Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

"THE BLOODY QUAKER"
"The mate shot two of the men as they stood together
resting from their toil-the one with one pistol and the
other with the other. The third victim started to run, but
the captain running almost parallel with him and cutting
him off at the edge of a little bluff, knocked him over with
a single clean and well-directed shot.
"As the situation now stands the mate has no load in
either of his pistols and the captain has one pistol which
is yet loaded.
"I do not know what happened after I drew my picture."
This picture, while it had something of the old realism
in it, was even more strenuously characterized by pure
melodrama.
But the crowning triumph of the sensational, fantastical
pirate vein, came with the story of the "Ruby of Kishmoor,"
which, although written many years before, was not published until 1907, when it appeared first in Harper's
Monthly and. then as a book. Like the "Ghost of Captain
Brand," it was originally too long for the magazine, and
had to be somewhat cut, in spite of the author's disapproval.
He was afraid that the delightful spirit of extravagant melodrama would be spoiled in the cutting; as he said in a letter
to Mr. Wells of Harper-s: " 0 0 * I wrote 'it many years
ago and laid it aside so that when I approached it again,
I think I came to it with a calm and critical spirit. My
own impression of the story was that it was not lacking in
literary value, and that the drolling was rather good for
those who could catch the point of the joke;- and I also felt
at the same time that the story had enough interest to carry
itself for those who read it only for the narrative. I have
an idea that if it is too much condensed the joke will be
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