Produced by Donald Lainson 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.) CHAPTER I. MEN OF THE OLD RÉGIME.