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
CHAPTER II—THE SEVENTH-STORY MEN
CHAPTER III—JACOB ZANIN
CHAPTER IV—A LITTLE JOURNEY IN PARANOIA
CHAPTER V—PETER TREADS THE HEIGHTS
CHAPTER VI—THE WORM POURS OIL ON A FIRE
CHAPTER VII—PETER THINKS ABOUT THE PICTURES
CHAPTER VIII—SUE WALKS OVER A HILL
CHAPTER IX—THE NATURE FILM PRODUCING CO. INC.
CHAPTER X—PETER THE MAGNIFICENT
CHAPTER XI—PROPINQUITY-PLUS
CHAPTER XII—THE MOMENT AFTER
CHAPTER XIII—TWO GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE
CHAPTER XIV—THE WORM TURNS FROM BOOKS TO LIFE
CHAPTER XV—ZANIN MAKES HIMSELF FELT
CHAPTER XVI—THE WORM PROPOSES MARRIAGE IN GENERAL
CHAPTER XVII—ENTER GRACE DERRING
CHAPTER XVIII—THE WORM CONSIDERS LOVE
CHAPTER XIX—BUSINESS INTERVENES
CHAPTER XX—PETER GETS A NOTE
CHAPTER XXI—OYSTERS AT JIM'S
CHAPTER XXII—A BACHELOR AT LARGE
CHAPTER XXIII—THE BUZZER
CHAPTER XXIV—THE WILD FAGAN PERSON
CHAPTER XXV—HE WHO HESITATED
CHAPTER XXVI—ENTER MARIA TONIFETTI
CHAPTER XXVII—PETER IS DRIVEN TO ACT
CHAPTER XXVIII—SUE DOES NOT SEND FOR PETER
CHAPTER XXIX—AT THE CORNER OF TENTH
CHAPTER XXX—FIFTY MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
CHAPTER XXXI—A PAIR OF RED BOOTS
CHAPTER XXXII—CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER XXXIII—EARTHY BROWNS AND GREENS
CHAPTER XXXIV—ONE DOES FORGET ABOUT HAPPINESS
CHAPTER XXXV—THE NATURE FILM
CHAPTER XXXVI—APRIL! APRIL!
CHAPTER XXXVII—REENTER MARIA TONIFETTI
CHAPTER XXXVIII—PETER STEALS A PLAY
CHAPTER XXXIX—A MOMENT OF MELODRAMA
CHAPTER XL—HIS UNCONQUERABLE SOUL
IN RED AND GOLD
By Samuel Merwin
Frontispiece by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
1921
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—FELLOW VOYAGERS
CHAPTER II—BETWEEN THE WORLDS
CHAPTER III—MISS HUI FEI
CHAPTER IV—INTRIGUE
CHAPTER V—RESURGENCE
CHAPTER VI—CONFLAGRATION
CHAPTER VII—THE INSCRUTABLE WEST
CHAPTER VIII—ABOARD THE YELLOW JUNK
CHAPTER IX—IN A GARDEN
CHAPTER X—YOUTH
CHAPTER XI—THE LANDSCAPE SCROLL OF CHAO MENG-FU
CHAPTER XII—AT THE HOUR OF THE TIGER
CHAPTER XIII—HIS EXCELLENCY SPEAKS
CHAPTER XIV—THE WORLD OF FACT
CHAPTER XV—IN A COURTYARD
ANTHONY THE ABSOLUTE
By Samuel Merwin
Illustrated By R. M. Crosby
1914
CONTENTS
ANTHONY THE ABSOLUTE
At Sea—March 28th.
Yokohama, Grand Hotel, March 20th.
Grand Hotel, Yokohama, March 30th, Early Afternoon.
Midnight—Still the 30th.
On the Railway, Coasting the Island Sea—March 31st.
Peking, April 5th, Midday.
April 5th—night.
Hôtel de Chine, Peking, April 5th—or 6th.
April 6th. Night.
April 7th.
April 8th. Noon.
Night.
April 10th.
April 11th.
April 12th.
April 12th—very late.
