Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
HENRY SETON MERRIMAN
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE VULTURES
## IN KEDAR'S TENTS
THE GREY LADY
## TOMASO'S FORTUNE AND OTHER STORIES
## BARLASCH OF THE GUARD
## THE LAST HOPE
## FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER
## THE ISLE OF UNREST
## WITH EDGED TOOLS
## THE LAST HOPE
## THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP
## RODEN'S CORNER
## THE SOWERS
## THE VELVET GLOVE
## DROSS
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE VULTURES
A NOVEL
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
I ALL AT SEA
II SIGNAL HOUSE
III A SPECIALTY
IV TWO OF A TRADE
V AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
VI THE VULTURES
VII AT THE FRONTIER
VIII IN A REMOTE CITY
IX THE SAND-WORKERS
X A WARNING
XI AN AGREEMENT TO DIFFER
XII CARTONER VERSUS FATE
XIII THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
XIV SENTENCED
XV A TALE HALF TOLD
XVI MUCH-OR NOTHING
XVII IN THE SENATORSKA
XVIII JOSEPH'S STORY
XIX THE HIGH-WATER MARK
XX A LIGHT TOUCH
XXI A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
XXII THE WHITE FEATHER
XXIII COEUR VOLANT
XXIV IN THE WEST INDIA DOCK ROAD S
XXV THE CAPTAIN'S STORY
XXVI IN THE SPRING
XXVII A SACRIFICE
XXVIII IN THE PINE-WOODS
XXIX IN A BY-WAY
XXX THE QUIET CITY
XXXI THE PAYMENT
XXXII A LOVE-LETTER
XXXIII THIN ICE
XXXIV FOR ANOTHER TIME
XXXV ACROSS THE FRONTIER
XXXVI CAPTAIN CABLE SOILS HIS HANDS
XXXVII THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
IN KEDAR’S TENTS
By Henry Seton Merriman
1909
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
One Soweth
1
II.
Another Reapeth
11
III.
Like Ships upon the Sea
23
IV.
Le Premier Pas
34
V.
Contraband
48
VI.
At Ronda
59
VII.
In a Moorish Garden
70
VIII.
The Love Letter
82
IX.
A War of Wit
94
X.
The City of Discontent
105
XI.
A Tangled Web
117
XII.
On the Toledo Road
129
XIII.
A Wise Ignoramus
140
XIV.
A Weight of Evidence
151
XV.
An Ultimatum
163
XVI.
In Honour
174
XVII.
In Madrid
185
XVIII.
In Toledo
197
XIX.
Concepçion takes the Road
208
XX.
On the Talavera Road
220
XXI.
A Cross-Examination
231
XXII.
Reparation
242
XXIII.
Larralde’s Price
254
XXIV.
Priestcraft
265
XXV.
Swordcraft
276
XXVI.
Womancraft
287
XXVII.
A Night Journey
298
XXVIII.
The City of Strife
309
XXIX.
Midnight and Dawn
320
XXX.
The Dawn of Peace
331
TOMASO'S FORTUNE AND OTHER STORIES
By Henry Seton Merriman.
