Chapter III: Part II: Veracious Tales of Various Sorts

COUPS DE THEATRE

A VAUDEVILLE TURN 187
Comedy

THE LAST TRIBUTE TO HIS GENIUS 195
Tragedy

OUT OF THE WEST

IN OKLAHOMA 205
An Idyl of the Prairie in Three Flights

PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAN 231
The End of a Frontier Tell

WITH GREAT GUNS AND SMALL

THE FINAL PROPOSITIONS 245
A Drama of the Civil War

THE CAPTAIN OF H. B. M. SHIP DIAMOND ROCK 259
The Tale of a Strange Ship off Martinique

"WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY" 278
The Fate of a Coquette of 1815

SAVED BY HER SLIPPER 293
A Romance of the Border

"SONNY BOY'S" DIARY 315
An Incident of the War in China

EXTRAVAGANZAS

THE AMAZING YARN OF THE BO'S'N'S MATE 331
An Account of an Unusual Prize

THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT 346
The Story of a Wandering Sensation

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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BY MR. HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY

"Oh, Captain Barry, you must do something!" Frontispiece

BY MR. H. L. V. PARKHURST

The girl boldly sheered the boat into the whirlpool 38

Presently the man was stretched out upon a blanket thrown upon the floor of Emily's room 43

For the preliminary stages in the making of love there is scarcely anything that is so delightful ... as a boat just large enough for two 91

They were formally presented to the old admiral 152

BY MR. W. GLACKENS

"Papa! Papa!" she cried, "take me home!" 190

BY MR. HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY

The surprised horse bounded into the air with a sudden access of vigor 224

"Say, you cowboy, have you been making a woman cry?" 228

BY MR. FRANK X. LEYENDECKER

"One!" said the old soldier, his voice ringing hollow through the apartment 289

BY MR. WILL CRAWFORD

"The cap'n he chose fer Mr. Parbuckle, ... an' a mad young officer he was, too!" 343

_Part I_

WOVEN WITH THE SHIP