THE NEW PENELOPE

AND

OTHER STORIES AND POEMS.

By

Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor.

San Francisco:
A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PRINTERS.
1877.

Copyright, 1877, by
MRS. FRANCES FULLER VICTOR.

PREFACE.

This collection consists of sketches of Pacific Coast life, most of which have appeared, from time to time, in the Overland Monthly, and other Western magazines. If they have a merit, it is because they picture scenes and characters having the charm of newness and originality, such as belong to border life.

The poems embraced in the collection, have been written at all periods of my life, and therefore cannot be called peculiarly Western. But they embody feelings and emotions common to all hearts, East or West; and as such, I dedicate them to my friends on the Pacific Coast, but most especially in Oregon.

Portland, August, 1877.

CONTENTS.

STORIES.

•   Page
• The New Penelope9
• A Curious Interview80
• Mr. Ela's Story96
• On the Sands112
• An Old Fool132
• How Jack Hastings Sold His Mine180
• What They Told Me at Wilson's Bar197
• Miss Jorgensen212
• Sam Rice's Romance231
• El Tesoro247

POEMS.

• A Pagan Reverie269
• Passing by Helicon272
• Lost at Sea275
• 'Twas June, Not I276
• Lines to a Lump of Virgin Gold281
• Magdalena284
• Repose289
• Aspasia291
• A Reprimand296
• To Mrs. ——297
• Moonlight Memories299
• Verses for M——301
• Autumnalia303
• Palo Santo305
• A Summer Day306
• He and She308
• O Wild November Wind308
• By the Sea309
• Polk County Hills310