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Title: Last Words

Author: Stephen Crane

Release Date: August 30, 2010 [EBook #33579]

Language: English

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LAST WORDS

BY

STEPHEN CRANE

AUTHOR OF

"RED BADGE OF COURAGE," "ACTIVE SERVICE," "PICTURES OF WAR,"

"THE THIRD VIOLET," "THE OPEN BOAT,"

"WOUNDS IN THE RAIN," ETC.

London

DIGBY, LONG & CO.

18 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, E. C.

1902

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS 1

SPITZBERGEN TALES--
THE KICKING TWELFTH 35
THE UPTURNED FACE 52
THE SHRAPNEL OF THEIR FRIENDS 59
"AND IF HE WILLS, WE MUST DIE" 69

WYOMING VALLEY TALES--
THE SURRENDER OF FORTY FORT 81
"OL' BENNET" AND THE INDIANS 88
THE BATTLE OF FORTY FORT 99

LONDON IMPRESSIONS 110

NEW YORK SKETCHES--
GREAT-GRIEF'S HOLIDAY DINNER 133
THE SILVER PAGEANT 145
A STREET SCENE 148
MINETTA LANE 154
ROOF GARDENS 166
IN THE BROADWAY CARS 173

THE ASSASSINS IN MODERN BATTLES 181

IRISH NOTES--
AN OLD MAN GOES WOOING 193
BALLYDEHOB 198
THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY 203
A FISHING VILLAGE 207

SULLIVAN COUNTY SKETCHES--
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE 217
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN 225

MISCELLANEOUS--
THE SQUIRE'S MADNESS 231
A DESERTION 245
HOW THE DONKEY LIFTED THE HILLS 252
A MAN BY THE NAME OF MUD