Title: The Holy Cross and other tales. [The holy cross.-The rose and the thrush.-The pagan seal-wife.-Flail, Trask, and Bisland.-The touch in the heart.-Daniel and the devil.-Methuselah.-Félice and Petit-Poulain.-The river.-Franz Abt.-Mistress Merciless.-The platonic bassoon.-Hawaiian folk tales.-Lute Baker and his wife Em.-Joel's talk with Santa Claus.-The lonesome little shoe.]