The Little Blue Devil
First Published March 27th, 1912
Reprinted May 9th, 1912
“THE LITTLE BLUE DEVIL
“The wind went down with the sunset,
The fog came up with the tide,
When the Witch of the North took an egg-shell
With a little Blue Devil inside.
‘Sink,’ she said, ‘or swim,’ she said,
‘It’s all you will get from me.
And that is the finish of him,’ she said.
And the egg-shell went to sea.
The fog came up with the tide,
When the Witch of the North took an egg-shell
With a little Blue Devil inside.
‘Sink,’ she said, ‘or swim,’ she said,
‘It’s all you will get from me.
And that is the finish of him,’ she said.
And the egg-shell went to sea.
“The wind came up with the morning,
The fog blew off with the rain
When the Witch of the North saw the egg-shell
And the little Blue Devil again.
‘Did you swim?’ she said; ‘Did you sink?’ she said,
And the little Blue Devil replied,
‘For myself, I swam, but I think,’ he said,
‘There’s somebody sinking outside.’”
The fog blew off with the rain
When the Witch of the North saw the egg-shell
And the little Blue Devil again.
‘Did you swim?’ she said; ‘Did you sink?’ she said,
And the little Blue Devil replied,
‘For myself, I swam, but I think,’ he said,
‘There’s somebody sinking outside.’”
Rudyard Kipling.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Antoine's Father | 1 |
| II. | On the Deux-Fréres-Chambasse | 8 |
| III. | Driftwood | 16 |
| IV. | Boots at the Lafayette | 23 |
| V. | To New Zealand | 30 |
| VI. | Baldwin Forgets the Stirrup-Iron | 37 |
| VII. | Tony Learns Things | 50 |
| VIII. | Alison Spreads Her Net | 58 |
| IX. | The Capitulation of Tony | 69 |
| X. | Alison's Victory | 80 |
| XI. | Time for the Road | 92 |
| XII. | Pamela | 98 |
| XIII. | Wayfaring | 106 |
| XIV. | Old Scenes | 116 |
| XV. | Liane | 122 |
| XVI. | The Hero is Ashamed of Himself | 134 |
| XVII. | Archie's Side of London | 144 |
| XVIII. | The Unfortunate Subject | 154 |
| XIX. | Tony Hears Some News | 160 |
| XX. | Pamela Goes Her Own Way | 170 |
| XXI. | Pamela Experiences a Shock | 181 |
| XXII. | Alison Hits on a Plan | 189 |
| XXIII. | Tony Hits on Another | 201 |
| XXIV. | Tony Makes a Start | 209 |
| XXV. | Uncle Roger's Brother | 219 |
| XXVI. | Alick Power's Mistake | 230 |
| XXVII. | Pamela Sees the Township | 243 |
| XXVIII. | Lord Trent's Death-Scheme | 253 |
| XXIX. | The Seige of Pamela | 266 |
| XXX. | Flight | 278 |
| XXXI. | Alison's Plan Works Out | 290 |
| XXXII. | Alison Receives a Cablegram | 306 |
| XXXIII. | The Bosom of the Family | 316 |
| XXXIV. | A Castle in Spain | 323 |