Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Marius Borror and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SWANSTON EDITION VOLUME XXI _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........... [Illustration: R.L.S. ON THE FORWARD DECK OF THE SCHOONER "EQUATOR"] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME TWENTY-ONE LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS THE STORY OF A LIE CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCES THE ADMIRAL 3 II. A LETTER TO THE PAPERS 8 III. IN THE ADMIRAL'S NAME 14 IV. ESTHER ON THE FILIAL RELATION 21 V. THE PRODIGAL FATHER MAKES HIS DEBUT AT HOME 24 VI. THE PRODIGAL FATHER GOES ON FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH 31 VII. THE ELOPEMENT 41 VIII. BATTLE ROYAL 50 IX. IN WHICH THE LIBERAL EDITOR APPEARS AS "DEUS EX MACHINA" 60 THE MERRY MEN I. EILEAN AROS 69 II. WHAT THE WRECK HAD BROUGHT TO AROS 76 III. LAND AND SEA IN SANDAG BAY 89 IV. THE GALE 100 V. A MAN OUT OF THE SEA 112 OLALLA 127 HEATHERCAT PART I.--THE KILLING-TIME I. TRAQUAIRS OF MONTROYMONT 177 II. FRANCIE 182 III. THE HILL-END OF DRUMLOWE 195 THE GREAT NORTH ROAD I. NANCE AT THE "GREEN DRAGON" 203 II. IN WHICH MR. ARCHER IS INSTALLED 210 III. JONATHAN HOLDAWAY 218 IV. MINGLING THREADS 223 V. LIFE IN THE CASTLE 229 VI. THE BAD HALF-CROWN 233 VII. THE BLEACHING-GREEN 238 VIII. THE MAIL GUARD 244 THE YOUNG CHEVALIER PROLOGUE--THE WINE-SELLER'S WIFE 253 I. THE PRINCE 263 FABLES I. THE PERSONS OF THE TALE 269 II. THE SINKING SHIP 272 III. THE TWO MATCHES 274 IV. THE SICK MAN AND THE FIREMAN 275 V. THE DEVIL AND THE INNKEEPER 276