The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker eBook

Gilbert Parker

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Start of eBook	1
THE JUDGMENT HOUSE	1
The “Judgment House” etext was produced by Juli Rew (juliana@ucar.edu)	1
THE JUDGMENT HOUSE	1
BOOK I	1
CHAPTER I	1
CHAPTER II	8
CHAPTER III	12
CHAPTER IV	23
CHAPTER V	31
CHAPTER VI	38
BOOK II	44
CHAPTER VII	44
CHAPTER VIII	53
CHAPTER IX	58
CHAPTER X	69
CHAPTER XI	77
CHAPTER XII	85
CHAPTER XIII	91
CHAPTER XIV	97
BOOK III	105
CHAPTER XV	105
CHAPTER XVI	110
CHAPTER XVII	115
CHAPTER XVIII	125
CHAPTER XIX	132
CHAPTER XX	134
CHAPTER XXI	142
CHAPTER XXII	152
CHAPTER XXIII	157
CHAPTER XXIV	165
CHAPTER XXV	171
CHAPTER XXVI	176
CHAPTER XXVII	180
CHAPTER XXVIII	192
BOOK IV	205
CHAPTER XXIX	205
CHAPTER XXX	214
CHAPTER XXXI	220
CHAPTER XXXII	227
CHAPTER XXXIII	233
CHAPTER XXXIV	240
CHAPTER XXXV	249
CHAPTER XXXVI	255
CHAPTER XXXVII	266
CHAPTER XXXVIII	274
CHAPTER XXXIX	275
THE END	278
PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE	278
CONTENTS	278
GENERAL INTRODUCTION	278
INTRODUCTION	280
NOTE	283
BOOK 1.	284
THE PATROL OF THE CYPRESS HILLS	284
GOD’S GARRISON	295
A HAZARD OF THE NORTH	300
II.	307
III.	311
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	317
PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE	317
A PRAIRIE VAGABOND	317
SHE OF THE TRIPLE CHEVRON	321
III	335
IV	336
V	338
VI	339
VII	345
VIII	346
THREE OUTLAWS	349
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PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE	354
SHON McGANN’S TOBOGAN RIDE	354
II	361
PERE CHAMPAGNE	367
THE SCARLET HUNTER	371
THE STONE	383
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PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE	388
THE TALL MASTER	388
THE CRIMSON FLAG	398
THE FLOOD	403
IN PIPI VALLEY	408
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PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE	420
ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE	420
THE CIPHER	424
A TRAGEDY OF NOBODIES	429
A SANCTUARY OF THE PLAINS	433
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ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE”:	450
A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS, Complete	451
CONTENTS	451
INTRODUCTION	451
ACROSS THE JUMPING SANDHILLS	454
A LOVELY BULLY	459
THE FILIBUSTER	468
THE GIFT OF THE SIMPLE KING	477
II	481
III	483
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	488
A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS	488
MALACHI	488
THE LAKE OF THE GREAT SLAVE	493
THE RED PATROL	501
THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN	507
AT BAMBER’S BOOM	517
II	521
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	522
A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS	522
THE BRIDGE HOUSE	523
THE EPAULETTES	531
THE HOUSE WITH THE BROKEN SHUTTER	535
THE FINDING OF FINGALL	542
THREE COMMANDMENTS IN THE VULGAR TONGUE	547
I	547
II	554
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	559
A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS	559
LITTLE BABICHE	559
AT POINT O’ BUGLES	565
THE SPOIL OF THE PUMA	571
THE TRAIL OF THE SUN DOGS	583
THE PILOT OF BELLE AMOUR	588
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	598
A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS	598
THE CRUISE OF THE “NINETY-NINE”	598
II. THE DEFENCE	607
ROMANY OF THE SNOWS	614
I	614
II	619
THE PLUNDERER	623
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NORTHERN LIGHTS, Complete	628
CONTENTS	628
INTRODUCTION	629
NOTE	630
A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS	630
ONCE AT RED MAN’S RIVER	641
THE STROBE OF THE HOUR	651
BUCKMASTER’S BOY	663
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	671
NORTHERN LIGHTS	671
TO-MORROW	672
II	679
III	681
QU’APPELLE	684
THE STAKE AND THE PLUMB-LINE	698
II	705
III	708
IV	716
V	722
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	723
NORTHERN LIGHTS	724
WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY	724
GEORGE’S WIFE	731
