The BLUE GOOSE

FRANK LEWIS NASON

Author of To the End of the Trail

Copyright, 1903, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
New York

Published, March, 1903, R
Second Impression

"So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was anoise and behold a shaking, and the bones came together bone to bone.

"And, lo, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, but there was nobreath in them.

"Son of man, prophesy unto the wind. Come from the four winds, Obreath, and breathe upon these that they may live.

"And the breath came into them and they lived."

To
MY FRIEND OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS,
CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER

who, with infinite skill and patience, has breathed the breath of lifeinto the dry bones of Earth's untold ages of upward struggle, who hasmade them speak of the eternity of their past, and has made themprophesy hope for the eternity to come, this book is dedicated by theauthor.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. The Blue Goose
CHAPTER II. The Old Man
CHAPTER III. Élise
CHAPTER IV. The Watched Pot Begins To Boil
CHAPTER V. Bennie Opens the Pot and Firmstone Comes in
CHAPTER VI. The Family Circle
CHAPTER VII. Mr. Morrison Tackles a Man With A Mind of His Own and a Man WithoutOne
CHAPTER VIII. Madame Seeks Counsel
CHAPTER IX. The Meeting at the Blue Goose
CHAPTER X. Élise Goes Forth To Conquer
CHAPTER XI. The Devil's Elbow
CHAPTER XII. Figs and Thistles
CHAPTER XIII. The Stork and the Cranes
CHAPTER XIV. Blinded Eyes
CHAPTER XV. Bending the Twig
CHAPTER XVI. An Insistent Question
CHAPTER XVII. The Bearded Lion
CHAPTER XVIII. Winnowed Chaff
CHAPTER XIX. The Fly in the Ointment
CHAPTER XX. The River Gives Up Its Prey
CHAPTER XXI. The Sword That Turns
CHAPTER XXII. Good Intentions
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