TALES OF THE LONG BOW
TALES OF THE
LONG BOW
BY
G. K. CHESTERTON
AUTHOR OF
“THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER
BROWN,” “HERETICS,” ETC.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1925
Copyright, 1925
By GILBERT K. CHESTERTON
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Unpresentable Appearance of Colonel Crane | 3 |
| II | The Improbable Success of Mr. Owen Hood | 39 |
| III | The Unobtrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce | 81 |
| IV | The Elusive Companion of Parson White | 113 |
| V | The Exclusive Luxury of Enoch Oates | 147 |
| VI | The Unthinkable Theory of Professor Green | 177 |
| VII | The Unprecedented Architecture of Commander Blair | 211 |
| VIII | The Ultimate Ultimatum of the League of the Long Bow | 247 |
I
THE UNPRESENTABLE APPEARANCE OF
COLONEL CRANE
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TALES OF THE LONG BOW
I
THE UNPRESENTABLE APPEARANCE OF
COLONEL CRANE
THESE tales concern the doing of thingsrecognized as impossible to do; impossibleto believe; and, as the weary reader maywell cry aloud, impossible to read about. Did thenarrator merely say that they happened, withoutsaying how they happened, they could easily beclassified with the cow who jumped over the moonand