Heimweh

About this eBook

Author

Long, John Luther, 1861-1927

Title

Heimweh; The siren; The loaded gun; Liebereich; "Iupiter Tonans;" "Sis;" Thor's emerald; Guile

Original Publication

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1905.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American fiction -- 20th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74942

Release Date

December 19, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HEIMWEH THE SIREN ✳ ✳ ✳ THE LOADED GUN ✳ ✳ LIEBEREICH. ✳ “IUPITER TONANS” ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳ “SIS”. THOR’S EMERALD ✳ ✳ GUILE ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳
2. 2.THE CONTENTS — HEIMWEH — THE SIREN — THE LOADED GUN — LIEBEREICH — “ IUPITER TONANS ” — “ SIS ” — THOR’S EMERALD — GUILE — ILLUSTRATIONS
3. 3.HEIMWEH [1] — I LIFE HAS NO FUTURE AT TWENTY-ONE — II HAPPINESS IS BETTER THAN CHURCH — III OPEN THE DOOR TO JOY—ALWAYS — IV WAR IS GLORIOUS AT THE BEGINNING BUT NOT AT THE END — V WE GO OUT TO FIGHT UNDER THE FLAG; WE RETURN—UNDER IT — VI GROWING OLD IS ONLY AN IDEA—UNTIL WE KNOW — VII MAKING BELIEVE BRINGS THINGS — VIII THE END OF LIFE IS AS ITS BEGINNING—SIMPLE — IX GOOD BASKETS MUST KEEP THEIR BOTTOMS — X THINGS FEEL HEAVIER IN AGE — XI BUT THE POOR-HOUSE MAY BE ONE OF THE MANSIONS IN OUR FATHER’S HOUSE
4. 4.THE SIREN [2] — I BRASSID — II ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA — III SHE MAY HAVE HAD BROTHERS — IV BUT SHE WAS BEST OF ALL — V HIS GRANDFATHER’S COURAGE MADE HER WANT TO LOVE HIM — VI HER ANCESTORS WORE SCALES — VII STRANGE THAT LOVE SHOULD MAKE ONE AFRAID
5. 5.THE LOADED GUN [3] — I THREE GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA — II AN OUNCE OF WHISKEY OR AN OUNCE OF BRAINS — III CALLING A MAN A PIG — IV HE DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS LOADED — V A FOOL AND HIS MONEY — VI THE OLD MAN’S LAST CENT — VII HER BIG TRUMP
6. 6.LIEBEREICH [4] — I THE HOUSE THAT HE AND EMMY BUILT — II EMMY AND HE WERE NEVER APART — III “VERGISSNICHTMEIN” — IV THE NIGHT-SHIRT WITH THE FEATHER-STITCHING OF BLUE — V THE SECOND OPENING OF THE DOOR
7. 7.“IUPITER TONANS” [5] — I THE SERIOUS INSOMNIA OF HIER RUHET — II AND THE POLITE CANNON OF WEISS NICHT — III THE SOUP-SPRING — IV KNOCK WOOD — V AND SHOOT TO MAKE HOLES — VI WHO BROKE RUHET’S LEG? — VII POOH!
8. 8.“SIS” [6] — I WHERE THE ORCHARDS SMELLED — II THE EYES THAT WEPT TILL THEY WENT BLIND — III THE GOLDEN TEAPOT WITH THE BLUE ROSE — IV THE STORY AT LAST. ATTEND! — V HILIARY LOVED BOTH AND BOTH LOVED HIM — VI SHE BELIEVED IN MIRACLES. DO YOU? — VII THAT WAS A GREAT TIME FOR KISSING — VIII WHAT MAY BE SEEN ON A DOORSTEP
9. 9.THOR’S EMERALD — I THE SHIBBOLETH OF LIBERTY — II WHEN THE SUMMER CAME AGAIN — III TO THE LAND OF THE BRAVE — IV THE HOME OF THE FREE — V THE QUALITY OF JUSTICE — VI THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING — VII TO A HIGHER TRIBUNAL — VIII THE SHADOWS OF DEATH
10. 10.GUILE — I CHILLY WISDOM — II PATCHOULY — III THE CALYXLIKE BONNET — IV THE FIDDLING OF FORTUNE — V A DANGEROUS TRAIN — VI SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR — VII THE INEFFABLE WHIRL — VIII THE LENGTH OF A MINUTE — IX AT TEN IN THE MORNING — X BY THE RIGHT OF A HUSBAND

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