MARCILE	744
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NORTHERN LIGHTS	756
A MAN, A FAMINE, AND A HEATHEN BOY	756
THE HEALING SPRINGS AND THE PIONEERS	767
THE LITTLE WIDOW OF JANSEN	778
WATCHING THE RISE OF ORION	789
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NORTHERN LIGHTS	802
THE ERROR OF THE DAY	802
THE WHISPERER	813
AS DEEP AS THE SEA	824
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ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “NORTHERN LIGHTS”:	835
MRS. FALCHION	835
INTRODUCTION	835
CONTENTS:	837
BOOK I	837
I. THE GATES OF THE SEA	837
III. A TALE OF NO MAN’S SEA	837
V. ACCUSING FACES	837
VII. THE WHEEL COMES FULL CIRCLE	837
X. BETWEEN DAY AND DARK	837
BOOK II	837
XI. AMONG THE HILLS OF GOD	837
XIII. THE SONG OF THE SAW	837
XV. IN THE TROUGH OF THE WINDS	837
XVII. RIDING THE REEFS	837
XIX. THE SENTENCE	837
XXI. IN PORT	837
BOOK I	837
CHAPTER I	837
CHAPTER II	842
CHAPTER III	856
CHAPTER IV	860
CHAPTER V	874
CHAPTER VI	880
CHAPTER VII	892
CHAPTER VIII	901
CHAPTER IX	910
CHAPTER X	915
MRS. FALCHION	922
BOOK II.	922
CHAPTER XI	922
CHAPTER XII	928
CHAPTER XIII	935
CHAPTER XIV	944
CHAPTER XV	956
CHAPTER XVI	966
CHAPTER XVII	972
CHAPTER XVIII	980
CHAPTER XIX	989
CHAPTER XX	997
CHAPTER XXI	1001
THE END.	1007
CONTENTS	1008
INTRODUCTION	1008
CUMNER’S SON	1011
I	1011
II	1015
III	1018
IV	1022
V	1026
VI	1031
VII	1035
VIII	1040
IX	1042
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1043
CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK	1043
THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR	1043
AN EPIC IN YELLOW	1046
DIBBS, R.N.	1049
A LITTLE MASQUERADE	1054
DERELICT	1058
OLD ROSES	1061
MY WIFE’S LOVERS	1066
THE STRANGERS’ HUT	1070
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1073
CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK	1073
THE PLANTER’S WIFE	1073
I	1073
II	1076
BARBARA GOLDING	1081
THE LONE CORVETTE	1094
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1099
CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK	1100
A SABLE SPARTAN	1100
A VULGAR FRACTION	1102
HOW PANGO WANGO WAS ANNEXED	1105
AN AMIABLE REVENGE	1109
THE BLIND BEGGAR AND THE LITTLE RED PEG	1112
A FRIEND OF THE COMMUNE	1118
II	1124
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1133
CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK	1133
A PAGAN OF THE SOUTH	1133
II	1137
III	1141
IV	1146
V	1149
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1151
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER FOLK”:	1151
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, Complete	1151
INTRODUCTION	1151
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC	1154
CHAPTER I	1154
CHAPTER II	1159
CHAPTER III	1163
CHAPTER IV	1169
CHAPTER V	1173
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1181
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC	1181
CHAPTER VI	1181
CHAPTER VII	1188
CHAPTER VIII	1194
CHAPTER IX	1200
CHAPTER X	1203
CHAPTER XI	1207
CHAPTER XII	1211
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1218
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC	1218
CHAPTER XIII	1218
CHAPTER XIV	1223
CHAPTER XV	1231
CHAPTER XVI	1235
CHAPTER XVII	1241
EPILOGUE	1247
I	1247
II	1248
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1249
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “VALMOND TO PONTIAC”:	1249
THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD, Complete	1249
CONTENTS:	1249
DEDICATION	1250
INTRODUCTION	1251
A NOTE	1253
THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD	1254
CHAPTER I	1254
CHAPTER II	1258
CHAPTER III	1263
CHAPTER IV	1267
CHAPTER V	1271
CHAPTER VI	1274
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1279
THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD	1279
EPOCH THE SECOND	1279
CHAPTER VII	1279
CHAPTER VIII	1288
CHAPTER IX	1292
CHAPTER X	1294
CHAPTER XI	1300
CHAPTER XII	1303
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1309
THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD	1309
