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THE PHILISTINES

BY

ARLO BATES

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. All's Well that Ends Well; iv.—3

DEDICATION.

To my three friends who, by generously acting as amanuenses, have made it possible that the book should be finished, I take pleasure in gratefully dedicating

 "This is no square temple to the gate of which thou canst
 arrive precipitately; this is no mosque to which thou canst come
 with tumult but without knowledge."
                                     Persian Religious Hymn.

CONTENTS.CHAPTER

I. IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING II. SOME SPEECH OF MARRIAGE III. IN WAY OF TASTE IV. NOW HE IS FOR THE NUMBERS V. 'TWAS WONDROUS PITIFUL VI. THE INLY TOUCH OF LOVE VII. THIS DEED UNSHAPES ME VIII. A NECESSARY EVIL IX. THIS IS NOT A BOON X. THE BITTER PAST XI. THE GREAT ASSAY OF ART XII. WHOM THE FATES HAVE MARKED XIII. THIS "WOULD" CHANGES XIV. THE SHOT OF ACCIDENT XV. LIKE COVERED FIRE XVI. WEIGHING DELIGHT AND DOLE XVII. THE HEAVY MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT XVIII. HE SPEAKS THE MERE CONTRARY XIX. HOW CHANCES MOCK XX. VOLUBLE AND SHARP DISCOURSE XXI. A MINT OF PHRASES IN HIS BRAIN XXII. HIS PURE HEART'S TRUTH XXIII. AS FALSE AS STAIRS OF SAND XXIV. THERE BEGINS CONFUSION XXV. AFTER SUCH A PAGAN CUT XXVI. O, WICKED WIT AND GIFT XXVII. UPON A CHURCH BENCH XXVIII. BEDECKING ORNAMENTS OF PRAISE XXIX. CRUEL PROOF OF THIS MAN'S STRENGTH XXX. THE WORLD IS STILL DECEIVED XXXI. PARTED OUR FELLOWSHIP XXXII. HEART-BURNING HEAT OF DUTY XXXIII. A BOND OF AIR XXXIV. WHAT TIME SHE CHANTED XXXV. HEARTSICK WITH THOUGHT XXXVI. FAREWELL AT ONCE, FOR ONCE, FOR ALL AND EVER XXXVII. A SYMPATHY OF WOE

THE PHILISTINES

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                     IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING.
                                            I Henry IV.; v.—I.

When Arthur Fenton, the most outspoken of all that band of protestingspirits who had been so well known in artistic Boston as the Pagans,married Edith Caldwell, there had been in his mind a purpose, secretbut well defined, to turn to his own account his wife's connection withthe Philistine art patrons of the town. Miss Caldwell was a niece ofPeter Calvin, a wealthy and well-meaning man against whom but two gravecharges could be made,—that he supposed the growth of art in thiscountry to depend largely upon his patronage, and that he could neverbe persuaded not to take himself seriously. Mr. Calvin was regarded byPhilistine circles in Boston as a sort of re-incarnation of Apollo,clothed upon with modern enlightenment, and properly arrayed inrespectable raiment. Had it been pointed out that to make this theoryprobable it was necessary to conceive of the god as having undergonementally much the same metamorphosis as that which had transformed hisflowing vestments into trousers, his admirers would have received theremark as highly complimentary to Mr. Peter Calvin. To assume identitybetween their idol and Apollo would be immensely flatter

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