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

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