XVIII.--"BUT YET A WOMAN" 143 XIX.--THE USUAL COURSE 147 XX.--RIVALS MEETING 152 XXI.--A HAPPY CONSUMMATION 160 XXII.--"SAMSON AGONISTES" 168 L'ENVOI 180 PART II VERACIOUS TALES OF VARIOUS SORTS COUPS DE THÉÂTRE A VAUDEVILLE TURN 187 Comedy THE LAST TRIBUTE TO HIS GENIUS 195 Tragedy OUT OF THE WEST IN OKLAHOMA 205 An Idyl of the Prairie in Three Flights PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAN 231 The End of a Frontier Tell WITH GREAT GUNS AND SMALL THE FINAL PROPOSITIONS 245 A Drama of the Civil War THE CAPTAIN OF H. B. M. SHIP DIAMOND ROCK 259 The Tale of a Strange Ship off Martinique "WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY" 278 The Fate of a Coquette of 1815 SAVED BY HER SLIPPER 293 A Romance of the Border "SONNY BOY'S" DIARY 315 An Incident of the War in China EXTRAVAGANZAS THE AMAZING YARN OF THE BO'S'N'S MATE 331 An Account of an Unusual Prize THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT 346 The Story of a Wandering Sensation LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE BY MR. HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY "Oh, Captain Barry, you must do something!" Frontispiece BY MR. H. L. V. PARKHURST The girl boldly sheered the boat into the whirlpool 38 Presently the man was stretched out upon a blanket thrown upon the floor of Emily's room 43 For the preliminary stages in the making of love there is scarcely anything that is so delightful ... as a boat just large enough for two 91 They were formally presented to the old admiral 152 BY MR. W. GLACKENS "Papa! Papa!" she cried, "take me home!" 190 BY MR. HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY The surprised horse bounded into the air with a sudden access of vigor 224 "Say, you cowboy, have you been making a woman cry?" 228 BY MR. FRANK X. LEYENDECKER "One!" said the old soldier, his voice ringing hollow through the apartment 289 BY MR. WILL CRAWFORD "The cap'n he chose fer Mr. Parbuckle, ... an' a mad young officer he was, too!" 343 _Part I_ WOVEN WITH THE SHIP CHAPTER I THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP