E-text prepared by Bruce Albrecht, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 39644-h.htm or 39644-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39644/pg39644-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39644/39644-h.zip) [Illustration: STEPHEN CRANE] WHILOMVILLE STORIES by STEPHEN CRANE Illustrated by Peter Newell New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers 1900 Copyright, 1900, by William Howe Crane. All rights reserved. CONTENTS I. THE ANGEL CHILD II. LYNX-HUNTING III. THE LOVER AND THE TELLTALE IV. "SHOWIN' OFF" V. MAKING AN ORATOR VI. SHAME VII. THE CARRIAGE-LAMPS VIII. THE KNIFE IX. THE STOVE X. THE TRIAL, EXECUTION, AND BURIAL OF HOMER PHELPS XI. THE FIGHT XII. THE CITY URCHIN AND THE CHASTE VILLAGERS XIII. A LITTLE PILGRIMAGE ILLUSTRATIONS STEPHEN CRANE "THE QUEEN HERSELF TOOK THE CHAIR" "'LOOK,' SHE DECLAIMED" "AROUND THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE CAME THE TWINS" AT THE RAILWAY STATION "'MA--NOW--CAN I BORROW PA'S GUN?'" THE DALZEL BOY TAKING THE PART OF A BANDIT CHIEF "THERE WAS A FRIGHTFUL ROAR" "'I THOUGHT SHE WAS A LYNX'" "THEY GALLOPED ABOUT HIM SHRILLY CHANTING INSULTS" "'I--' HE BEGAN. THEN HE VANISHED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WALK" "AND THEN HE SUDDENLY SAID, 'HALF A LEG--' "'JIMMIE TRESCOTT'S GOT HIS PICNIC IN A PAIL!'" "'YOU JIM! QUIT! QUIT, I TELL YER!'" "HE TURNED TO SAY: 'KEEP UP A STOUT HEART'" "THE BOY TURNED AGAIN TO HIS FRIEND" "THEY WHIRLED AND SCAMPERED AWAY LIKE DEER" "HE HEAVED ONE OF HIS EIGHT-OUNCE ROCKS" "MOLLIE LURKED IN A CORNER AND GIGGLED" "THE NEXT MOMENT HE WAS LOOKING INTO THE AMAZED AND AGONIZED FACE OF OLD ALEK" "THE OLD MAN DREW HIMSELF TO A STATELY POSE" "THE LAMB-EYED FATHER PRECEDED THE ANGEL CHILD TO HER CHAMBER" "THE SOLEMN ODOR OF BURNING TURNIPS ROLLED IN LIKE A SEA-FOG" "'HERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF LOVELY PUDDINGS'" "FROM THIS BOOT HE EMPTIED ABOUT A QUART OF SNOW" THE EXECUTION THE FUNERAL ORATION "STAMPING BRAVELY AND NOISILY ON THE PORCH" "'THE FIRST TIME I CATCH YOU I'LL LAM THE HEAD OFF'N YOU!'" "NO TIME FOR ACADEMICS--HE RAN" "'WHO HURT HIM?' HE SAID, FEROCIOUSLY" "'NIG-GER-R-R! NIG-GER-R-R!'" "ONE APPROACHING FROM BEHIND LAID HOLD OF HIS EAR" "THE PROFESSIONAL BRIGHT BOY OF THE CLASS SUDDENLY AWOKE" WHILOMVILLE STORIES I THE ANGEL CHILD I