Transcriber's note. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired. Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Words in italics are presented _this way_. By Guy Wetmore Carryl. THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Crown 8vo, $1.50. ZUT AND OTHER PARISIANS. Narrow 12mo. GRIMM TALES MADE GAY. Illustrated by ALBERT LEVERING. Square crown 8vo, $1.50, _net._ Postpaid, $1.62. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY, BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Zut _AND OTHER PARISIANS_ _GUY WETMORE CARRYL_ Zut AND OTHER PARISIANS [Illustration] _BOSTON AND NEW YORK_ HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY _The Riverside Press, Cambridge_ 1903 _Copyright 1903 by Guy Wetmore Carryl_ _All rights reserved_ _Published September, 1903_ [Illustration] _A_ C. F. G. _Mon cher ami_: _En souvenir de maints beaux jours dont tu as partagé l'allégresse: en attendant d'autres à venir: de ceux-là encore dont tu as adouci la souffrance et l'ennui: par reconnaissance de conseils qu'on n'oublie jamais et de prévoyances dont on se souvient toujours: je te dédie les contes suivants. Tu y retrouveras beaucoup d'amis et peut-être autant d'inconnus: tu les acceuilleras assurément, les uns et les autres, avec cette belle hospitalité qui ne s'est jamais démentie, et qui m'a rendu et me rendra encore--espérons-le!--ton obligé et reconnaissant_ _G. W. C._ _CONTENTS_ _Page_ ZUT 3 CAFFIARD, _Deus ex Machina_ 28 THE NEXT CORNER 56 THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER 84 THE TUITION OF DODO CHAPUIS 109 LE POCHARD 138 A LATTER-DAY LUCIFER 161 POIRE! 190 PAPA LABESSE 215 IN THE ABSENCE OF MONSIEUR 245 LITTLE TAPIN 275 ZUT [Illustration] Zut SIDE by side, on the avenue de la Grande Armée, stand the épicerie of Jean-Baptiste Caille and the salle de coiffure of Hippolyte Sergeot, and between these two there is a great gulf fixed, the which has come to be through the acerbity of Alexandrine Caille (according to Espérance Sergeot), through the duplicity of Espérance Sergeot (according to Alexandrine Caille). But the veritable root of all evil is Zut, and Zut sits smiling in Jean-Baptiste's doorway, and cares naught for anything in the world, save the sunlight and her midday meal.