THE MERRY MEN
AND
Other Tales and Fables
BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
TENTH EDITION
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1904
Three of the following Tales have appeared in the _Cornhill Magazine_;
one in _Longman's_; one in Mr. Henry Norman's Christmas Annual; and one
in the _Court and Society Review_. The Author desires to make proper
acknowledgements to the Publishers concerned.
Dedication
_MY DEAR LADY TAYLOR_,
_To your name_, _if I wrote on brass_, _I could add nothing_; _it has
been already written higher than I could dream to reach_, _by a strong
and dear hand_; _and if I now dedicate to you these tales_, _it is not as
the writer who brings you his work_, _but as the friend who would remind
you of his affection_.
_ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON_
SKERRYVORE, BOURNEMOUTH.
Contents
The Merry Men
i. Eilean Aros
ii. What the wreck had brought to Aros
iii. Land and sea in Sandag Bay
iv. The gale
v. A man out of the sea
Will o' the Mill
Markheim
Thrawn Janet
Olalla
The Treasure of Franchard
i. By the dying Mountebank
ii. Morning tale
iii. The adoption
iv. The education of the philosopher
v. Treasure trove
vi. A criminal investigation, in two parts
vii. The fall of the House of Desprez
viii. The wages of philosophy
THE MERRY MEN
CHAPTER I. EILEAN AROS.
It was a beautiful morning in the late July when I set forth on foot for
the last time for Aros. A boat had put me ashore the night before at
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