The Golden Dog
TO THE PUBLIC:
In the year 1877 the first edition of “The Golden Dog” (Le Chien d'Or) was brought out in the United States, entirely without my knowledge or sanction. Owing to the inadequacy of the then existing copyright laws, I have been powerless to prevent its continued publication, which I understand to have been a successful and profitable undertaking for all concerned, except the author, the book having gone through many editions.
It was, consequently, a source of gratification to me when I was approached by Messrs. L. C. Page & Company, of Boston, with a request to revise “The Golden Dog,” and re-publish it through them. The result is the present edition, which I have corrected and revised in the light of the latest developments in the history of Quebec, and which is the only edition offered to my readers with the sanction and approval of its author.
WILLIAM KIRBY.
Niagara, Canada, May, 1897.
“'See Naples, and then die!' That was a proud saying, Count, which we used to hear as we cruised under lateen sails about the glorious bay that reflects from its waters the fires of Vesuvius. We believed the boast then, Count. But I say now, 'See Quebec, and live forever!' Eternity would be too short to weary me of this lovely scene—this bright Canadian morning is worthy of Eden, and the glorious landscape worthy of such a sun-rising.”
Thus exclaimed a tall, fair Swedish gentleman, his blue eyes sparkling, and every feature glowing with enthusiasm, Herr Peter Kalm, to His Excellency Count de la Galissonière, Governor of New France, as they stood together on a bastion of the ramparts of Quebec, in the year of grace 1748.
A group of French and Canadian officers, in the military uniforms of Louis XV., stood leaning on their swords, as they conversed gaily together on the broad gravelled walk at the foot of the rampart. They formed the suite in attendance upon the Governor, who was out by sunrise this morning to inspect the work done during the night by the citizens of Quebec and the habitans of the surrounding country, who had been hastily summoned to labor upon the defences of the city.
William Kirby
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AUTHOR'S PREFATORY NOTE.
THE GOLDEN DOG.
(LE CHIEN D'OR.)
CHAPTER I. MEN OF THE OLD RÉGIME.
CHAPTER II. THE WALLS OF QUEBEC.
CHAPTER III. A CHATELAINE OF NEW FRANCE.
CHAPTER IV. CONFIDENCES.
CHAPTER V. THE ITINERANT NOTARY.
CHAPTER VI. BEAUMANOIR.
CHAPTER VII. THE INTENDANT BIGOT.
CHAPTER VIII. CAROLINE DE ST. CASTIN.
CHAPTER IX. PIERRE PHILIBERT.
CHAPTER X. AMÉLIE DE REPENTIGNY.
CHAPTER XI. THE SOLDIER'S WELCOME.
CHAPTER XII. THE CASTLE OF ST. LOUIS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE CHIEN D'OR.
CHAPTER XIV. THE COUNCIL OF WAR.
CHAPTER XV. THE CHARMING JOSEPHINE.
CHAPTER XVI. ANGÉLIQUE DES MELOISES.
CHAPTER XVII. SPLENDIDE MENDAX.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MEROVINGIAN PRINCESS.
CHAPTER XIX. PUT MONEY IN THY PURSE.
CHAPTER XX. BELMONT.
CHAPTER XXI. SIC ITUR AD ASTRA.
CHAPTER XXII. SO GLOZED THE TEMPTER.
CHAPTER XXIII. SEALS OF LOVE, BUT SEALED IN VAIN.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HURRIED QUESTION OF DESPAIR.
CHAPTER XXV. BETWIXT THE LAST VIOLET AND THE EARLIEST ROSE.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE CANADIAN BOAT-SONG.
CHAPTER XXVII. CHEERFUL YESTERDAYS AND CONFIDENT TO-MORROWS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A DAY AT THE MANOR HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXIX. FELICES TER ET AMPLIUS.
CHAPTER XXX. “NO SPEECH OF SILK WILL SERVE YOUR TURN.”
CHAPTER XXXI. THE BALL AT THE INTENDANT'S PALACE.
CHAPTER XXXII. “ON WITH THE DANCE.”
CHAPTER XXXIII. LA CORRIVEAU.
CHAPTER XXXIV. WEIRD SISTERS.
CHAPTER XXXV. “FLASKETS OF DRUGS, FULL TO THEIR WICKED LIPS.”
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BROAD, BLACK GATEWAY OF A LIE.
CHAPTER XXXVII. ARRIVAL OF PIERRE PHILIBERT.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A WILD NIGHT INDOORS AND OUT.
CHAPTER XXXIX. MÈRE MALHEUR.
CHAPTER XL. QUOTH THE RAVEN, “NEVERMORE!”
CHAPTER XLI. A DEED WITHOUT A NAME.
CHAPTER XLII. “LET'S TALK OF GRAVES AND WORMS AND EPITAPHS.”
CHAPTER XLIII. SILK GLOVES OVER BLOODY HANDS.
CHAPTER XLIV. THE INTENDANT'S DILEMMA.
CHAPTER XLV. “I WILL FEED FAT THE ANCIENT GRUDGE I BEAR HIM.”
CHAPTER XLVI. THE BOURGEOIS PHILIBERT.
CHAPTER XLVII. A DRAWN GAME.
CHAPTER XLVIII. “IN GOLD CLASPS LOCKS IN THE GOLDEN STORY.”
CHAPTER XLIX. THE MARKET-PLACE ON ST. MARTIN'S DAY.
CHAPTER L. “BLESSED THEY WHO DIE DOING THY WILL.”
CHAPTER LI. EVIL NEWS RIDES POST.
CHAPTER LII. THE LAMP OF REPENTIGNY.
CHAPTER LIII. “LOVELY IN DEATH THE BEAUTEOUS RUIN LAY.”
CHAPTER LIV. “THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND SLOWLY.”