Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=Kv8MAAAAYAAJ 2. the diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. Appleton's Town and Country Library No. 214 A GALAHAD OF THE CREEKS _NINTH EDITION_. The Honour of Savelli. BY S. LEVETT YEATS. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. * * * * * "Unsurpassably written, full of matter of historical value, and in excellence of composition, clearness of description and delineation of character is assuredly one of the first in the field."--_Chicago Journal_. "The story is full of romance, life, and action.... One of those which demand reading through at a sitting."--_San Francisco Chronicle_. "A picturesque and exciting panorama of the most brilliant and eventful period of old Italian history."--_London Times_. "The book is a first-rate piece of work, and holds the reader enchained from the sensational outset to the very last page."--_London Athenæum_. "Stirring incidents and adventures follow so closely upon each other's heels that the reader becomes fascinated. It is a story to be read and reread for the mere pleasure the reading gives."--_New York Evening World_. * * * * * D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. A GALAHAD OF THE CREEKS * * * THE WIDOW LAMPORT. BY S. LEVETT-YEATS AUTHOR OF THE HONOUR OF SAVELLI NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1897 COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY CONTENTS. * * * * * A GALAHAD OF THE CREEKS. I.--The coming of the Woon. II.--A dinner à deux. III.--Father Fragrance limes a twig. IV.--Ruys Smalley. V.--"Furiis agitates amor." VI.--Anthony Pozendine speaks up. VII.--The ruby bracelet. VIII.--The Sirkar's salt. IX.--His lady's gage. X.--An atonement. XI.--The patience of Habakkuk Smalley. XII.--The episode of Li Fong. XIII.--An overreach. XIV.--Pallida mors. XV.--The passing of the Woon. * * * * * THE WIDOW LAMPORT. I.--At the door of the tabernacle.