New York and London
Harper & Brothers
Publishers
1900

Copyright, 1900, by William Howe Crane.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

PAGE
I.[The Angel Child]1
II.[Lynx-Hunting]18
III.[The Lover and the Telltale]30
IV.["Showin' Off"]40
V.[Making an Orator]54
VI.[Shame]64
VII.[The Carriage-Lamps]80
VIII.[The Knife]99
IX.[The Stove]120
X.[The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps]141
XI.[The Fight]157
XII.[The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers]177
XIII.[A Little Pilgrimage]191

ILLUSTRATIONS

[STEPHEN CRANE]Frontispiece
Facing p.
["THE QUEEN HERSELF TOOK THE CHAIR"]10
["'LOOK,' SHE DECLAIMED"]12
["AROUND THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE CAME THE TWINS"]14
[AT THE RAILWAY STATION]16
["'MA—NOW—CAN I BORROW PA'S GUN?'"]18
[THE DALZEL BOY TAKING THE PART OF A BANDIT CHIEF]22
["THERE WAS A FRIGHTFUL ROAR"]24
["'I THOUGHT SHE WAS A LYNX'"]26
["THEY GALLOPED ABOUT HIM SHRILLY CHANTING INSULTS"]36
["'I—' HE BEGAN. THEN HE VANISHED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WALK"]50
["AND THEN HE SUDDENLY SAID, 'HALF A LEG—']60
["'JIMMIE TRESCOTT'S GOT HIS PICNIC IN A PAIL!'"]70
["'YOU JIM! QUIT! QUIT, I TELL YER!'"]84
["HE TURNED TO SAY: 'KEEP UP A STOUT HEART'"]92
["THE BOY TURNED AGAIN TO HIS FRIEND"]94
["THEY WHIRLED AND SCAMPERED AWAY LIKE DEER"]96
["HE HEAVED ONE OF HIS EIGHT-OUNCE ROCKS"]102
["MOLLIE LURKED IN A CORNER AND GIGGLED"]104
["THE NEXT MOMENT HE WAS LOOKING INTO THE AMAZED AND AGONIZED FACE OF OLD ALEK"]112
["THE OLD MAN DREW HIMSELF TO A STATELY POSE"]118
["THE LAMB-EYED FATHER PRECEDED THE ANGEL CHILD TO HER CHAMBER"]124
["THE SOLEMN ODOR OF BURNING TURNIPS ROLLED IN LIKE A SEA-FOG"]136
["'HERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF LOVELY PUDDINGS'"]138
["FROM THIS BOOT HE EMPTIED ABOUT A QUART OF SNOW"]146
[THE EXECUTION]150
[THE FUNERAL ORATION]154
["STAMPING BRAVELY AND NOISILY ON THE PORCH"]158
["'THE FIRST TIME I CATCH YOU I'LL LAM THE HEAD OFF'N YOU!'"]164
["NO TIME FOR ACADEMICS—HE RAN"]174
["'WHO HURT HIM?' HE SAID, FEROCIOUSLY"]184
["'NIG-GER-R-R! NIG-GER-R-R!'"]186
["ONE APPROACHING FROM BEHIND LAID HOLD OF HIS EAR"]188
["THE PROFESSIONAL BRIGHT BOY OF THE CLASS SUDDENLY AWOKE"]196