The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The White Wolf and Other Fireside TalesAuthor: Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchRelease Date: January 27, 2005 [EBook #14817]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WHITE WOLF AND OTHERS ***Produced by Lionel SearTHE WHITE WOLF AND OTHER FIRESIDE TALES.By Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch ('Q').CONTENTS.MIRACLE OF THE WHITE WOLF.SINDBAD ON BURRATOR.VICTOR.THE CAPTURE OF THE _BURGOMEISTER VAN DER WERF.KING O' PRUSSIA.THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE TOLD.THE CELLARS OF RUEDA.THE HAUNTED YACHT.PARSON JACK'S FORTUNE.THE BURGLARY CLUB.CONCERNING ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.COX VERSUS PRETYMAN.THE BRIDALS OF YSSELMONDE.ENGLAND!JOHN AND THE GHOSTS.THREE PHOTOGRAPHS.THE TALKING SHIPS.THE KEEPERS OF THE LAMP.TWO BOYS.THE SENIOR FELLOW.BALLAST.THE MIRACLE OF THE WHITE WOLF.I.—THE TALE OF SNORRI GAMLASONIn the early summer of 1358, with the breaking up of the ice, there came to Brattahlid, in Greenland, a merchant-ship fromNorway, with provisions for the Christian settlements on the coast. The master's name was Snorri Gamlason, and ithappened that as he sailed into Eric's Fiord and warped alongside the ...