Chapter XXV

THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOL By William J. Locke Illustrations By Alec Ball CONTENTS I THE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR PATRONNE II THE ADVENTURE OF THE ARLÉSIENNE III THE ADVENTURE OF THE KIND MR. SMITH IV THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUNDLING V THE ADVENTURE OF THE PIG’S HEAD VI THE ADVENTURE OF FLEURETTE VII THE ADVENTURE OF THE MIRACLE VIII THE ADVENTURE OF THE FICKLE GODDESS IX THE ADVENTURE OF A SAINT MARTIN’S SUMMER ILLUSTRATIONS At the Beginning of the Fourth Kiss Out Came Her Father Frontispiece I Had Knocked Him Down on Purpose. He Was Crippled for Life 14 Anything Less Congruous as the Bride-Elect of the Debonair Aristide Pujol it Was Impossible to Imagine 22 Had Straightway Poured His Grievances into a Feminine Ear 32 I Found Both Tyres Had Been Punctured in a Hundred Places 40 “Madame,” said Aristide, “You Are Adorable, and I Love You to Distraction” 50 “The Villain Was a Traveller in Buttons—Buttons!” 60 He Burst into Shrieks of Laughter 64 “And You!” shouted Bocardon, Falling on Aristide; “I Must Embrace You Also” 68 Standing on the Arrival Platform of Euston Station 78 “Ah! the Pictures,” cried Aristide, with a Wide Sweep of His Arms 88 “I’ll Take Five Hundred Pounds,” said He, “to Stay in” 96 Between the Folds of a Blanket Peeped the Face of a Sleeping Child 110 He Demonstrated the Proper Application of the Cure 120 It is a Fearsome Thing for a Man to be Left Alone in the Dead of Night with a Young Baby 124 One of the Little Girls in Pigtails Was Holding Him, While Miss Anne Administered the Feeding-Bottle 134 He Must Have Dealt Out Paralyzing Information 180 Fleurette Danced with Aristide, as Light as an Autumn Leaf Tossed by the Wind 188 Aristide Practised His Many Queer Accomplishments 200 He Read It, and Blinked in Amazement 208 He Might as Well Have Pointed Out the Marvels of Kubla Khan’s Pleasure-Dome to a Couple of Guinea-Pigs 216 “I’ve Caught You! At Last, After Twenty Years, I’ve Caught You” 234 There He Saw a Sight Which for a Moment Paralyzed Him 238 Mr. Ducksmith Seized Him by the Lapels of His Coat 242

FAR-AWAY STORIES By William J. Locke CONTENTS THE SONG OF LIFE LADIES IN LAVENDER STUDIES IN BLINDNESS I. AN OLD-WORLD EPISODE II. THE CONQUEROR III. A LOVER'S DILEMMA IV. A WOMAN OF THE WAR THE PRINCESS'S KINGDOM THE HEART AT TWENTY THE SCOURGE MY SHADOW FRIENDS

AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA By William J. Locke

CONTENTS 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. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII.

STELLA MARIS By William J. Locke Illustrated by Frank Wiles

CONTENTS 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 CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV,

A STUDY IN SHADOWS By William J. Locke

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE LONE WOMEN. CHAPTER II. KATHERINE. CHAPTER III. LOST IN THE SNOW CHAPTER IV. “WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET.” CHAPTER V. THE PUZZLE OF RAINE CHETWYND. CHAPTER VI. SUMMER CHANGES. CHAPTER VII. KATHERINE'S HOUR CHAPTER VIII. A POOR LITTLE TRAGEDY. CHAPTER IX. VARIOUS ELEMENTS HAVE THEIR SAY. CHAPTER X. A TOUCH OF NATURE. CHAPTER XI. “THE WOMAN WHO DELIBERATES.” CHAPTER XII. ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR. CHAPTER XIII. THE SOILING OF A PAGE. CHAPTER XIV. THE WEAKER SIDE. CHAPTER XV. THE SIGNING OF A DEATH WARRANT. CHAPTER XVI. FELICIA VICTRIX.

WHERE LOVE IS By William J. Locke CONTENTS Chapter I THE FIRST GLIMPSE Chapter II THE FOOL'S WISDOM Chapter III A MODERN BETROTHAL Chapter IV THE GREAT FROCK EPISODE Chapter V A BROKEN BUTTERFLY Chapter VI THE LOVERS Chapter VII A MAD PROPHET Chapter VIII HER SERENE HIGHNESS Chapter IX SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION Chapter X TWO IDYLLS Chapter XI DANGER Chapter XII NORMA'S ENLIGHTENMENT Chapter XIII THE OPTIMIST AT LARGE Chapter XIV THE BUBBLE REPUTATION Chapter XV MRS. HARDACRE LAUGHS Chapter XVI IN THE WILDERNESS Chapter XVII THE INCURABLE MALADY Chapter XVIII A RUDDERLESS SHIP Chapter XIX ABANA AND PHARPAR Chapter XX ALINE PREPARES FOR BATTLE Chapter XXI THE MOTH MEETS THE STAR Chapter XXII CATASTROPHE Chapter XXIII NORMA'S HOUR Chapter XXIV MRS. HARDACRE FORGETS Chapter XXV THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT