Van Bibber and Others

by Richard Harding Davis

"CAN I SIT UP HERE BESIDE YOU, OR DO YOU RULE ALONE?"
[See page 12.]

 

 

VAN BIBBER AND OTHERS

 

BY

By Richard Harding Davis
AUTHOR OP "GALLEGHER, AND OTHER STORIES"
"STORIES FOR BOYS" ETC.

 

 

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1892

 

Copyright, 1892, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

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All rights reserved.

 

 

TO

MY FATHER

L. CLARKE DAVIS

WHO HAS BEEN MY KINDEST AND

MY SEVEREST CRITIC

 

 

CONTENTS

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1. page

2. Her First Appearance

   3

3. Van Bibber's Man-Servant

   37

4. The Hungry Man Was Fed

   47

5. Van Bibber at the Races

   57

6. An Experiment in Economy

   67

7. Mr. Travers's First Hunt

   77

8. Love Me, Love My Dog

   85

9. Eleanore Cuyler

   95

10. A Recruit at Christmas

    133

11. A Patron of Art

    145

12. Andy M'gee's Chorus Girl

    159

13. A Leander of the East River

    169

14. How Hefty Burke Got Even

    183

15. Outside the Prison

    197

16. An Unfinished Story

    223

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. "CAN I SIT UP HERE BESIDE YOU, OR DO YOU RULE ALONE?'"

   Frontispiece.

2. BUT HE KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE REASON"

   Facing p. 18

3. "'EVEN TO-DAY, THERE IS THE CHANCE SAMARITAN'"

   26

4. "'ARE YOU READY, ELEANORE?' SHE ASKED, BRISKLY"

   106