The New Penelope

by Frances Fuller Victor

THE NEW PENELOPE

AND

OTHER STORIES AND POEMS.

BY

Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor.

San Francisco:

A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PRINTERS.

1877.

Copyright, 1877, by
MRS. FRANCES FULLER VICTOR.

PREFACE.

 

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This collection consists of sketches of Pacific Coast life, most of which have appeared, from time to time, in the Overland Monthly, and other Western magazines. If they have a merit, it is because they picture scenes and characters having the charm of newness and originality, such as belong to border life.

The poems embraced in the collection, have been written at all periods of my life, and therefore cannot be called peculiarly Western. But they embody feelings and emotions common to all hearts, East or West; and as such, I dedicate them to my friends on the Pacific Coast, but most especially in Oregon.

⁠Portland, August, 1877.

1. CONTENTS.

    

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2.  

   STORIES.

3. PAGE

4. The New Penelope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9

5. A Curious Interview ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   80

6. Mr. Ela's Story ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   96

7. On the Sands ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   112

8. An Old Fool ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   132

9. How Jack Hastings Sold His Mine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   180

10. What They Told Me at Wilson's Bar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    197

11. Miss Jorgensen ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    212

12. Sam Rice's Romance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    231

13. El Tesoro ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    247

14.  

    POEMS.

15. A Pagan Reverie ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    269

16. Passing by Helicon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    272

17. Lost at Sea ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    275

18. 'Twas June, not I ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    276

19. Lines to a Lump of Virgin Gold ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    281

20. Magdalena ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    284

21. Repose ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    289

22. Aspasia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    291

23. A Reprimand ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    296

24. To Mrs. —— ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    297

25. Moonlight Memories ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    299

26. Verses for M—— ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    301

27. Autumnalia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    303

28. Palo Santo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    305

29. A Summer Day ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    306

30. He and She ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    308

31. O Wild November Wind ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    308

32. By the Sea ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    309

33. Polk County Hills ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    310

34. Waiting ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    312

35. Palma ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    314

36. Making Moan ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    316

37. Childhood ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    317

38. A Little Bird that Every One Knows ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    318

39. Wayward Love ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    319

40. A Lyric of Life ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    320

41. From an Unpublished Poem ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    321

42. Nevada ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    324

43. The Vine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    326

44. What the Sea Said to Me ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    327

45. Hymn ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    328

46. Do You Hear the Women Praying? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    329

47. Our Life is Twofold ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    331

48. Souvenir ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    334

49. I Only Wished to Know ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    335

50. Lines Written in an Album ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    335

51. Love's Footsteps ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    336

52. The Poet's Ministers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    336

53. Sunset at the Mouth of the Columbia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    340

54. The Passing of the Year ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    342