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Title: The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

Author: Gilbert Parker

Release date: August 1, 2004 [eBook #6300]
Most recently updated: December 18, 2022

Language: English

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GILBERT PARKER

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##  PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE
##  A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS
##  NORTHERN LIGHTS
##  MRS. FALCHION
##  CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK
##  WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC
##  THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE
##  THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES
##  AT THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE
##  THE TRESPASSER
##  THE MARCH OF THE WHITE GUARD
##  THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY
##  THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG
##  THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING
##  PARABLES OF A PROVINCE
##  THE RIGHT OF WAY
##  MICHEL AND ANGELE
##  JOHN ENDERBY
##  “THERE IS SORROW ON THE SEA”
##  DONOVAN PASHA AND SOME PEOPLE OF EGYPT
##  THE WEAVERS
##  EMBERS (Poetry)
##  A LOVER’S DIARY (Poetry)
##  THE MONEY MASTER
##  THE WORLD FOR SALE
##  YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK
##  WILD YOUTH
##  NO DEFENSE
##  CARNAC’S FOLLY

ALL STORIES and CHAPTERS



PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE

TALES OF THE FAR NORTH

By Gilbert Parker

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

NOTE


THE PATROL OF THE CYPRESS HILLS

GOD’S GARRISON

A HAZARD OF THE NORTH

A PRAIRIE VAGABOND

SHE OF THE TRIPLE CHEVRON

THREE OUTLAWS

SHON McGANN’S TOBOGAN RIDE

PERE CHAMPAGNE

THE SCARLET HUNTER

THE STONE

THE TALL MASTER

THE CRIMSON FLAG

THE FLOOD

IN PIPI VALLEY

ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE

THE CIPHER

A TRAGEDY OF NOBODIES

A SANCTUARY OF THE PLAINS






A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS

BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE PERSONAL HISTORIES OF "PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE" AND THE LAST EXISTING RECORDS OF PRETTY PIERRE

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

ACROSS THE JUMPING SANDHILLS

A LOVELY BULLY

THE FILIBUSTER

THE GIFT OF THE SIMPLE KING

MALACHI

THE LAKE OF THE GREAT SLAVE

THE RED PATROL

THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN

AT BAMBER’S BOOM

THE BRIDGE HOUSE

THE EPAULETTES

THE HOUSE WITH THE BROKEN SHUTTER

THE FINDING OF FINGALL

THREE COMMANDMENTS IN THE VULGAR TONGUE

LITTLE BABICHE

AT POINT O’ BUGLES

THE SPOIL OF THE PUMA

THE TRAIL OF THE SUN DOGS

THE PILOT OF BELLE AMOUR

THE CRUISE OF THE "NINETY-NINE"

ROMANY OF THE SNOWS

THE PLUNDERER






NORTHERN LIGHTS

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE


A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS

ONCE AT RED MAN’S RIVER

THE STROBE OF THE HOUR

BUCKMASTER’S BOY

TO-MORROW

QU’APPELLE

THE STAKE AND THE PLUMB-LINE

WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY

GEORGE’S WIFE

MARCILE

A MAN, A FAMINE, AND A HEATHEN BOY

THE HEALING SPRINGS AND THE PIONEERS

THE LITTLE WIDOW OF JANSEN

WATCHING THE RISE OF ORION

THE ERROR OF THE DAY

THE WHISPERER

AS DEEP AS THE SEA






MRS. FALCHION

By Gilbert Parker


INTRODUCTION

BOOK I. BELOW THE SUN LINE
CHAPTER I. THE GATES OF THE SEA
CHAPTER II. "MOTLEY IS YOUR ONLY WEAR"
CHAPTER III. A TALE OF NO MAN’S SEA
CHAPTER IV. THE TRAIL OF THE ISHMAELITE
CHAPTER V. ACCUSING FACES
CHAPTER VI. MUMMERS ALL
CHAPTER VII. THE WHEEL COMES FULL CIRCLE
CHAPTER VIII. A BRIDGE OF PERIL
CHAPTER IX. "THE PROGRESS OF THE SUNS"
CHAPTER X. BETWEEN DAY AND DARK
     
BOOK II. THE SLOPE OF THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER XI. AMONG THE HILLS OF GOD
CHAPTER XII. THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME
CHAPTER XIII. THE SONG OF THE SAW
CHAPTER XIV. THE PATH OF THE EAGLE
CHAPTER XV. IN THE TROUGH OF THE WINDS
CHAPTER XVI. A DUEL IN ARCADY
CHAPTER XVII. RIDING THE REEFS
CHAPTER XVIII.     THE STRINGS OF DESTINY
CHAPTER XIX. THE SENTENCE
CHAPTER XX. AFTER THE STORM
CHAPTER XXI. IN PORT






CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK

by Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

CUMNER’S SON

I. THE CHOOSING OF THE MESSENGER
II. "REST AT THE KOONGAT BRIDGE AN HOUR"
III. THE CODE OF THE HILLS
IV. BY THE OLD WELL OF JAHAR
V. CHOOSE YE WHOM YE WILL SERVE
VI. CONCERNING THE DAUGHTER OF CUSHNAN DI
VII. THE RED PLAGUE
VIII.    THE CHOOSING OF THE DAKOON
IX. THE PROPHET OF PEACE

THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR

AN EPIC IN YELLOW

DIBBS, R.N.

