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The King of Arcadia

By Francis Lynde

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THE KING OF ARCADIA
Author of "A Romance in Transit," "The Quickening," etc.
- ILLUSTRATED
  - CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1909
  - Copyright, 1909, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
  - Published February, 1909
  - To my daughter Dorothea, AMANUENSIS OF THE LOVING HEART AND WILLING HANDS IN ITS WRITING, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
- CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1909
- Copyright, 1909, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
- Published February, 1909
- To my daughter Dorothea, AMANUENSIS OF THE LOVING HEART AND WILLING HANDS IN ITS WRITING, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
- "You must help me," she pleaded; "I cannot see the way a single step ahead."
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE KING OF ARCADIA
I
- THE CRYPTOGRAM
II
- THE TRIPPERS
III
- THE REVERIE OF A BACHELOR
IV
- ARCADY
V
- "FIRE IN THE ROCK!"
VI
- ELBOW CANYON
VII
- THE POLO PLAYERS
- "Señor Ballar', I have biffo' to-day killed a man for that he spik to me like-a-that!"
VIII
- CASTLE 'CADIA
IX
- THE BRINK OF HAZARD
X
- HOSKINS'S GHOST
XI
- GUN PLAY
XII
- THE RUSTLERS
XIII
- THE LAW AND THE LADY
XIV
- THE MAXIM
XV
- HOSPES ET HOSTIS
- The muscles of his face were twitching, and he was breathing hard, like a spent runner.
XVI
- THE RETURN OF THE OMEN
XVII
- THE DERRICK FUMBLES
XVIII
- THE INDICTMENT
- "There is my notion—and a striking example of Mexican fair play."
XIX
- IN THE LABORATORY
XX
- THE GEOLOGIST
XXI
- MR. PELHAM'S GAME-BAG
XXII
- A CRY IN THE NIGHT
XXIII
- DEEP UNTO DEEP
- The End