Rainbow\'s End
CONTENTS I. THE VALLEY OF DELIGHT II. SPANISH GOLD III. "THE O'REILLY" IV. RETRIBUTION V. A CRY FROM THE WILDERNESS VI. THE QUEST BEGINS VII. THE MAN WHO WOULD KNOW LIFE VIII. THE SPANISH DOUBLOON IX. MARAUDERS X. O'REILLY TALKS HOG LATIN
The Swan-king has friends and kinsmen, my Liege:--
'And the man with many kinsmen answers with them all attacks;
As the bambu, in the bambus safely sheltered, scorns the axe.'
'My counsel then is that peace be concluded with him,' said the Vulture.
'All this King Silver-sides and his Minister the Goose heard attentively
from the Crane.
'Go again!' said the Goose to Long-bill, 'and bring us news of how the
Vulture's advice is received.'
'Minister!' began the King, upon the departure of the Crane, 'tell me as
to this peace, who are they with whom it should not be concluded?'
'They be twenty, namely----'
'Tarry not to name them,' said the King; 'and what be the qualities of a
good ally?'
'Such should be learned in Peace and War,' replied the Goose, 'in
marching and pitching, and seasonably placing an army in the field; for
it is said--
CONTENTS I. THE VALLEY OF DELIGHT II. SPANISH GOLD III. "THE O'REILLY" IV. RETRIBUTION V. A CRY FROM THE WILDERNESS VI. THE QUEST BEGINS VII. THE MAN WHO WOULD KNOW LIFE VIII. THE SPANISH DOUBLOON IX. MARAUDERS X. O'REILLY TALKS HOG LATIN