The Adventures of François

Of how Francois 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 Francois 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 Francois into trouble--whereupon, preferring the world to a monastery, he ran away from the choristers of Notre Dame

*IV*

Of how the world used Francois, 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 Francois became acquainted with a human crab

*VI*

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

*VII*

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

*VIII*

In which Francois 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 Francois 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, Francois & Co. is broken up--Despard goes into politics, and Francois 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 Andre Amar, "le farouche," appears

*XIII*

Citizen Amar, meeting the marquis, is unlucky and vindictive

*XIV*

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

*XVI*

How Francois warns the Marquis de Ste. Luce, and of the battle on the staircase between the old day and the new

*XVII*

Of how Francois, escaping, lives in the wood; of how he sees the daughter of the marquis dying, and knows not then, or ever after, what it was that hurt him; of how he becomes homesick for Paris

*XVIII*

Wherein is told how Francois reenters Paris, and lodges with the Crab; and of how Toto is near to death by the guillotine. Francois meets Despard and the marquis, who warns him and is warned

*XIX*

Of the sorrowful life of loneliness, of Francois's arrest, and of those he met in prison

*XX*

Of how Francois gave Amar advice, and of how the marquis bought his own head

*XXI*

How Francois, having made a bargain with Citizen Amar, cannot keep it with the man of the wart--How Despard dies in the place of the marquis--Of Francois's escape from prison

*XXII*

Wherein is told how Francois baits a crab-trap with the man of the wart

*XXIII*

Of how Francois found lodgings where he paid no rent--Of the death of Toto--Of how his master, having no friends on the earth, finds them underground

*XXIV*

Of how Francois got into good society underground--Of what he saw, and of the value of a cat's eyes--From darkness to light--Of how Francois made friends for life

*EPILOGUE*

Wherein is some further account of Francois and of those who helped him

*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS*

The Nets were Hung over Francois's Shoulders . . . . . . Frontispiece

Francois and Toto in the Luxembourg

Pierre taught Francois to Juggle with Balls

'T is a Gargoyle Come Down from the Roof of St. Jacques

He Paid in Advance the Customary Denier a Dieu

And so a Dog is Sent to Fetch the Safeguard the People Provide