THE FORBIDDEN WAY

CONTENTS

Sharp Practice

Camilla

New York

The Forbidden Way

Diners Out

Mrs. Cheyne

Braebank

The Brush

The Shadow

Triton of the Minnows

Discord

Tea Cups and Music

Good Fishing

Father and Son

Infatuation

Old Dangers

Old Rose Leaves

Combat

The Lady in Gray

*La Femme Propose*

*L'Homme Dispose*

Private Matters

The Intruder

Gretchen Decides

The Crisis

The Call of the Heart

General Bent

Household Godsâ?"and Goddesses






SPLENDID OUTCAST

By George Gibbs

Illustrated By George Gibbs



CONTENTS

The Convalescent
The Mystery Deepens
The Goose
Outcast
Piquette
Youth Triumphant
Awakening
Threats
Piquette Takes a Hand
The Samaritan
Confessions
Quinlevin Speaks
Beginning a Journey
A Night Attack
Green Eyes
Nora Speaks
Jim Makes a Guess
At Bay
In the Dark
Freedom
The Petit Bleu
Mystery
Escape
The Clue
The Conclusion

ILLUSTRATIONS

She crouched, watching, breathless and uncertain . . . Frontispiece
Moira talked gayly
Through Moira's clear intelligence the epic filtered
The mirror sent her back a haggard reflection, pale and somber






IN SEARCH OF MADEMOISELLE

By George Gibbs



CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE
I. Of my Meeting with Master Hooper 1
II. Of the Taking of the Cristobal 10
III. Mademoiselle 29
IV. Of my Bout with De Baçan 39
V. Dieppe 51
VI. In which I Learn Something 65
VII. In which I Find new Employment 81
VIII. We Reach the New Land 95
IX. We Put to Sea 110
X. The Hericano 124
XI. What Befell Us upon the Sand-spit 135
XII. Truce 150
XIII. The Line upon the Sand 164
XIV. The Martyrdom 174
XV. The Lodge of Seloy 189
XVI. Of our Escape 204
XVII. In which we Journey to Paris 219
XVIII. The Poet King 235
XIX. I Meet the Avenger 252
XX. We Set Forth Again 267
XXI. We Form an Alliance 281
XXII. Olotoraca 298
XXIII. The Moon-Princess 314
XXIV. We Advance 329
XXV. The Death of the Wolf 344
XXVI. And Last 361

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Then I left her." (Page 115) Frontispiece.
  PAGE
"A moi! a moi!" 24
"A line in the sand!" 170
"Quick as he was, my hand was ever quicker." 357






THE LOVE OF MONSIEUR

By George Gibbs



CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Fleece Tavern 1
II. Mistress Barbara Dances the Coranto 11
III. Monsieur Mornay Becomes Unpopular 31
IV. Monsieur Waits upon a Lady 47
V. Indecision 68
VI. The Escape 87
VII. Barbara 113
VIII. The Saucy Sally 134
IX. "Bras-de-Fer" 146
X. Bras-de-Fer Makes a Capture 165
XI. The Enemy in the House 184
XII. Prisoner and Captor 201
XIII. Monsieur Learns Something 213
XIV. The Unmasking 231
XV. Mutiny 249
XVI. Marooned 268






THE SILENT BATTLE

By George Gibbs



CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Lost 1
II. Babes in the Woods 11
III. Voices 22
IV. Eden 33
V. Woman and Man 46
VI. The Shadow 60
VII. Allegro 73
VIII. Chicot, the Jester 84
IX. The Lorings 95
X. Mr. Van Duyn Rides Forth 109
XI. The Cedarcroft Set 122
XII. Nellie Pennington Cuts In 136
XIII. Mrs. Pennington's Brougham 151
XIV. The Junior Member 166
XV. Discovered 177
XVI. Behind the Enemy's Back 190
XVII. "The Pot and Kettle" 200
XVIII. The Enemy and a Friend 212
XIX. Love on Crutches 225
XX. The Intruder 236
XXI. Temptation 247
XXII. Smoke and Fire 261
XXIII. The Mouse and the Lion 273
XXIV. Diamond Cut Diamond 285
XXV. Deep Water 297
XXVI. Big Business 310
XXVII. Mr. Loring Reflects 323
XXVIII. The Lodestar 338
XXIX. Arcadia Again 350

ILLUSTRATIONS

"The table rang from end to end with joke and laughter."
"'Do tell me something more, Nina. Was she young and pretty?'"
"'And you never cared for any one else?'"
"'Father!' Jane's ... whisper was at his ear."






THE YELLOW DOVE

By George Gibbs

Illustrated By The Author



CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
  Prelude 1
I. Sheltered People 5
II. The Undercurrent 17
III. Rice-Papers 31
IV. Dangerous Secrets 45
V. The Pursuit Continues 55
VI. Rizzio Takes Charge 68
VII. An Intruder 83
VIII. Evidence 96
IX. The Viking's Tower 108
X. The Yellow Dove 121
XI. Von Stromberg 131
XII. Hammersley Explains 145
XIII. The Unwilling Guest 157
XIV. Von Stromberg Catechises 172
XV. The Inquisition 188
XVI. The General Plays to Win 206
XVII. Lindberg 221
XVIII. Success 243
XIX. The Cave on the Thorwald 260
XX. The Fight in the Cavern 275
XXI. Hare and Hounds 289
XXII. From the Heights 306
XXIII. Headquarters 320

ILLUSTRATIONS

"His blond hair disheveled, his shoulders coatless, Cyril emerged." Frontispiece
  FACING PAGE
"'Not that,' he whispered hoarsely, 'for God's sake-not that.'" 80
"Her lips ... were whispering words that she hoped could follow him into the distance." 128
"The truth, and he becomes an honorable prisoner of war. Silence, and he is shot tomorrow. Speak." 218