EPOCH THE THIRD	1309
CHAPTER XIII	1309
CHAPTER XIV	1314
CHAPTER XV	1317
CHAPTER XVI	1323
CHAPTER XVII	1327
CHAPTER XVIII	1330
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1333
TRAIL OF THE SWORD	1333
EPOCH THE FOURTH	1333
CHAPTER XIX	1333
CHAPTER XX	1341
CHAPTER XXI	1343
CHAPTER XXII	1347
CHAPTER XXIII	1348
CHAPTER XXIV	1350
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “TRAIL OF THE SWORD”:	1354
THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE, Complete	1355
INTRODUCTION	1355
THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE	1356
CHAPTER I	1356
CHAPTER II	1362
CHAPTER III	1370
CHAPTER IV	1372
CHAPTER V	1377
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1392
THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE	1392
CHAPTER VI	1393
CHAPTER VII	1403
CHAPTER VIII	1408
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1415
THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE	1415
CHAPTER IX	1416
CHAPTER X	1419
CHAPTER XI	1422
CHAPTER XII	1426
CHAPTER XIII	1433
CHAPTER XIV	1441
CHAPTER XV	1444
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1451
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE”:	1451
THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES	1451
INTRODUCTION	1451
THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES	1453
CHAPTER I	1453
CHAPTER II	1458
CHAPTER III	1462
CHAPTER IV	1467
CHAPTER V	1470
CHAPTER VI	1473
CHAPTER VII	1476
CHAPTER VIII	1478
CHAPTER IX	1482
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1486
POMP OF THE LAVILETTES	1486
CHAPTER X	1486
CHAPTER XI	1493
CHAPTER XII	1496
CHAPTER XIII	1500
CHAPTER XIV	1502
CHAPTER XV	1510
CHAPTER XVI	1512
CHAPTER XVII	1515
CHAPTER XVIII	1519
CHAPTER XIX	1520
CHAPTER XX	1523
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1526
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “POMP OF THE LAVILETTES”:	1526
AT THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE	1526
II	1533
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1546
THE TRESPASSER	1546
INTRODUCTION	1546
AND	1548
THE TRESPASSER	1548
CHAPTER I	1548
CHAPTER II	1557
CHAPTER III	1562
CHAPTER IV	1574
CHAPTER V.	1579
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1585
THE TRESPASSER	1585
CHAPTER VI	1586
CHAPTER VII	1591
CHAPTER VIII	1599
CHAPTER IX	1605
CHAPTER X	1610
CHAPTER XI	1615
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1621
THE TRESPASSER	1621
CHAPTER XII	1621
CHAPTER XIII	1624
CHAPTER XIV	1629
CHAPTER XV	1638
CHAPTER XVI	1643
CHAPTER XVII	1650
CHAPTER XVIII	1658
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1664
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR ENTIRE “THE TRESPASSER”:	1664
THE MARCH OF THE WHITE GUARD	1664
II	1670
III	1671
IV	1676
V	1680
VI	1681
VII	1682
VIII	1683
IX	1684
X	1684
XI	1686
This eBook was produced by Andrew Sly	1688
CONTENTS	1688
INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPERIAL EDITION	1689
PREFATORY NOTE TO FIRST EDITION	1691
PRELUDE	1692
I	1693
II	1701
III	1709
IV	1716
V	1724
VI	1726
VII	1737
ALIXE DUVARNEY TO LUCIE LOTBINIERE.	1739
VIII	1742
IX	1744
X	1752
XI	1763
XII	1769
XIII	1780
XIV	1788
XV	1799
XVI	1806
XVII	1813
XVIII	1819
XIX	1822
XX	1833
XXI	1844
XXII	1848
XXIII	1858
XXIV	1868
XXV	1877
XXVI	1884
XXVII	1898
XXVIII	1902
XXIX	1910
XXX	1914
APPENDIX	1916
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG, Complete	1918
CONTENTS:	1918
ELEVEN YEARS AFTER	1918
IN JERSEY FIVE YEARS LATER	1919
IN JERSEY—A YEAR LATER	1919
INTRODUCTION	1919
NOTE	1921
PROEM	1921
CHAPTER I	1922
CHAPTER II	1926
CHAPTER III	1930
CHAPTER IV	1933
ELEVEN YEARS AFTER	1936
CHAPTER V	1936
CHAPTER VI	1942
CHAPTER VII	1945
CHAPTER VIII	1947
CHAPTER IX	1954
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1960
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG	1960
CHAPTER X	1960
CHAPTER XI	1969
CHAPTER XII	1971
CHAPTER XIII	1981
CHAPTER XIV	1989
CHAPTER XV	1993
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	1998
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG	1998
