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CONTENTS

Hell 96

By False Pretenses 97

Lucifer of the Torch 98 "The Whirligig of Time" 100

A Railroad Lackey 100

The Legatee 102

"Died of a Rose" 103

A Literary Hangman 104

At the Eleventh Hour 104

A Controversialist 105

Mendax 106

The Retrospective Bird 107

The Oakland Dog 108

The Unfallen Brave 111

A Celebrated Case 112

Couplets 114

A Retort 116

A Vision of Resurrection 116

Master of Three Arts 119

Thersites 120

A Society Leader 121

Expositor Veritatis 123

The Troubadour 124

A Finger on the Lips 125

Three Highwaymen 126

To "Colonel" Dan Burns 127

George A. Knight 128

Unarmed 130

A Political Violet 132

The Subdued Editor 134 "Black Bart, Poh" 136

A "Scion of Nobility" 138

The Night of the Election 139

The Convicts' Ball 140

To One Detested 142

The Boss's Choice 143

A Merciful Governor 144

An Interpretation 145

A Soaring Toad 146

An Undress Uniform 147 The Perverted Village 148

Mr. Sheets 149

A Jack-At-All-Views 150

My Lord Poet 151

To the Fool-Killer 152

One and One are Two 154

Montague Leverson 155

The Woful Tale of Mr. Peters 156

Twin Unworthies 159

Art 16o

A War Cry 160

In Dissuasion 161

A Prediction 162

Another Plan 164

A Political Apostate 165

Tinker Dick 168