The Lane that had No Turning
THE LANE THAT HAD NO
TURNING
Books by Gilbert Parker
Plays, Adaptation of Faust
The Vendetta
No Defence
Round the Compass in Australia
Pierre and his People
Mrs. Falchion
The Trespasser
The Translation of a Savage
The Trail of the Sword
A Lover's Diary
When Valmond Came to Pontiac
An Adventurer of the North
The Seats of the Mighty
The Pomp of the Lavillettes
The Battle of the Strong
THE LANE THAT
HAD NO TURNING
AND OTHER TALES CONCERNING
THE PEOPLE OF PONTIAC; TO-
GETHER WITH CERTAIN "PAR-
ABLES OF PROVINCES."
By GILBERT PARKER
Published by Doubleday, Page
& Company . . New York, 1900
Copyright, 1899, 1900, by
GILBERT PARKER
Press of J. J. Little & Co.
New York. U.S.A.
CONTENTS
page The Lane that had No Turning 1 The Absurd Romance of P'tite Louison 89 The Little Bell of Honour 99 A Son of the Wilderness 125 A Worker in Stone 135 The Tragic Comedy of Annette 149 The Marriage of the Miller 155 Mathurin 161 The Story of the Lime-Burner 171 The Woodsman's Story of the Great White Chief 181 Uncle Jim 187 The House with the Tall Porch 199 Parpon the Dwarf 205 Times were Hard in Pontiac 231 Medallion's Whim 239 The Prisoner 255 An Upset Price 263 A Fragment of Lives 275 The Man that Died at Alma 283 The Baron of Beaugard 297 Parables of a Province 313 The Golden Pipes 315 The Guardian of the Fire 320 By that Place called Peradventure 325 The Singing of the Bees 330 There was a Little City 333 The Forge in the Valley 351
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