Ranson's Folly (collection)

by Richard Harding Davis

"Throw up your hands," he commanded

RANSON'S
FOLLY

BY
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

 

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

Frederic Remington, Walter Appleton Clark,
Howard Chandler Christy, E. M. Ashe
& Frederic Dorr Steele

 

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
New York:::::::::::::::::1907

 

Copyright, 1902, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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Published, July 1902

 

CONTENTS

Ranson's Folly	1
⁠Illustrated by Frederic Remington.
The Bar Sinister	103
⁠Illustrated by E. M. Ashe.
A Derelict	159
⁠Illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.
La Lettre d'Amour	213
⁠Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy.
In the Fog	247
⁠Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele.

 

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ILLUSTRATIONS

1. facing page

2. Ranson faced the door, spinning the revolver around his fourth finger

   88

3. "I suppose I'm the ugliest bull-dog in America"

   126

4. "Miss Dorothy snatches me up and kisses me between the ears"

   144

5. "We've got a great story! We want a clear wire"

   165

6. He played to the empty chair

   208

7. The men around the table turned and glanced toward the gentleman in front of the fireplace

   244

8. "What was the object of your plot?"

   342