Chapter I: Front Matter

THE GOLDEN DOG. (LE CHIEN D'OR.)

By William Kirby

AUTHOR'S PREFATORY NOTE.

TO THE PUBLIC:

In the year 1877 the first edition of “The Golden Dog” (Le Chien d'Or) was brought out in the United States, entirely without my knowledge or sanction. Owing to the inadequacy of the then existing copyright laws, I have been powerless to prevent its continued publication, which I understand to have been a successful and profitable undertaking for all concerned, except the author, the book having gone through many editions.

It was, consequently, a source of gratification to me when I was approached by Messrs. L. C. Page & Company, of Boston, with a request to revise “The Golden Dog,” and re-publish it through them. The result is the present edition, which I have corrected and revised in the light of the latest developments in the history of Quebec, and which is the only edition offered to my readers with the sanction and approval of its author.

WILLIAM KIRBY.

Niagara, Canada, May, 1897.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. MEN OF THE OLD RÉGIME

II. THE WALLS OF QUEBEC

III. A CHATELAINE OF NEW FRANCE

IV. CONFIDENCES

V. THE ITINERANT NOTARY

VI. BEAUMANOIR

VII. THE INTENDANT BIGOT

VIII. CAROLINE DE ST. CASTIN

IX. PIERRE PHILIBERT

X. AMÉLIE DE REPENTIGNY

XI. THE SOLDIER'S WELCOME

XII. THE CASTLE OF ST. LOUIS

XIII. THE CHIEN D'OR

XIV. THE COUNCIL OF WAR

XV. THE CHARMING JOSEPHINE

XVI. ANGÉLIQUE DES MELOISES

XVII. SPLENDIDE MENDAX

XVIII. THE MEROVINGIAN PRINCESS

XIX. PUT MONEY IN THY PURSE

XX. BELMONT

XXI. SIC ITUR AD ASTRA

XXII. SO GLOZED THE TEMPTER

XXIII. SEALS OF LOVE, BUT SEALED IN VAIN

XXIV. THE HURRIED QUESTION OF DESPAIR

XXV. BETWIXT THE LAST VIOLET AND THE EARLIEST ROSE

XXVI. THE CANADIAN BOAT SONG

XXVII. CHEERFUL YESTERDAYS AND CONFIDENT TO-MORROWS

XXVIII. A DAY AT THE MANOR HOUSE

XXIX. FELICES TER ET AMPLIUS

XXX. “NO SPEECH OF SILK WILL SERVE YOUR TURN”

XXXI. THE BALL AT THE INTENDANT'S PALACE

XXXII. “ON WITH THE DANCE”

XXXIII. LA CORRIVEAU

XXXIV. WEIRD SISTERS

XXXV. “FLASKETS OF DRUGS, FULL TO THEIR WICKED LIPS”

XXXVI. THE BROAD, BLACK GATEWAY OF A LIE

XXXVII. ARRIVAL OF PIERRE PHILIBERT

XXXVIII. A WILD NIGHT INDOORS AND OUT

XXXIX. MÈRE MALHEUR

XL. QUOTH THE RAVEN, “NEVERMORE!”

XLI. A DEED WITHOUT A NAME

XLII. “LET'S TALK OF GRAVES AND WORMS AND EPITAPHS”

XLIII. SILK GLOVES OVER BLOODY HANDS

XLIV. THE INTENDANT'S DILEMMA

XLV. “I WILL FEED FAT THE ANCIENT GRUDGE I BEAR HIM”

XLVI. THE BOURGEOIS PHILIBERT

XLVII. A DRAWN GAME

XLVIII. “IN GOLD CLASPS LOCKS IN THE GOLDEN STORY”

XLIX. THE MARKET-PLACE ON ST. MARTIN'S DAY

L. “BLESSED THEY WHO DIE DOING THY WILL”

LI. EVIL NEWS RIDES POST

LII. THE LAMP OF REPENTIGNY

LIII. “LOVELY IN DEATH THE BEAUTEOUS RUIN LAY”

LIV. “THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND SLOWLY”

THE GOLDEN DOG.

(LE CHIEN D'OR.)