Chapter XXXIII

THE MONSTER AND OTHER STORIES by Stephen Crane

CONTENTS THE MONSTER THE BLUE HOTEL HIS NEW MITTENS ILLUSTRATIONS "'If You Ain't Afraid, Go Do It Then'" "No One Would Have Suspected Him of Ever Having Washed a Buggy" "'Henry Johnson! Rats!'" "They Bowed and Smiled Until a Late Hour" "The Band Played a Waltz" "'What District?'" In the Laboratory "They Did Not Care Much for John Shipley" "'If I Get Six Dollehs for Bo'ding Hennery Johnson, I Uhns It'" "The Door Swung Portentously Open" Mrs. Farragut "'It's About What Nobody Talks Of—Much,' Said Twelve" Little Horace "Yelling Like Hawks at the White Balls Flew" "'I've Got to Go Home'" "When He Raised His Voice to Deny the Charge" "'Aw, Come On!'" "A Pair of Very Wet Mittens" "Brought a Plate of Food" "Horace Stared With Sombre Eyes at the Plate of Food" "Some Sort of Bloody-Handed Person" "People, Bowed Forward" "Eight Cents' Worth of Something" "His Head Hung Low" "'Mam-ma! Mam-ma! Oh, Mam-ma!'"

THE LITTLE REGIMENT AND OTHER EPISODES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY STEPHEN CRANE

CONTENTS. THE LITTLE REGIMENT. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. THREE MIRACULOUS SOLDIERS. I. II. III. IV. V. A MYSTERY OF HEROISM. AN INDIANA CAMPAIGN. I. II. A GRAY SLEEVE. I. II. III. THE VETERAN.

LAST WORDS By Stephen Crane

CONTENTS PAGE THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS 1

SPITZBERGEN TALES—
THE KICKING TWELFTH 35
THE UPTURNED FACE 52
THE SHRAPNEL OF THEIR FRIENDS 59
"AND IF HE WILLS, WE MUST DIE" 69

WYOMING VALLEY TALES—
THE SURRENDER OF FORTY FORT 81
"OL' BENNET" AND THE INDIANS 88
THE BATTLE OF FORTY FORT 99

London Impressions 110

NEW YORK SKETCHES—
GREAT-GRIEF'S HOLIDAY DINNER 133
THE SILVER PAGEANT 145
A STREET SCENE 148
MINETTA LANE 154
ROOF GARDENS 166
IN THE BROADWAY CARS 173

The Assassins in Modern Battles 181

IRISH NOTES—
AN OLD MAN GOES WOOING 193
BALLYDEHOB 198
THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY 203
A FISHING VILLAGE 207

SULLIVAN COUNTY SKETCHES—
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE 217
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN 225

MISCELLANEOUS—
The Squire's Madness 231
A Desertion 245
How the Donkey Lifted the Hills 252
A Man by the Name of Mud 258
A Poker Game 263
The Snake 268
A Self-Made Man 273
A Tale of Mere Chance 282
At Clancy's Wake 288
An Episode of War 294
The Voice of the Mountain 301
Why Did the Young Clerk Swear? 306
The Victory of the Moon 315

WHILOMVILLE STORIES By Stephen Crane Illustrated by Peter Newell

CONTENTS PAGE I. The Angel Child 1 II. Lynx-Hunting 18 III. The Lover and the Telltale 30 IV. "Showin' Off" 40 V. Making an Orator 54 VI. Shame 64 VII. The Carriage-Lamps 80 VIII. The Knife 99 IX. The Stove 120 X. The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps 141 XI. The Fight 157 XII. The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers 177 XIII. A Little Pilgrimage 191 ILLUSTRATIONS STEPHEN CRANE Frontispiece Facing p. "THE QUEEN HERSELF TOOK THE CHAIR" 10 "'LOOK,' SHE DECLAIMED" 12 "AROUND THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE CAME THE TWINS" 14 AT THE RAILWAY STATION 16 "'MA—NOW—CAN I BORROW PA'S GUN?'" 18 THE DALZEL BOY TAKING THE PART OF A BANDIT CHIEF 22 "THERE WAS A FRIGHTFUL ROAR" 24 "'I THOUGHT SHE WAS A LYNX'" 26 "THEY GALLOPED ABOUT HIM SHRILLY CHANTING INSULTS" 36 "'I—' HE BEGAN. THEN HE VANISHED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WALK" 50 "AND THEN HE SUDDENLY SAID, 'HALF A LEG—' 60 "'JIMMIE TRESCOTT'S GOT HIS PICNIC IN A PAIL!'" 70 "'YOU JIM! QUIT! QUIT, I TELL YER!'" 84 "HE TURNED TO SAY: 'KEEP UP A STOUT HEART'" 92 "THE BOY TURNED AGAIN TO HIS FRIEND" 94 "THEY WHIRLED AND SCAMPERED AWAY LIKE DEER" 96 "HE HEAVED ONE OF HIS EIGHT-OUNCE ROCKS" 102 "MOLLIE LURKED IN A CORNER AND GIGGLED" 104 "THE NEXT MOMENT HE WAS LOOKING INTO THE AMAZED AND AGONIZED FACE OF OLD ALEK" 112 "THE OLD MAN DREW HIMSELF TO A STATELY POSE" 118 "THE LAMB-EYED FATHER PRECEDED THE ANGEL CHILD TO HER CHAMBER" 124 "THE SOLEMN ODOR OF BURNING TURNIPS ROLLED IN LIKE A SEA-FOG" 136 "'HERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF LOVELY PUDDINGS'" 138 "FROM THIS BOOT HE EMPTIED ABOUT A QUART OF SNOW" 146 THE EXECUTION 150 THE FUNERAL ORATION 154 "STAMPING BRAVELY AND NOISILY ON THE PORCH" 158 "'THE FIRST TIME I CATCH YOU I'LL LAM THE HEAD OFF'N YOU!'" 164 "NO TIME FOR ACADEMICS—HE RAN" 174 "'WHO HURT HIM?' HE SAID, FEROCIOUSLY" 184 "'NIG-GER-R-R! NIG-GER-R-R!'" 186 "ONE APPROACHING FROM BEHIND LAID HOLD OF HIS EAR" 188 "THE PROFESSIONAL BRIGHT BOY OF THE CLASS SUDDENLY AWOKE" 196

WOUNDS IN THE RAIN War Stories Stephen Crane

CONTENTS The Price of the Harness 1 The Lone Charge of William B. Perkins 3 The Clan of No-Name 42 God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen 74 The Revenge of the Adolphus 107 The Sergeant's Private Madhouse 138 Virtue in War 152 Marines Signalling under Fire at Guantanamo 178 This Majestic Lie 190 War Memories 229 The Second Generation 309

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