THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOIS

"THE NETS WERE HUNG OVER FRANÇOIS'S SHOULDERS." (See page 18.)

CONTENTS

I

Of how François the foundling was cared for by the good fathers of the Benedictine Asylum for Orphans, and of what manner of lad he was

II

In which François becomes a choir-boy, and serves two masters, to the impairment of his moral sense

III

Of the misfortunes caused by loss of a voice, and of how a cat and a damsel got François into trouble—whereupon, preferring the world to a monastery, he ran away from the choristers of Notre Dame

IV

Of how the world used François, and of the reward of virtue. He makes his first friend

V

Of the immorality which may come of an empty stomach, and of how François became acquainted with a human crab

VI

Of how François regained a lost friend, and of his adventure with the poet Horace and another gentleman

VII

Wherein is told how François saved a man's neck and learned to juggle

VIII

In which François discovers the mercantile value of laughter, and the Crab takes toll of the jugglers—with the sad history of Despard, the partner

IX

In which François tells the fortune of the Marquis de Ste. Luce and of Robespierre, and has his own fortune told, and of how Despard saw a man of whom he was afraid

X

How Pierre became a Jacobin and how a nation became insane

XI

The juggling firm of Despard, François & Co. is broken up—Despard goes into politics, and François becomes a fencing-master

XII

In which Toto is seen to change his politics twice a day—the mornings and the afternoons quarrel—In which Jean Pierre André Amar, "le farouche," appears

XIII

Citizen Amar, meeting the marquis, is unlucky and vindictive

XIV

François escapes from Paris and goes in search of a father. He meets a man who has a wart on his nose, and who because of this is unlucky

XV

How François finds Despard and has a lesson in politics, and of what came of it