Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/blackdogothersto00coppuoft Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). THE BLACK DOG Tales * * * * * By the Same Author ADAM AND EVE AND PINCH ME CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN HIPS AND HAWS * * * * * THE BLACK DOG And Other Stories by A. E. COPPARD [Illustration; Publisher's Device] New York Alfred A. Knopf 1923 Made and printed in Great Britain by Charles Whittingham and Griggs (Printers), Ltd., London. _to_ GAY I record my acknowledgments to the Editors of the following journals in which some of these tales first appeared: _The Saturday Review_, _The Westminster Gazette_, _The Sovereign Magazine_, _The English Review_, _The Dial_, _The Metropolitan_, _The Double Dealer_. A. E. C. _Contents_ PAGE THE BLACK DOG 13 ALAS, POOR BOLLINGTON! 50 THE BALLET GIRL 62 SIMPLE SIMON 79 THE TIGER 91 MORDECAI AND COCKING 107 THE MAN FROM KILSHEELAN 113 TRIBUTE 133 THE HANDSOME LADY 139 THE FANCY DRESS BALL 173 THE CAT, THE DOG, AND THE BAD OLD DAME 188 THE WIFE OF TED WICKHAM 195 TANIL 206 THE DEVIL IN THE CHURCHYARD 228 HUXLEY RUSTEM 236 BIG GAME 243 THE POOR MAN 252 LUXURY 286 THE BLACK DOG _Tales_ _The Black Dog_