CHAPTER XVI	1998
CHAPTER XVII	2005
CHAPTER XVIII	2008
IN FRANCE—NEAR FIVE MONTHS AFTER	2016
CHAPTER XIX	2016
CHAPTER XX	2023
CHAPTER XXI	2029
CHAPTER XXII	2034
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2041
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG	2041
CHAPTER XXIII	2041
CHAPTER XXIV	2047
CHAPTER XXV	2053
CHAPTER XXVI	2060
CHAPTER XXVII	2062
CHAPTER XXVIII	2067
IN JERSEY FIVE YEARS LATER	2071
CHAPTER XXIX	2071
CHAPTER XXX	2074
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2084
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG	2085
CHAPTER XXXI	2085
CHAPTER XXXII	2088
CHAPTER XXXIII	2090
CHAPTER XXXIV	2095
CHAPTER XXXV	2097
CHAPTER XXXVI	2100
CHAPTER XXXVII	2105
CHAPTER XXXVIII	2111
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2116
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG	2116
CHAPTER XXXIX	2116
DURING ONE YEAR LATER	2123
CHAPTER XL	2123
CHAPTER XLI	2133
CHAPTER XLII	2136
CHAPTER XLIII	2139
CHAPTER XLIV	2141
CHAPTER XLV	2144
IN JERSEY-A YEAR LATER	2147
CHAPTER XLVI	2147
EPILOGUE	2152
FINIS	2154
JERSEY WORDS AND PHRASES	2155
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2156
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “BATTLE OF THE STRONG”:	2156
THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING	2157
CONTENTS	2157
INTRODUCTION	2159
THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING	2160
CHAPTER I	2160
CHAPTER II	2167
CHAPTER III	2172
CHAPTER IV	2178
CHAPTER V	2179
CHAPTER VI	2182
CHAPTER VII	2185
CHAPTER VIII	2190
CHAPTER IX	2196
CHAPTER X	2197
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2206
THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING	2206
THE ABSURD ROMANCE OF P’TITE LOUISON	2206
THE LITTLE BELL OF HONOUR	2210
II	2215
III	2219
A SON OF THE WILDERNESS	2222
A WORKER IN STONE	2226
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2232
THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING	2232
THE TRAGIC COMEDY OF ANNETTE	2232
THE MARRIAGE OF THE MILLER	2234
MATHURIN	2236
THE STORY OF THE LIME-BURNER	2240
THE WOODSMAN’S STORY OF THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF	2244
UNCLE JIM	2246
THE HOUSE WITH THE TALL PORCH	2251
PARPON THE DWARF	2253
II	2257
III	2258
IV	2263
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2265
THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING	2265
TIMES WERE HARD IN PONTIAC	2266
MEDALLION’S WHIM	2268
THE PRISONER	2275
AN UPSET PRICE	2278
A FRAGMENT OF LIVES	2283
THE MAN THAT DIED AT ALMA	2286
THE BARON OF BEAUGARD	2292
THE TUNE McGILVERAY PLAYED	2300
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2307
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “LANE HAD NO TURNING”:	2307
PARABLES OF A PROVINCE	2308
THE GOLDEN PIPES	2308
THE GUARDIAN OF THE FIRE	2311
BY THAT PLACE CALLED PERADVENTURE	2313
THE SINGING OF THE BEES	2316
THE WHITE OMEN	2317
THE SOJOURNERS	2320
THE TENT OF THE PURPLE MAT	2322
THERE WAS A LITTLE CITY	2327
THE FORGE IN THE VALLEY	2337
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2342
THE RIGHT OF WAY	2342
CONTENTS	2342
EPILOGUE	2344
INTRODUCTION	2344
NOTE	2348
THE RIGHT OF WAY	2348
CHAPTER I	2348
CHAPTER II	2354
CHAPTER III	2361
CHAPTER IV	2363
CHAPTER V	2364
CHAPTER VI	2368
CHAPTER VII	2372
CHAPTER VIII	2375
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2384
THE RIGHT OF WAY	2385
CHAPTER IX	2385
CHAPTER X	2386
CHAPTER XI	2392
CHAPTER XII	2399
CHAPTER XIII	2403
CHAPTER XIV	2407
CHAPTER XV	2414
CHAPTER XVI	2416
CHAPTER XVII	2421
CHAPTER XVIII	2424
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2427
THE RIGHT OF WAY	2427
CHAPTER XIX	2428
CHAPTER XX	2431
CHAPTER XXI	2433
CHAPTER XXII	2434
CHAPTER XXIII	2440
CHAPTER XXIV	2442
CHAPTER XXV	2450
CHAPTER XXVI	2452
CHAPTER XXVII	2458
CHAPTER XXVIII	2460
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:	2466
THE RIGHT OF WAY	2466
CHAPTER XXIX	2466
CHAPTER XXX	2471
CHAPTER XXXI	2475
CHAPTER XXXII	2482
CHAPTER XXXIII	2485
CHAPTER XXXIV	2487
CHAPTER XXXV	2489
CHAPTER XXXVI	2495