THE RISE AND FALL OF GLORYVILLE 115 IN THE WRONG BOX 123 ZION JERSEY BOGGS 130 THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN OLD MAN 142 CARRYING COALS 148 CAREY, OF CARSON 150 JOSEPHI IN BENICIA 156 THE STORY OF A LIE 161 THE LEGEND OF SAINT ANTHONY 164 A RUSSIAN LYRIC 169 MELODRAMNATION 173 A TALE OF IDAHO 177 A CALIFORNIAN ROMANCE 182 THE STORY OF MR. SCROPER, ARCHITECT 187 THAT INTERESTIN’ BOY 190 MISS MILES, THE TELEGRAPH GIRL 191 AN AMERICAN COCK-TALE 198 JUDGE WYMAN 207 IN NEVADA 213 THE PHILANTHROPIC CLUB 223 THE COLOURED FORTUNE-HUNTER 227 PENN 228 BALLAD OF THE FOXES 232 EST MODUS IN REBUS 237 THE MASHER 243 ARIZONA JOHN 249 THE BALLAD OF CHARITY 252 MULTUM IN PARVO 256 THE ORGANIST OF BERGAMO 258 THE GOTH AND THE PIGEON 268 REFLECTIONS IN A PRINTING-OFFICE 275 APPENDIX 277 S O N G S O F T H E S E A I SAW three sailors synging, hey howe! Upon yon lea-land hey! I hearde three mariners rynging, rumbelowe: Upon yon sea strand gaye. Synge hey howe, rumbelowe, Row the boat, Norman, rowe! _Percy’s Relics._ THE OLD TAVERN In the North End of Boston, long ago; Although ’tis yet within my memory; There were of gabled houses many a row, With overhanging storeys two or three, And many with half-doors over whose end Leaning upon her elbows, the good-wife At eventide conversed with many a friend Of all the little chances of their life; Small ripples in a stream which ran full slow In the North End of Boston, long ago.