CONTENTS
SISTER
A SMALL WORLD
IN A CROOKED WAY
THE TALE OF A SCORPION
ON THE ROCKS
“GOLOSSA-A-L”
THE MULE
IN LOVE AND WAR
TOMASO'S FORTUNE
STRANDED
PUTTING THINGS RIGHT
FOR JUANITA'S SAKE
AT THE FRONT
THE END OF THE “MOOROO”
IN A CARAVAN
IN THE TRACK OF THE WANDERING JEW
THROUGH THE GATE OF TEARS
A PARIAH
THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN
BARLASCH OF THE GUARD
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. ALL ON A SUMMER'S DAY
CHAPTER II. A CAMPAIGNER
CHAPTER III. FATE
CHAPTER IV. THE CLOUDED MOON
CHAPTER V. THE WEISSEN ROSS'L
CHAPTER VI. THE SHOEMAKER OF KONIGSBERG
CHAPTER VII. THE WAY OF LOVE
CHAPTER VIII. A VISITATION
CHAPTER IX. THE GOLDEN GUESS
CHAPTER X. IN DEEP WATER
CHAPTER XI. THE WAVE MOVES ON
CHAPTER XII. FROM BORODINO
CHAPTER XIII. IN THE DAY OF REJOICING
CHAPTER XIV. MOSCOW
CHAPTER XV. THE GOAL
CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST OF THE EBB
CHAPTER XVII. A FORLORN HOPE
CHAPTER XVIII. MISSING
CHAPTER XIX. KOWNO
CHAPTER XX. DESIREE'S CHOICE
CHAPTER XXI. ON THE WARSAW ROAD
CHAPTER XXII. THROUGH THE SHOALS
CHAPTER XXIII. AGAINST THE STREAM
CHAPTER XXIV. MATHILDE CHOOSES
CHAPTER XXV. A DESPATCH
CHAPTER XXVI. ON THE BRIDGE
CHAPTER XXVII. A FLASH OF MEMORY
CHAPTER XXVIII. VILNA
CHAPTER XXIX. THE BARGAIN
CHAPTER XXX. THE FULFILMENT
THE LAST HOPE
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. LE ROI EST MORT
CHAPTER II. VIVE LE ROI
CHAPTER III. THE RETURN OF “THE LAST HOPE”
CHAPTER IV. THE MARQUIS'S CREED
CHAPTER V. ON THE DYKE
CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF THE CASTAWAYS
CHAPTER VII. ON THE SCENT
CHAPTER VIII. THE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS A KING
CHAPTER IX. A MISTAKE
CHAPTER X. IN THE ITALIAN HOUSE
CHAPTER XI. A BEGINNING
CHAPTER XII. THE SECRET OF GEMOSAC
CHAPTER XIII. WITHIN THE GATES
CHAPTER XIV. THE LIFTED VEIL
CHAPTER XV. THE TURN OF THE TIDE
CHAPTER XVI. THE GAMBLERS
CHAPTER XVII. ON THE PONT ROYAL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE CITY THAT SOON FORGETS
CHAPTER XIX. IN THE BREACH
CHAPTER XX. "NINETEEN”
CHAPTER XXI. NO. 8 RUELLE ST. JACOB
CHAPTER XXII. DROPPING THE PILOT
CHAPTER XXIII. A SIMPLE BANKER
CHAPTER XXIV. THE LANE OF MANY TURNINGS
CHAPTER XXV. SANS RANCUNE
CHAPTER XXVI. RETURNED EMPTY
CHAPTER XXVII. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
CHAPTER XXVIII. BAREBONE'S PRICE
CHAPTER XXIX. IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXX. IN THE FURROW AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXI. THE THURSDAY OF MADAME DE CHANTONNAY
CHAPTER XXXII. PRIMROSES
CHAPTER XXXIII. DORMER COLVILLE IS BLIND
CHAPTER XXXIV. A SORDID MATTER
CHAPTER XXXV. A SQUARE MAN
CHAPTER XXXVI. MRS. PIERRE LAWRENCE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
CHAPTER XXXVII. AN UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A COUP-D'ETAT
CHAPTER XXXIX. "JOHN DARBY”
CHAPTER XL. FARLINGFORD ONCE MORE
FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER
CHAPTER I THE SEED
CHAPTER II SUBURBAN
CHAPTER III MERCURY
CHAPTER IV FREIGHTED
CHAPTER V AFTER NINETEEN YEARS
CHAPTER VI FOR HIS COUNTRY
CHAPTER VII ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER VIII RELIEVED
CHAPTER IX RE-CAST
CHAPTER X A LAST THROW
CHAPTER XI A CARPET KNIGHT
CHAPTER XII BAD NEWS
CHAPTER XIII ON THIN ICE
CHAPTER XIV THE CURSE OF A GOOD INTENTION
