Chapter XL: Pleasant Mediations About the Wonders of Tobacco; and Three Pleasant Anecdotes by an Italian Brigand

CHAPTER XLI. FINAL ATTACK OF REINFORCEMENTS OF BRIGANDS.--THE DODGE CLUB DEFIES THEM AND REPELS THEM.--HOW TO MAKE A BARRICADE.--FRATERNIZATION OF AMERICAN EAGLE AND GALLIC COCK.--THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LEATHER. ILLUSTRATIONS. An International Affair. CHAPTER XLII. FLORENCE.--DESPERATION OF BUTTONS, OF MR. FIGGS, AND OF THE DOCTOR. ILLUSTRATIONS. Florence From San Miniato.--Pitti Palace.--Fountain Of Neptune, Palazzo Vecchio.--The Duomo.--The Campanile.--Trozzi Palace. --Buttons Melancholy. CHAPTER XLIII. THE SENATOR ENTRAPPED.--THE WILES AND WITCHERY OF A QUEEN OF SOCIETY. --HIS FATE DESTINED TO BE, AS HE THINKS, ITALIAN COUNTESSES. --SENTIMENTAL CONVERSATION.--POETRY.--BEAUTY.--MOONLIGHT.--RAPTURE. --DISTRACTION.--BLISS! ILLUSTRATIONS. La Cica. CHAPTER XLIV. "MORERE DIAGORA, NON ENIM IN COELUM ADSCENSURUS ES."--THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE SENATOR (NOTHING LESS--IT WAS A MOMENT IN WHICH A MAN MIGHT WISH TO DIE--THOUGH, OF COURSE, THE SENATOR DIDN'T DIE). ILLUSTRATIONS. Solferino!--The Senator Speaks. CHAPTER XLV. THE PRIVATE OPINION OF THE DOCTOR ABOUT FOREIGN TRAVEL.--BUTTONS STILL MEETS WITH AFFLICTIONS. ILLUSTRATIONS. A Grease Spot.--Farewell, Figgs! CHAPTER XLVI. A MEMORABLE DRIVE.--NIGHT.--THE BRIGANDS ONCE MORE.--GARIBALDI'S NAME.--THE FIRE.--THE IRON BAR.--THE MAN FROM THE GRANITE STATE AND HIS TWO BOYS. ILLUSTRATIONS. In The Coach.--A Free Fight.--Don't Speak. CHAPTER XLVII. BAD BRUISES, BUT GOOD MUSES.--THE HONORABLE SCABS OF DICK.--A KNOWLEDGE OF BONES. CHAPTER XLVIII. SUFFERING AND SENTIMENT AT BOLOGNA.--MOONSHINE.--BEST BALM FOR WOUNDS. ILLUSTRATIONS. Used Up. CHAPTER XLIX. CROSSING INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY.--CONSTERNATION OF THE CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS. ILLUSTRATIONS. Buttons In Bliss. CHAPTER L. VENICE AND ITS PECULIAR GLORY.--THE DODGE CLUB COME TO GRIEF AT LAST. --UP A TREE.--IN A NET, ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS. Dick's Luggage.--Arrested.--Silence! CHAPTER LI. THE AMERICAN EAGLE AND THE AUSTRIAN DOUBLE-HEADED DITTO. ILLUSTRATIONS. Don't Try It On With Me. CHAPTER LII. THE SENATOR STILL ENGAGED IN FACING DOWN THE AUSTRIAN.--THE AMERICAN CONSUL.--UNEXPECTED RE-APPEARANCE OF FORGOTTEN THINGS.--COLLAPSE OF THE COURT. ILLUSTRATIONS. Watts Mis-spelled. CHAPTER LIII. A MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT.--DESPAIR OF BUTTONS.--PURSUIT.--HISTORIC GROUND, AND HISTORIC CITIES. ILLUSTRATIONS. Formalities. CHAPTER LIV. DICK MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.--THE EMOTIONAL NATURE OF THE ITALIAN. --THE SENATOR OVERCOME AND DUMBFOUNDED. ILLUSTRATIONS. The Count Ugo. CHAPTER LV. IN WHICH BUTTONS WRITES A LETTER; AND IN WHICH THE CLUB LOSES AN IMPORTANT MEMBER.--SMALL BY DEGREES AND BEAUTIFULLY LESS. CHAPTER LVI. THE FAITHFUL ONE!--DARTS, DISTRACTION, LOVE'S VOWS, OVERPOWERING SCENE AT THE MEETING OF TWO FOND ONES.--COMPLETE BREAK-DOWN OF THE HISTORIAN. ILLUSTRATIONS. The Door. CHAPTER LVII. THE DODGE CLUB IN PARIS ONCE MORE.--BUTTONS'S "JOLLY GOOD HEALTH."

A CASTLE IN SPAIN By James De Mille 1883

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. HOW A PARTY OF TRAVELLERS SET OUT ON A JOURNEY. CHAPTER II. HOW MR. ASHBY MEETS WITH A VERY DEAR AND VERY LOVELY YOUNG FRIEND. CHAPTER III. HOW ASHBY MEETS WITH ANOTHER FRIEND, AND HOW HE TAKES HIM INTO HIS CHAPTER IV. HOW THE RAILWAY TRAIN COMES TO A SUDDEN STOP. CHAPTER V. HOW THE WHOLE PARTY COME TO GRIEF, AND ARE CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE. CHAPTER VI. HOW HARRY AND KATIE MANAGE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES IN THEIR CAPTIVE CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH HARRY BECOMES CONFIDENTIAL, AND TELLS A VERY REMARKABLE CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE SPANISH PRIEST MEETS WITH A STRANGE ADVENTURE. CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH THE PRIEST SEES A VISION, AND GOES IN SEARCH OF A BREAKFAST. CHAPTER X. HOW THE PRIEST BEARDS A LION IN HIS DEN. CHAPTER XI. HOW THE FIRST PRIEST VANISHES, AND ANOTHER PRIEST APPEARS UPON THE CHAPTER XII. HOW BROOKE AND TALBOT TAKE TO FLIGHT. CHAPTER XIII. BROOKE AND TALBOT MAKE SEVERAL NEW ACQUAINTANCES. CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE ANXIOUS RUSSELL SEEKS TO CONCEAL A TREASURE. CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH RUSSELL UNDERGOES AN EXAMINATION. CHAPTER XVI. HOW RUSSELL HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH A MERRY MONARCH. CHAPTER XVII. HOW HARRY FINDS HIMSELF VERY MUCH OVERESTIMATED, AND AFTERWARD LIGHTS CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH HARRY YIELDS TO AN UNCONTROLLABLE IMPULSE, AND RISKS HIS CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH DOLORES INDULGES IN SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH "HIS MAJESTY" EXHIBITS THE EMOTIONS OF A ROYAL BOSOM, AND CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH BROOKE AND TALBOT BEGIN TO GROW VERY WELL ACQUAINTED. CHAPTER XXII. HOW TALBOT HAS LIFE AND FREEDOM OFFERED, AND HOW SHE DECLINES THE CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH BROOKE AND TALBOT EXCHANGE CONFIDENCES. CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH BROOKE AND TALBOT STAND FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH. CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH BROOKE SINGS AND TALKS IN A LIGHT AND TRIFLING MANNER. CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MR. ASHBY MEETS WITH A GREAT SURPRISE AND A VERY GREAT