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                               THE

                        WORKS OF BRET HARTE.

                         Riverside Edition.

                 _COLLECTED AND REVISED BY THE AUTHOR._




                          GABRIEL CONROY

                                BY

                            BRET HARTE

                          [Illustration]



                              BOSTON

                   HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

                NEW YORK: 11 EAST SEVENTEENTH STREET

                    The Riverside Press, Cambridge

                               1882


                          Copyright, 1875,

                   BY AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

                         Copyright, 1882,

                   BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

                       _All rights reserved_


    CONTENTS.


    BOOK I.--ON THE THRESHOLD.


    CHAP.                                                  PAGE

       I. WITHOUT                                             1
      II. WITHIN                                              9
     III. GABRIEL                                            21
      IV. NATURE SHOWS THEM THE WAY                          26
       V. OUT OF THE WOODS--INTO THE SHADOW                  30
      VI. FOOTPRINTS                                         36
     VII. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS BEGIN TO FADE              40
    VIII. THE FOOTPRINTS GROW FAINTER                        43
      IX. IN WHICH THE FOOTPRINTS ARE LOST FOR EVER          47


    BOOK II.--AFTER FIVE YEARS.

       I. ONE HORSE GULCH                                    54
      II. MADAME DEVARGES                                    65
     III. MRS. MARKLE                                        74
      IV. IN WHICH THE ARTFUL GABRIEL IS DISCOVERED          87
       V. SIMPLICITY _versus_ SAGACITY                       95


    BOOK III.--THE LEAD.

       I. AN OLD PIONEER OF '49                             108
      II. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES                              118
     III. THE CHARMING MRS. SEPULVIDA                       125
      IV. FATHER FELIPE                                     132
       V. IN WHICH THE DONNA MARIA MAKES AN IMPRESSION      140
      VI. THE LADY OF GRIEF                                 151
     VII. A LEAF OUT OF THE PAST                            165
    VIII. THE BULLS OF THE BLESSED TRINITY                  171


    BOOK IV.--DRIFTING.

       I. MR. AND MRS. CONROY AT HOME                       178
      II. IN WHICH THE TREASURE IS FOUND--AND LOST          191
     III. MR. DUMPHY MEETS AN OLD FRIEND                    205
      IV. MR. JACK HAMLIN TAKES A HOLIDAY                   212
       V. VICTOR MAKES A DISCOVERY                          222
      VI. AN EXPERT                                         231


    BOOK V.--THE VEIN.

       I. IN WHICH GABRIEL RECOGNISES THE PROPRIETIES       243
      II. TRANSIENT GUESTS AT THE GRAND CONROY              257
     III. IN WHICH MR. DUMPHY TAKES A HOLIDAY               266
      IV. MR. DUMPHY HAS NEWS OF A DOMESTIC CHARACTER       280
       V. MRS. CONROY HAS AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR             291
      VI. GABRIEL DISCARDS HIS HOME AND WEALTH              299
     VII. WHAT PASSED UNDER THE PINE AND WHAT REMAINED
             THERE                                          305


    BOOK VI.--A DIP.

       I. MR. HAMLIN'S RECREATION CONTINUED                 317
      II. MR. HAMLIN TAKES A HAND                           325
     III. MR DUMPHY TAKES POINSETT INTO CONFIDENCE          338
      IV. MR. HAMLIN IS OFF WITH AN OLD LOVE                349
       V. THE THREE VOICES                                  354
      VI. MR. DUMPHY IS PERPLEXED BY A MOVEMENT IN REAL
             ESTATE                                         363
     VII. IN WHICH BOTH JUSTICE AND THE HEAVENS FALL        376
    VIII. IN TENEBRIS SERVARE FIDEM                         387
      IX. IN WHICH HECTOR ARISES FROM THE DITCH             398


   