CHAPTER XV THE TOUCH OF NATURE
CHAPTER XVI THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
CHAPTER XVII TWO MOTIVES
CHAPTER XVIII LIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA
CHAPTER XIX AT HURLINGHGAM
CHAPTER XX IN A SIDE PATH
CHAPTER XXI ALONE
CHAPTER XXII ACROSS THE YEARS
CHAPTER XXIII AND THE TIME PASSES SOMEHOW
CHAPTER XXIV A STAB IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXV FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH
CHAPTER XXVI BALANCING ACCOUNTS
CHAPTER XXVII AT BAY
CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST LINK
CHAPTER XXIX SETTLED
THE ISLE OF UNREST
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
THE ISLE OF UNREST
CHAPTER I THE MOVING FINGER
CHAPTER II CHEZ CLÉMENT
CHAPTER III A BY-PATH
CHAPTER IV A TOSS-UP
CHAPTER V IN THE RUE DU CHERCHE-MIDI
CHAPTER VI NEIGHBOURS
CHAPTER VII JOURNEY'S END
CHAPTER VIII AT VASSELOT
CHAPTER IX THE PROMISED LAND
CHAPTER X THUS FAR
CHAPTER XI BY SURPRISE
CHAPTER XII A SUMMONS
CHAPTER XIII WAR
CHAPTER XIV GOSSIP
CHAPTER XV WAR
CHAPTER XVI A MASTERFUL MAN
CHAPTER XVII WITHOUT DRUM OR TRUMPET
CHAPTER XVIII A WOMAN OF ACTION
CHAPTER XIX THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XX WOUNDED
CHAPTER XXI FOR FRANCE
CHAPTER XXII IN THE MACQUIS
CHAPTER XXIII AN UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XXIV CE QUE FEMME VEUT
CHAPTER XXV ON THE GREAT ROAD
CHAPTER XXVI THE END OF THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER XXVII THE ABBÉ'S SALAD
CHAPTER XXVIII GOLD
CHAPTER XXIX A BALANCED ACCOUNT
CHAPTER XXX THE BEGINNING AND THE END
WITH EDGED TOOLS
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. TWO GENERATIONS
CHAPTER II. OVER THE OLD GROUND
CHAPTER III. A FAREWELL
CHAPTER IV. A TRAGEDY
CHAPTER V. WITH EDGED TOOLS
CHAPTER VI. UNDER THE LINE
CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET OF THE SIMIACINE
CHAPTER VIII. A RECRUIT
CHAPTER IX. TO PASS THE TIME
CHAPTER X. LOANGO
CHAPTER XI. A COMPACT
CHAPTER XII. A MEETING
CHAPTER XIII. IN BLACK AND WHITE
CHAPTER XIV. PANIC-STRICKEN
CHAPTER XV. A CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER XVI. WAR
CHAPTER XVII. UNDERHAND
CHAPTER XVIII. A REQUEST
CHAPTER XIX. IVORY
CHAPTER XX. BROUGHT TO THE SCRATCH
CHAPTER XXI. THE FIRST CONSIGNMENT
CHAPTER XXII. THE SECOND CONSIGNMENT
CHAPTER XXIII. MERCURY
CHAPTER XXIV. NEMESIS
CHAPTER XXV. TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXVI. IN PERIL
CHAPTER XXVII. OFF DUTY
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SLOW RECOVERY
CHAPTER XXIX. A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XXX. OLD BIRDS
CHAPTER XXXI. SEED-TIME
CHAPTER XXXII. AN ENVOY
CHAPTER XXXIII. DARK DEALING
CHAPTER XXXIV. AMONG THORNS
CHAPTER XXXV. ENGAGED
CHAPTER XXXVI. NO COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XXXVII. FOUL PLAY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ACCURSED CAMP
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE
CHAPTER XL. SIR JOHN'S LAST CARD
CHAPTER XLI. A TROIS
CHAPTER XLII. A STRONG FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XLIII. A LONG DEBT
CHAPTER XLIV. MADE UP
CHAPTER XLV. THE TELEGRAM
THE LAST HOPE
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I LE ROI EST MORT
CHAPTER II VIVE LE ROI
CHAPTER III THE RETURN OF “THE LAST HOPE”
CHAPTER IV THE MARQUIS’S CREED
CHAPTER V ON THE DYKE