April 14th.
April 14, (continued).
April 15th, 11 A. M.
April 15th. Night.
April 16th. Morning,
April 17th.
Grand Hôtel des Wagon-lits. April 17th. Later.
April 18th. Morning. (At the Wagon-lits).
Late Afternoon. (still the 18th.)
April 19th. Noon.
Same date.
Same date.
Still the 19th. Very late.
April 20th.
April 21st. Early.
Same date. Night.
On the Steamer, "Hsing Mien,", Yangtze River. May 1st.
HILLS OF HAN
A Romantic Incident
By Samuel Merwin
Illustrated by Walt Louderback
1919
CONTENTS
NOTE
HILLS OF HAN
CHAPTER I—THE SOLITARY
CHAPTER II—ROMANCE
CHAPTER III—THE SHEPHERD
CHAPTER IV—THE RIDDLE OF LIFE, AND OF DEATH
CHAPTER V—IN T'AINAN
CHAPTER VI—CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER VII—LOVE IS A TROUBLE
CHAPTER VIII—THE WAYFARER
CHAPTER IX—KNOTTED LIVES
CHAPTER X—GRANITE
CHAPTER XI—EMOTION
CHAPTER XII—STORM CENTER
CHAPTER XIII—THE PLEDGE
CHAPTER XIV—DILEMMA
CHAPTER XV—THE HILLS
CHAPTER XVI—DESTINY
CHAPTER XVII—APPARITION
CHAPTER XVIII—THE DARK
CHAPTER XIX—LIVING THROUGH
CHAPTER XX—LIGHT
CHAPTER XXI—THE SOULS OF MEN
CHAPTER XXII—BEGINNINGS
HIS LITTLE WORLD
The Story of Hunch Badeau
By Samuel Merwin
Illustrated by Alonzo Kimball
1903
CONTENTS
HIS LITTLE WORLD
CHAPTER I—THE MEETING
CHAPTER II—ON THE BEACH
CHAPTER III—THE CALL
CHAPTER IV—HUNCH'S WEDDING
CHAPTER V—MAMIE'S DEVICE
CHAPTER VI—BRUCE CELEBRATES
CHAPTER VII—A LIGHT GOES OUT
CHAPTER VIII—SETTING A DAY
CHAPTER IX—THE STORM
CHAPTER X—JIM BARTLETT CALLS
CHAPTER XI—STARTING FRESH
CHAPTER XII—HUNCH AND MAMIE
CHAPTER XIII—A DARK DAY AT LIDDINGTON
CHAPTER XIV—CONSIDINE'S WORK IS ENDED
CHAPTER XV—THE LETTER
CHAPTER XVI—POP-CORN BALLS
CHAPTER XVII—OLD TIES
CHAPTER XVIII—THE HOUSE WITH THE SHINGLED FRONT
THE WHIP HAND
A Tale Of The Pine Country
By Samuel Merwin
1903
CONTENTS
BOOK I—BEGINNINGS
PROLOGUE—The Young Man at the Stern
CHAPTER I—Mr. G. Hyde Bigelow
CHAPTER II—Low Life
CHAPTER III—George and His Troubles
CHAPTER IV—The End of the Beginning
BOOK — PINE
CHAPTER I—A Decision to Fight
CHAPTER II—Under Way
CHAPTER III—Tightening the Blockade
CHAPTER IV—Mr. Babcock Breakfasts Late
CHAPTER V—A Venture in Matrimony
CHAPTER VI—A Shut-down
CHAPTER VII—Halloran Goes to Chicago
CHAPTER VIII—The Question
CHAPTER X—A Letter
CHAPTER XI—High Life at the Le Ducs
CHAPTER XII—The Pine Comes In
BOOK III — THROUGH FIRE
CHAPTER I—A Little Talk with Captain Craig
CHAPTER II—Going to Headquarters
CHAPTER III—Mr. Babcock's Last Card
CHAPTER IV—Twelve, Midnight
CHAPTER V—The Meeting
CHAPTER VII—Three Announcements
CHAPTER VIII—Leveling Down
