GABRIEL CONROY

BY

BRET HARTE

BOSTON

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

NEW YORK: 11 EAST SEVENTEENTH STREET

The Riverside Press, Cambridge

1882

Copyright, 1875,
By AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Copyright, 1882,
By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
All rights reserved
Contents.
CHAP.PAGE
BOOK I.—ON THE THRESHOLD.
I. WITHOUT[1]
II. WITHIN[9]
III. GABRIEL[21]
IV. NATURE SHOWS THEM THE WAY[26]
V. OUT OF THE WOODS—INTO THE SHADOW[30]
VI. FOOTPRINTS[36]
VII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE[40]
VIII. THE FOOTPRINTS GROW FAINTER[43]
IX. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS ARE LOST FOR EVER[47]
BOOK II.—AFTER FIVE YEARS.
I. ONE HORSE GULCH[54]
II. MADAME DEVARGES[65]
III. MRS. MARKLE[74]
IV. IN WHICH THE ARTFUL GABRIEL IS DISCOVERED[87]
V. SIMPLICITY versus SAGACITY[95]
BOOK III.—THE LEAD.
I. AN OLD PIONEER OF '49[108]
II. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES[118]
III. THE CHARMING MRS. SEPULVIDA[125]
IV. FATHER FELIPE[132]
V. IN WHICH THE DONNA MARIA MAKES AN IMPRESSION[140]
VI. THE LADY OF GRIEF[151]
VII. A LEAF OUT OF THE PAST[165]
VIII. THE BULLS OF THE BLESSED TRINITY[171]
BOOK IV.—DRIFTING.
I. MR. AND MRS. CONROY AT HOME[178]
II. IN WHICH THE TREASURE IS FOUND—AND LOST[191]
III. MR. DUMPHY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND[205]
IV. MR. JACK HAMLIN TAKES A HOLIDAY[212]
V. VICTOR MAKES A DISCOVERY[222]
VI. AN EXPERT[231]
BOOK V.—THE VEIN.
I. IN WHICH GABRIEL RECOGNISES THE PROPRIETIES[243]
II. TRANSIENT GUESTS AT THE GRAND CONROY[257]
III. IN WHICH MR. DUMPHY TAKES A HOLIDAY[266]
IV. MR. DUMPHY HAS NEWS OF A DOMESTIC CHARACTER[280]
V. MRS. CONROY HAS AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR[291]
VI. GABRIEL DISCARDS HIS HOME AND WEALTH[299]
VII. WHAT PASSED UNDER THE PINE AND WHAT REMAINED THERE[305]
BOOK VI.—A DIP.
I. MR. HAMLIN'S RECREATION CONTINUED[317]
II. MR. HAMLIN TAKES A HAND[325]
III. MR DUMPHY TAKES POINSETT INTO CONFIDENCE[338]
IV. MR. HAMLIN IS OFF WITH AN OLD LOVE[349]
V. THE THREE VOICES[354]
VI. MR. DUMPHY IS PERPLEXED BY A MOVEMENT IN REAL ESTATE[363]
VII. IN WHICH BOTH JUSTICE AND THE HEAVENS FALL[376]
VIII. IN TENEBRIS SERVARE FIDEM[387]
IX. IN WHICH HECTOR ARISES FROM THE DITCH[398]
BOOK VII.—THE BED ROCK.
I. IN THE TRACK OF A STORM[409]
II. THE YELLOW ENVELOPE[423]
III. GABRIEL MEETS HIS LAWYER[435]
IV. WHAT AH FE DOES NOT KNOW[447]
V. THE PEOPLE v. JOHN DOE alias GABRIEL CONROY, AND JANE ROE alias JULIE CONROY[452]
VI. IN REBUTTAL[461]
VII. A FAMILY GREETING[471]
VIII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS RETURN[477]
IX. IN WHICH MR. HAMLIN PASSES[481]
X. IN THE OLD CABIN AGAIN[491]
XI. THE RETURN OF A FOOTPRINT[495]
XII. FRAGMENT OF A LETTER FROM OLYMPIA CONROY TO GRACE POINSETT[497]