CHAPTER VI THE STORY OF THE CASTAWAYS
CHAPTER VII ON THE SCENT
CHAPTER VIII THE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS A KING
CHAPTER IX A MISTAKE
CHAPTER X IN THE ITALIAN HOUSE
CHAPTER XI A BEGINNING
CHAPTER XII THE SECRET OF GEMOSAC
CHAPTER XIII WITHIN THE GATES
CHAPTER XIV THE LIFTED VEIL
CHAPTER XV THE TURN OF THE TIDE
CHAPTER XVI THE GAMBLERS
CHAPTER XVII ON THE PONT ROYAL
CHAPTER XVIII THE CITY THAT SOON FORGETS
CHAPTER XIX IN THE BREACH
CHAPTER XX “NINETEEN”
CHAPTER XXI NO. 8 RUELLE ST. JACOB
CHAPTER XXII DROPPING THE PILOT
CHAPTER XXIII A SIMPLE BANKER
CHAPTER XXIV THE LANE OF MANY TURNINGS
CHAPTER XXV SANS RANCUNE
CHAPTER XXVI RETURNED EMPTY
CHAPTER XXVII OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
CHAPTER XXVIII BAREBONE’S PRICE
CHAPTER XXIX IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXX IN THE FURROW AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXI THE THURSDAY OF MADAME DE CHANTONNAY
CHAPTER XXXII PRIMROSES
CHAPTER XXXIII DORMER COLVILLE IS BLIND
CHAPTER XXXIV A SORDID MATTER
CHAPTER XXXV A SQUARE MAN
CHAPTER XXXVI MRS. ST. PIERRE LAWRENCE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
CHAPTER XXXVII AN UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XXXVIII A COUP-D'ÉTAT
CHAPTER XXXIX “JOHN DARBY”
CHAPTER XL FARLINGFORD ONCE MORE
THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I IN THE RUE ST. GINGOLPHE
CHAPTER II TOOLS
CHAPTER III WITHOUT REST
CHAPTER IV BURDENED
CHAPTER V A REUNION
CHAPTER VI BROKEN THREADS
CHAPTER VII PUPPETS
CHAPTER VIII FALSE METAL
CHAPTER IX A CLUE
CHAPTER X ON THE SCENT
CHAPTER XI BURY BLUFF
CHAPTER XII A WARNING WORD
CHAPTER XIII A NIGHT WATCH
CHAPTER XIV FOILED
CHAPTER XV BOOKS
CHAPTER XVI FOES
CHAPTER XVII A RETREAT
CHAPTER XVIII AN EMPTY NEST
CHAPTER XIX FOUL PLAY
CHAPTER XX WINGED
CHAPTER XXI TRUE TO HIS CLOTH
CHAPTER XXII GREEK AND GREEK
CHAPTER XXIII STRICKEN DOWN
CHAPTER XXIV BACK TO LIFE
CHAPTER XXV BACK TO WORK
CHAPTER XXVI SIGNOR BRUNO
CHAPTER XXVII IN THE RUE ST. GINGOLPHE AGAIN
CHAPTER XXVIII THE MAKING OF CHRISTIAN VELLACOTT
RODEN'S CORNER
By Henry Seton Merriman
1913
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I IN ST.JACOB STRAAT
CHAPTER II WORK OR PLAY?
CHAPTER III BEGINNING AT HOME
CHAPTER IV A NEW DISCIPLE
CHAPTER V OUT OF EGYPT
CHAPTER VI ON THE DUNES
CHAPTER VII OFFICIAL
CHAPTER VIII THE SEAMY SIDE
CHAPTER IX A SHADOW FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER X DEEPER WATER
CHAPTER XI IN THE OUDE WEG
CHAPTER XII SUBURBAN
CHAPTER XIII THE MAKING OF A MAN
CHAPTER XIV UNSOUND
CHAPTER XV PLAIN SPEAKING
CHAPTER XVI DANGER
CHAPTER XVII PLAIN SPEAKING
CHAPTER XVIII A COMPLICATION
CHAPTER XIX DANGER
CHAPTER XX FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XXI A COMBINED FORCE
CHAPTER XXII GRATITUDE
CHAPTER XXIII A REINFORCEMENT
CHAPTER XXIV A BRIGHT AND SHINING LIGHT
CHAPTER XXV CLEARING THE AIR
CHAPTER XXVI THE ULTIMATUM
CHAPTER XXVII COMMERCE
CHAPTER XXVIII WITH CARE
CHAPTER XXIX A LESSON
CHAPTER XXX ON THE QUEEN'S CANAL
CHAPTER XXXI AT THE CORNER
CHAPTER XXXII ROUND THE CORNER
THE SOWERS
By Henry Seton Merriman
1895
CONTENTS
THE SOWERS
CHAPTER I A WAIF ON THE STEPPE
CHAPTER II BY THE VOLGA
CHAPTER III DIPLOMATIC
CHAPTER IV DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER V THE BARON
CHAPTER VI THE TALLEYRAND CLUB
CHAPTER VII OLD HANDS
CHAPTER VIII SAFE!
