Chapter XVII: List of Illustrations

HE ... CURSED THE WHOLE G. & M. SYSTEM, FROM THE TIES UP

LAYOUT

"HERE'S THE SPOUTING HOUSE"

HE WAS DRAWING LINES ACROSS THE TIMBER

"WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE TRICK"

IT WAS A SIMPLE SCHEME

DRUGGING A NATION

The Story of China and the Opium Curse

A Personal Investigation, during an Extended Tour, of the Present Conditions of the Opium Trade in China and Its Effects upon the Nation

By Samuel Merwin CONTENTS I. China’s Predicament 9 II. The Golden Opium Days 20 III. A Glimpse Into an Opium Province 53 IV. China’s Sincerity 70 V. Sowing the Wind in China—Shanghai 101 VI. Sowing the Wind in China—Tientsin and Hongkong 129 VII. How British Chickens Came Home to Roost 154 VIII. The Position of Great Britain 178 Appendix 204

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[Pg 7] ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page H. E. Tong Shao-I Title Kneading Crude Opium with Oil to Make Round or Flat Cakes 27 Making Round Cakes of Opium 27 The Opium Hulks of Shanghai 50 An Opium Receiving Ship or “Godown” at Shanghai 50 The Villages were Little More than Heaps of Ruins 54 At Last He Crawls Out on the Highway, Whining, Chattering and Praying that a Few Copper Cash be Thrown Him 54 Wreck and Ruin in China 68 Enforcing the Edict at Shanghai 88 In an Opium Den, Shanghai 114 Opium-smoking 114 Weighing Opium in a Government Factory in India 154 Where the Chinaman Travels, Opium Travels too 172

THE ROAD-BUILDERS

BY

SAMUEL MERWIN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. B. MASTERS CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Young Van engages a Cook 1 II. Where the Money came From 22 III. At Mr. Carhart’s Camp 37 IV. Jack Flagg sees Stars 66 V. What They found at the Water-hole 97 VI. The Road to Total Wreck 138 VII. The Spirit of the Job 185 VIII. Shots—and a Scouting Party 219 IX. A Show-down 246 X. What took Place at Red Hills 293 ILLUSTRATIONS ‘There,’ he cried, ... ‘there, boys! That means Red Hills or bust’ Frontispiece FACING PAGE ‘It’s all I have a right to give anybody’ 74 ‘Eighty cents,’ he muttered, ‘and for how much work?’ 80 ‘Well,’ began the boss, looking him over, ‘what kind of a cook are you?’ 98 Wonderfully they held the pace 114 They went on in this way for nearly an hour 120 ‘Look here, Tiffany,’ Carhart began, ‘something’s going to happen to this man Peet’ 142 ‘You go back to your quarters’ 208 ... this trestle structure which was slowly crawling, like some monster centipede, across the sands of the La Paz 240 The cigarette dropped from Antonio’s unnerved fingers 244 Charlie had not raised his revolver,—the muzzle still rested easily on the sill,—but it was pointing straight at Jack Flagg’s heart 310

THE MERRY ANNE By Samuel Merwin Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty 1904

CONTENTS

THE MERRY ANNE

CHAPTER I—DICK AND HIS MERRY ANNE

CHAPTER II—THE NEW MATE

CHAPTER III—AT THE HOUSE ON STILTS

CHAPTER IV—THE CIRCLE MARK

CHAPTER V—BURNT COVE

CHAPTER VI—THE RED SEAL LABEL

CHAPTER VII—DRAWING TOGETHER

CHAPTER VIII—THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY

CHAPTER IX—THE CHASE BEGINS—THURSDAY MORNING

CHAPTER X—THURSDAY NIGHT—THE GINGHAM DRESS

CHAPTER XI—THURSDAY NIGHT—VAN DEELEN'S BRIDGE

CHAPTER XII—THE MEETING

CHAPTER XIII—WHISKEY JIM

CHAPTER XIV—HARBOR LIGHTS

CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH BEVERIDGE SURPRISES HIMSELF

HENRY IS TWENTY A Further Episodic History of Henry Calverly, 3rd By Samuel Merwin 1921

CONTENTS

OF PATTERNS AND PERSONS

I—THE IRRATIONAL ANIMAL

II—IN SAND-FLY TIME

III—THE STIMULANT

IV—THE WHITE STAR

V—TIGER, TIGER!

VI—ALADDIN ON SIMPSON STREET

VII—THE BUBBLE, REPUTATION

VIII—THIS BUD OF LOVE

IX—WHAT'S MONEY!

X—LOVE LAUGHS

THE TRUFFLERS A Story By Samuel Merwin Illustrated by Frank Snapp Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers 1916

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—THE GIRL IN THE PLAID COAT

CHAPTER II—THE SEVENTH-STORY MEN

CHAPTER III—JACOB ZANIN

CHAPTER IV—A LITTLE JOURNEY IN PARANOIA

CHAPTER V—PETER TREADS THE HEIGHTS

CHAPTER VI—THE WORM POURS OIL ON A FIRE

CHAPTER VII—PETER THINKS ABOUT THE PICTURES

CHAPTER VIII—SUE WALKS OVER A HILL

CHAPTER IX—THE NATURE FILM PRODUCING CO. INC.

CHAPTER X—PETER THE MAGNIFICENT

CHAPTER XI—PROPINQUITY-PLUS

CHAPTER XII—THE MOMENT AFTER

CHAPTER XIII—TWO GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE

CHAPTER XIV—THE WORM TURNS FROM BOOKS TO LIFE

CHAPTER XV—ZANIN MAKES HIMSELF FELT

CHAPTER XVI—THE WORM PROPOSES MARRIAGE IN GENERAL

CHAPTER XVII—ENTER GRACE DERRING

CHAPTER XVIII—THE WORM CONSIDERS LOVE

CHAPTER XIX—BUSINESS INTERVENES

CHAPTER XX—PETER GETS A NOTE

CHAPTER XXI—OYSTERS AT JIM'S

CHAPTER XXII—A BACHELOR AT LARGE