
ACT I
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
ON THE FRONTIER
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
AT THE MISSION OF SAN CARMEL
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
A BLUE GRASS PENELOPE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
LEFT OUT ON LONE STAR MOUNTAIN.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
MRS. SKAGGS'S HUSBANDS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
MRS. SKAGGS'S HUSBANDS.
HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME TO SIMPSON'S BAR.
THE PRINCESS BOB AND HER FRIENDS.
THE ILIAD OF SANDY BAR.
MR THOMPSON'S PRODIGAL
THE ROMANCE OF MADRONO HOLLOW.
THE POET OF SIERRA FLAT.
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT CAME TO RUPERT.
URBAN SKETCHES
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
URBAN SKETCHES
A VENERABLE IMPOSTOR.
FROM A BALCONY
MELONS
SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF MASTER CHARLES SUMMERTON.
SIDEWALKINGS
A BOYS' DOG
CHARITABLE REMINISCENCES
“SEEING THE STEAMER OFF”
NEIGHBORHOODS I HAVE MOVED FROM
MY SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.
ON A VULGAR LITTLE BOY
WAITING FOR THE SHIP.
LEGENDS AND TALES
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
LEGENDS AND TALES.
THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO.
THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VINCENTIO
THE LEGEND OF DEVIL'S POINT.
THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER
THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND;
THE RUINS OF SAN FRANCISCO
A NIGHT AT WINGDAM.
CLARENCE
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
PART II.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
PART III.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
THE STORY OF A MINE
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
PART—I.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
PART II.—IN THE COURTS
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
PART III.—IN CONGRESS
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
JOHNNYBOY.
YOUNG ROBIN GRAY.
THE SHERIFF OF SISKYOU.
A ROSE OF GLENBOGIE.
THE MYSTERY OF THE HACIENDA.
CHU CHU.
MY FIRST BOOK.
A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S
by Bret Harte
CONTENTS
A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S.
AN INGENUE OF THE SIERRAS.
THE REFORMATION OF JAMES REDDY.
THE HEIR OF THE McHULISHES.
AN EPISODE OF WEST WOODLANDS.
THE HOME-COMING OF JIM WILKES.
THE ARGONAUTS OF NORTH LIBERTY
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
PART II
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
SALLY DOWS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
SALLY DOWS.
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
THE CONSPIRACY OF MRS. BUNKER.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUCKEYE CAMP
THEIR UNCLE FROM CALIFORNIA.
A PHYLLIS OF THE SIERRAS
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPER II.
CHAPER III.
CHAPER IV.
CHAPER V.
A FIRST FAMILY OF TASAJARA
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPER II.
CHAPER III.
CHAPER IV.
CHAPER V.
CHAPER VI
CHAPER VII.
CHAPER VIII.
CHAPER IX.
CHAPER X.
CHAPER XI.
CHAPER XII.
CHAPER XIII.
COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
THE POSTMISTRESS OF LAUREL RUN.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
A NIGHT AT “HAYS."
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
JOHNSON'S “OLD WOMAN."
THE NEW ASSISTANT AT PINE CLEARING SCHOOL.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
IN A PIONEER RESTAURANT.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
A TREASURE OF THE GALLEON.
OUT OF A PIONEER'S TRUNK.
THE GHOSTS OF STUKELEY CASTLE.
FLIP: A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE
By Bret Harte
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CRESSY
By Bret Harte
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.
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
