. Thistledown . ...... 181 XXVII. SILVAIN is ANNOYED 188 XXVIII. A FETE CHAMP£TRE 194 XXIX. SILVAINS NEW RESOLVE 204 XXX. THE BLARE OF A BRASS BAND . 212 XXXI. THE RETURN .221 XXXII. GOOD NEWS 229 XXXIII. LIGHTFOOT WINS 237 XXXIV. GOOD-BY, THISTLEDOWN 246 XXXV. HAPPY DAYS 253 XXXVI. IN PLEASANT PLACES 263 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The old man dealt him a sounding blow Frontispiece They laid bim on the nearest seat 19 Uncle Anatole looked at the boy steadily 4S Putting an arm about each of the children, she drew them toward her. 69 You ve come here to rob me 79 But the prettiest, most gracious
. Thistledown . ...... 181 XXVII. SILVAIN is ANNOYED 188 XXVIII. A FETE CHAMP£TRE 194 XXIX. SILVAINS NEW RESOLVE 204 XXX. THE BLARE OF A BRASS BAND . 212 XXXI. THE RETURN .221 XXXII. GOOD NEWS 229 XXXIII. LIGHTFOOT WINS 237 XXXIV. GOOD-BY, THISTLEDOWN 246 XXXV. HAPPY DAYS 253 XXXVI. IN PLEASANT PLACES 263 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The old man dealt him a sounding blow Frontispiece They laid bim on the nearest seat 19 Uncle Anatole looked at the boy steadily 4S Putting an arm about each of the children, she drew them toward her. 69 You ve come here to rob me 79 But the prettiest, most gracious picture of all was Beppo and little Tessa 133 Together they dragged the two children from the very jaws of death . 149 At dawn Beppo and Tessa started again on their search i =.7 Mignon listened with awe-stricken face 177 For the time she felt like a real little queen 201 Dancing on the bare back of the old horse 21 s Lightfoot wins ! 243 Caressed bim as tenderly as a mother would her babe 255 vn THISTLEDOWN. THISTLEDOWN THE WEST END PERHAPS there is no gayer pleasure resort in any city ofthe South than the West End of New Orleans. Duringthe season and on a popular night all sorts and conditionsof men, women, and children are to be found there. The rich andfashionable, the middle class, and the working people mingletogether in amiable proximity, while nearly every nation andlanguage is represented. Within the radius of a few feet one canhear English and French, the soft Creole patois, the sonorous dia-lects of Spain, Italy, and Sicily, as well as the harsh gutturals ofGermany and other Northern nations. Chattering and laughinggroups wander among the winding paths that border the lake, or 4 THISTLEDOWN sit in the pretty pavilions looking out on the shimmering water,while others gather around the band to listen to a favorite air withthe rapt silence of the genuine lover of good music. In anotherpart of the garden the seats of an open-air theater are filled tooverflowing by occu
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