Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE

WORKS OF BRET HARTE.

Riverside Edition.

_COLLECTED AND REVISED BY THE AUTHOR._

GABRIEL CONROY

BY

BRET HARTE

BOSTON

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

NEW YORK: 11 EAST SEVENTEENTH STREET

The Riverside Press, Cambridge

1882

Copyright, 1875,

BY AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Copyright, 1882,

BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.--ON THE THRESHOLD.

CHAP. PAGE

I. WITHOUT 1
II. WITHIN 9
III. GABRIEL 21
IV. NATURE SHOWS THEM THE WAY 26
V. OUT OF THE WOODS--INTO THE SHADOW 30
VI. FOOTPRINTS 36
VII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE 40
VIII. THE FOOTPRINTS GROW FAINTER 43
IX. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS ARE LOST FOR EVER 47

BOOK II.--AFTER FIVE YEARS.

I. ONE HORSE GULCH 54
II. MADAME DEVARGES 65
III. MRS. MARKLE 74
IV. IN WHICH THE ARTFUL GABRIEL IS DISCOVERED 87
V. SIMPLICITY _versus_ SAGACITY 95

BOOK III.--THE LEAD.

I. AN OLD PIONEER OF '49 108
II. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES 118
III. THE CHARMING MRS. SEPULVIDA 125
IV. FATHER FELIPE 132
V. IN WHICH THE DONNA MARIA MAKES AN IMPRESSION 140
VI. THE LADY OF GRIEF 151
VII. A LEAF OUT OF THE PAST 165
VIII. THE BULLS OF THE BLESSED TRINITY 171

BOOK IV.--DRIFTING.

I. MR. AND MRS. CONROY AT HOME 178
II. IN WHICH THE TREASURE IS FOUND--AND LOST 191
III. MR. DUMPHY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND 205
IV. MR. JACK HAMLIN TAKES A HOLIDAY 212
V. VICTOR MAKES A DISCOVERY 222
VI. AN EXPERT 231

BOOK V.--THE VEIN.

I. IN WHICH GABRIEL RECOGNISES THE PROPRIETIES 243
II. TRANSIENT GUESTS AT THE GRAND CONROY 257
III. IN WHICH MR. DUMPHY TAKES A HOLIDAY 266
IV. MR. DUMPHY HAS NEWS OF A DOMESTIC CHARACTER 280
V. MRS. CONROY HAS AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR 291
VI. GABRIEL DISCARDS HIS HOME AND WEALTH 299
VII. WHAT PASSED UNDER THE PINE AND WHAT REMAINED
THERE 305

BOOK VI.--A DIP.

I. MR. HAMLIN'S RECREATION CONTINUED 317
II. MR. HAMLIN TAKES A HAND 325
III. MR DUMPHY TAKES POINSETT INTO CONFIDENCE 338
IV. MR. HAMLIN IS OFF WITH AN OLD LOVE 349
V. THE THREE VOICES 354
VI. MR. DUMPHY IS PERPLEXED BY A MOVEMENT IN REAL
ESTATE 363
VII. IN WHICH BOTH JUSTICE AND THE HEAVENS FALL 376
VIII. IN TENEBRIS SERVARE FIDEM 387
IX. IN WHICH HECTOR ARISES FROM THE DITCH 398

BOOK VII.--THE BED ROCK.

I. IN THE TRACK OF A STORM 409
II. THE YELLOW ENVELOPE 423
III. GABRIEL MEETS HIS LAWYER 435
IV. WHAT AH FE DOES NOT KNOW 447
V. THE PEOPLE _v._ JOHN DOE _alias_ GABRIEL CONROY,
AND JANE ROE _alias_ JULIE CONROY 452
VI. IN REBUTTAL 461
VII. A FAMILY GREETING 471
VIII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS RETURN 477
IX. IN WHICH MR. HAMLIN PASSES 481
X. IN THE OLD CABIN AGAIN 491
XI. THE RETURN OF A FOOTPRINT 495
XII. FRAGMENT OF A LETTER FROM OLYMPIA CONROY TO
GRACE POINSETT 497

GABRIEL CONROY.