A LITTLE MASQUERADE

DERELICT

OLD ROSES

MY WIFE’S LOVERS

THE STRANGERS’ HUT

THE PLANTER’S WIFE

BARBARA GOLDING

THE LONE CORVETTE

A SABLE SPARTAN

A VULGAR FRACTION

HOW PANGO WANGO WAS ANNEXED

AN AMIABLE REVENGE

THE BLIND BEGGAR AND THE LITTLE RED PEG

A FRIEND OF THE COMMUNE

A PAGAN OF THE SOUTH






WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC

The Story of a Lost Napoleon

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC

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

EPILOGUE






THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE

CHAPTER I. HIS GREAT MISTAKE
CHAPTER II. A DIFFICULT SITUATION
CHAPTER III. OUT OF THE NORTH
CHAPTER IV. IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY
CHAPTER V. AN AWKWARD HALF-HOUR
CHAPTER VI. THE PASSING OF THE YEARS
CHAPTER VII. A COURT-MARTIAL
CHAPTER VIII. TO EVERY MAN HIS HOUR
CHAPTER IX. THE FAITH OF COMRADES
CHAPTER X. THOU KNOWEST THE SECRETS OF OUR HEARTS
CHAPTER XI. UPON THE HIGHWAY
CHAPTER XII. "THE CHASE OF THE YELLOW SWAN"
CHAPTER XIII.     A LIVING POEM
CHAPTER XIV. ON THE EDGE OF A FUTURE
CHAPTER XV. THE END OF THE TRAIL






THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES

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

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX






AT THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE

By Gilbert Parker






THE TRESPASSER

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

TO DOUGLAS ROBINSON, Esq.,

THE TRESPASSER

CHAPTER I. ONE IN SEARCH OF A KINGDOM
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH HE CLAIMS HIS OWN
CHAPTER III. HE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
CHAPTER IV. AN HOUR WITH HIS FATHER’S PAST
CHAPTER V. WHEREIN HE FINDS HIS ENEMY
CHAPTER VI. WHICH TELLS OF STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
CHAPTER VII. WHEREIN THE SEAL OF HIS HERITAGE IS SET
CHAPTER VIII. HE ANSWERS AN AWKWARD QUESTION
CHAPTER IX. HE FINDS NEW SPONSORS
CHAPTER X. HE COMES TO "THE WAKING OF THE FIRE"
CHAPTER XI. HE MAKES A GALLANT CONQUEST
CHAPTER XII. HE STANDS BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
CHAPTER XIII. HE JOURNEYS AFAR
CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH THE PAST IS REPEATED
CHAPTER XV. WHEREIN IS SEEN THE OLD ADAM AND THE GARDEN
CHAPTER XVI. WHEREIN LOVE KNOWS NO LAW SAVE THE MAN’S WILL
CHAPTER XVII. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN FACE THE INTOLERABLE
CHAPTER XVIII.    "RETURN, O SHULAMITE!"






THE MARCH OF THE WHITE GUARD

By Gilbert Parker

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI






THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY

BEING THE MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ROBERT MORAY, SOMETIME AN OFFICER IN THE VIRGINIA REGIMENT, AND AFTERWARDS OF AMHERST’S REGIMENT



By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPERIAL EDITION

I. AN ESCORT TO THE CITADEL
II. THE MASTER OF THE KING’S MAGAZINE
III. THE WAGER AND THE SWORD
IV. THE RAT IN THE TRAP
V. THE DEVICE OF THE DORMOUSE
VI. MORAY TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
VII. "QUOTH LITTLE GARAINE"
VIII. AS VAIN AS ABSALOM
IX. A LITTLE CONCERNING THE CHEVALIER DE LA DARANTE
X. AN OFFICER OF MARINES
XI. THE COMING OF DOLTAIRE
XII. "THE POINT ENVENOMED TOO!"
XIII. "A LITTLE BOAST"
XIV. ARGAND COURNAL.
XV. IN THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE
XVI. BE SAINT OR IMP
XVII. THROUGH THE BARS OF THE CAGE
XVIII. THE STEEP PATH OF CONQUEST
XIX. A DANSEUSE AND THE BASTILE
XX. UPON THE RAMPARTS
XXI. LA JONGLEUSE
XXII. THE LORD OF KAMARSKA
XXIII. WITH WOLFE AT MONTMORENCI.
XXIV. THE SACRED COUNTERSIGN
XXV. IN THE CATHEDRAL.
XXVI. THE SECRET OF THE TAPESTRY
XXVII. A SIDE-WIND OF REVENGE
XXVIII.     "TO CHEAT THE DEVIL YET."
XXIX. "MASTER DEVIL" DOLTAIRE
XXX. "WHERE ALL THE LOVERS CAN HIDE"
APPENDIX.   






THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG

[A ROMANCE OF TWO KINGDOMS]

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

PROEM


CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV


ELEVEN YEARS AFTER

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

CHAPTER XVIII


IN FRANCE—NEAR FIVE MONTHS AFTER

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXII

CHAPTER XXIII

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAPTER XXV

CHAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER XXVII

CHAPTER XXVIII


IN JERSEY FIVE YEARS LATER

CHAPTER XXIX

CHAPTER XXX

CHAPTER XXXI

CHAPTER XXXII

CHAPTER XXXIII

CHAPTER XXXIV

CHAPTER XXXV

CHAPTER XXXVI

CHAPTER XXXVII

CHAPTER XXXVIII

CHAPTER XXXIX


DURING ONE YEAR LATER

CHAPTER XL

CHAPTER XLI

CHAPTER XLII

CHAPTER XLIII

CHAPTER XLIV

CHAPTER XLV

IN JERSEY-A YEAR LATER

CHAPTER XLVI


EPILOGUE

JERSEY WORDS AND PHRASES