Pleasure never is at home.
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1897
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| [I]. | A LONG THING ENDING IN ‘POULOS,’ | 1 |
| [II]. | A CONSERVATIVE COUNTRY, | 20 |
| [III]. | THE FEVER OF NEOPALIA, | 41 |
| [IV]. | A RAID AND A RAIDER, | 60 |
| [V]. | THE COTTAGE ON THE HILL, | 79 |
| [VI]. | THE POEM OF ONE-EYED ALEXANDER, | 98 |
| [VII]. | THE SECRET OF THE STEFANOPOULOI, | 118 |
| [VIII]. | A KNIFE AT A ROPE, | 137 |
| [IX]. | HATS OFF TO ST TRYPHON! | 155 |
| [X]. | THE JUSTICE OF THE ISLAND, | 177 |
| [XI]. | THE LAST CARD, | 197 |
| [XII]. | LAW AND ORDER, | 215 |
| [XIII]. | THE SMILES OF MOURAKI PASHA, | 235 |
| [XIV]. | A STROKE IN THE GAME, | 257 |
| [XV]. | A STRANGE ESCAPE, | 277 |
| [XVI]. | AN UNFINISHED LETTER, | 298 |
| [XVII]. | IN THE JAWS OF THE TRAP, | 319 |
| [XVIII]. | THE UNKNOWN FRIEND, | 340 |
| [XIX]. | THE ARMENIAN DOG! | 357 |
| [XX]. | A PUBLIC PROMISE, | 378 |
| [XXI]. | A WORD OF VARIOUS MEANINGS, | 398 |
| [XXII]. | ONE MORE RUN, | 419 |
| [XXIII]. | THE ISLAND IN A CALM, | 440 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| A SHOT WHISTLED BY ME, | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| ‘WHO STABBED HIM?’ | [44] |
| WE TOOK SPIRO’S BODY AND FLUNG IT DOWN, | [135] |
| ‘WHAT IS HIS LIFE TO YOU, LADY?’ | [196] |
| ‘A THOUSAND PARDONS, MY LORD!’ | [270] |
| ‘WE ARE READY FOR—ANYTHING—NOW,’ | [302] |
| ‘AT LAST, MY GOD, AT LAST!’ | [356] |
| BACK TO NEOPALIA, | [450] |