Memoirs of an office porter--In the antechamber
A public man
The apparition
The Jenkins pearls
The funeral
La Baronne Hemerlingue
The sitting
Dramas of Paris
Memoirs of an office porter--The last leaves
At Bordighera
The first night of "Revolt"




THE NABOB

by Alphonse Daudet




DOCTOR JENKIN'S PATIENTS

Standing on the steps of his little town-house in the Rue de Lisbonne,
freshly shaven, with sparkling eyes, and lips parted in easy enjoyment,
his long hair slightly gray flowing over a huge coat collar, square
shouldered, strong as an oak, the famous Irish doctor, Robert Jenkins,
Knight of the Medjidjieh and of the distinguished order of Charles III
of Spain, President and Founder of the Bethlehem Society. Jenkins in a