CHAPTER IX THE PRINCE
CHAPTER X THE MOSCOW DOCTOR
CHAPTER XI CATRINA
CHAPTER XII AT THORS
CHAPTER XIII UNMASKED
CHAPTER XIV A WIRE-PULLER
CHAPTER XV IN A WINTER CITY
CHAPTER XVI THE THIN END
CHAPTER XVII CHARITY
CHAPTER XVIII IN THE CHAMPS ILYSIES
CHAPTER XIX ON THE NEVA
CHAPTER XX AN OFFER OF FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XXI A SUSPECTED HOUSE
CHAPTER XXII THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
CHAPTER XXIII A WINTER SCENE
CHAPTER XXIV HOME
CHAPTER XXV OSTERNO
CHAPTER XXVI BLOODHOUNDS
CHAPTER XXVII IN THE WEB
CHAPTER XXVIII IN THE CASTLE OF THORS
CHAPTER XXIX ANGLO-RUSSIAN
CHAPTER XXX WOLF!
CHAPTER XXXI A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER XXXII A CLOUD
CHAPTER XXXIII THE NET IS DRAWN
CHAPTER XXXIV AN APPEAL
CHAPTER XXXV ON THE EDGE OF THE STORM
CHAPTER XXXVI @ TROIS
CHAPTER XXXVII @ DEUX
CHAPTER XXXVIII A TALE THAT IS TOLD
CHAPTER XXXIX HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XL STIPAN RETURNS
CHAPTER XLI DUTY
CHAPTER XLII THE STORM BURSTS
CHAPTER XLIII BEHIND THE VEIL
CHAPTER XLIV KISMET
The VELVET GLOVE
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
I IN THE CITY OF THE WINDS
II EVASIO MON
III WITHIN THE HIGH WALLS
IV THE JADE--CHANCE
V A PILGRIMAGE
VI PILGRIMS
VII THE ALTERNATIVE
VIII THE TRAIL
IX THE QUARRY
X THISBE
XI THE ROYAL ADVENTURE
XII IN A STRONG CITY
XIII THE GRIP OF THE VELVET GLOVE
XIV IN THE CLOISTER
XV OUR LADY OF THE SHADOWS
XVI THE MATTRESS BEATER
XVII AT THE INN OF THE TWO TREES
XVIII THE MAKERS OF HISTORY
XIX COUSIN PELIGROS
XX AT TORRE GARDA
XXI JUANITA GROWS UP
XXII AN ACCIDENT
XXIII KIND INQUIRIES
XXIV THE STORMY PETREL
XXV WAR'S ALARM
XXVI AT THE FORD
XXVII IN THE CLOUDS
XXVIII LE GANT DE VELOURS
XXIX LA MAIN DE FER
XXX THE CASTING VOTE
DROSS
By Henry Seton Merriman
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Mushrooms 1
II. Monsieur 13
III. Madame 25
IV. Disqualified 36
V. C'est la Vie 49
VI. A Glimpse of Home 60
VII. In Provence 72
VIII. In Paris 83
IX. Finance 95
X. The Golden Spoon 107
XI. Theft 118
XII. Ruin 130
XIII. The Shadow Again 141
XIV. A Little Cloud 153
XV. Flight 165
XVI. Exile 177
XVII. On the Track 189
XVIII. A Dark Horse 201
XIX. Sport 213
XX. Underhand 223
XXI. Checkmate 234
XXII. Home 245
XXIII. Wrecked 256
XXIV. An Explanation 267
XXV. Paris Again 277
XXVI. Above the Snow Line 289
XXVII. The Hand of God 300
XXVIII. The Links 312
XXIX. At La Pauline 324
