When God Laughs: and other stories

Project Gutenberg's When God Laughs and Other Stories, by Jack London This 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 at www.gutenberg.org Title: When God Laughs and Other Stories Author: Jack London Release Date: December 14, 2008 [EBook #2545] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WHEN GOD LAUGHS AND OTHER STORIES *** Produced by Les Bowler, and David Widger WHEN GOD LAUGHS, AND OTHER STORIES By Jack London 1911 Mills and Boon edition Contents WHEN GOD LAUGHS THE APOSTATE A WICKED WOMAN JUST MEAT CREATED HE THEM THE CHINAGO MAKE WESTING SEMPER IDEM A NOSE FOR THE KING THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT" A CURIOUS FRAGMENT A PIECE OF STEAK WHEN GOD LAUGHS (with compliments to Harry Cowell) "The gods, the gods are stronger; time Falls down before them, all men's knees Bow, all men's prayers and sorrows climb Like incense toward them; yea, for these Are gods, Felise." Carquinez had relaxed finally. He stole a glance at the rattling windows, looked upward at the beamed roof, and listened for a moment to the savage roar of the south-easter as it caught the bungalow in its bellowing jaws. Then he held his glass between him and the fire and laughed for joy through the golden wine. "It is beautiful," he said. "It is sweetly sweet.