CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I St. Agnes 1 II A Cow-County Bench and Bar 16 III An Alibi and a Dance 26 IV The Keller 33 V Herman Prevents a Tragedy 42 VI Old David Saterlee 46 VII Farewell to the Keller 55 VIII Herman Describes His New Home to Old Dreams 64 IX Fun in a Surveyor's Camp 75 X SeNora Valenzuela, Carmelita and Pancho 87 XI Ruheplatz 98 XII The Old Trapper and Domingo Ortega 113 XIII Doctor Vanderpool and His Poisons 121 XIV El Erizo and the Conspirators 127 XV A Dinner at the St. Louis 133 XVI The Old Mission 139 XVII Herman's Law Chambers 144 XVIII Swearing Away His Queen 152 XIX Mrs. Turnbull and Her Meerschaum Pipe 157 XX Chapule and Cholo 163 XXI A Musicale at the Morgans' 170 XXII A Caucus at the Wienerhalle 177 XXIII The Orphans' Fair 187 XXIV Walter Stanley Wants Capital 197 XXV The Republican Convention 206 XXVI Herman Employs a Detective 212 XXVII Mrs. Stanley Makes Her Will 221 XXVIII A Fete Champetre at La Laguna Blanca 227 XXIX Herman Starts Campaigning 238 XXX Ranch Life and Diversions 246 XXXI Pat O'Neil's Wayside Refuge 254 XXXII A Wild Night With Gen. Peters 267 XXXIII Pedro Castanos' Dog Bites Mr. Brooks 282 XXXIV A Duel Between a General and a Chief 294 XXXV The Captain's Flower Garden 304 XXXVI El Erizo Stampedes the Cowboy 314 XXXVII The Gypsy and the Cutthroat 327 XXXVIII The White Bean 339 XXXIX The Election Returns 355 XL San Francisco in the Sixties 360 XLI Herman Makes a Tender to Mr. Brooks 371 XLII The Hound, a Faithful Friend; the Son an Ingrate 386 XLIII The Murder of Tom Edwards 398 XLIV Sir Roger Worsts John Mulcahy in Sham Battle 411 XLV Mr. Butts and His Rough-Hewn Philosophy 419 XLVI Herman's Gray Sunday 428 XLVII The Rodeo 436 XLVIII Herman Encounters Buckley on Mountain Crest 443 XLIX Walter Stanley Seeks Intimacy With Carmelita 449 L Espinosa Brings Brooks to Time 456 LI Trials of El Roblar Viejo Cases Begin 464 LII A Dramatic Fight and Waterloo for Brooks 470 LIII Stanley's Treachery to Mrs. Valenzuela and Carmelita 480 LIV A Farewell Reunion and a Fire 485 LV Stanley Plans Robbery of Mother and Ruin of Carmelita 495 LVI Matricide and an Avenger 501 LVII The Crisis in Herman's Life 510 LVIII David Saterlee and Beatrice 519 LIX Wedding Bells 529 ILLUSTRATIONS Father Aloysius and the Superior Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Arrival at the St. Louis 2 Sigismund in the Tree 14 Game of Monte in the Olden Times 22 Carmelita and Pancho 96 Ruheplatz 104 Domingo Ortega and his Pets 120 El Erizo and his Ox-cart 130 Chapule and Chorso 164 Tom York Treading the Wine Press 292 The White Bean 340 Don Ygnacio and Senor Ordaz 438 The Rescue of Herman from the Wild Bull 440 Digitized by Google.
Frontispiece and plates facing pages 2, 14, 22, 96, 104, 120, 130, 164, 292, 340, 438 and 440
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