i ii 111 ii i ii ii linn inn IIIII IIIII mi mi A 2009/8786 CANADIAN SHORT STORIES EDITED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTS Canadian Short Stories, Fifty Years Later by William E. Toye ix INTRODUCTION by Robert Weaver xiii E. W. THOMSON (1849-1924) The Privilege of the Limits 1 From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories (1895) SIR CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS (1860-1943) Strayed 10 From Earth's Enigmas (1895), by permission of Messrs. McClelland and Stewart. DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT (1862-1947) Paul Farlotte 15 From In the ViUage ofViger (1896), by permis- sion of the Ryerson Press. STEPHEN LEACOCK (1869-1944) The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias 27 From Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), by permission of Messrs. McClelland and Stewart, The Bodley Head, and Messrs. Dodd and Mead. FREDERICK PHILIP GROVE (1871-1948) Snow 51 From Queen's Quarterly (1932), by permission of Mrs. Frederick Philip Grove. ETHEL WILSON (b. 1890) Mrs. Golightly and the First Convention 64 From Canadian Short Stories (ed. Robert Weaver and Helen James, 1952), by permission of the Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch (1980). CONTENTS RINGUET (b. 1895) The Heritage 82 From The Tamarack Review (1958), by permis- sion of the author, Dr. Philippe Panneton. The translation is by Morna Scott Stoddart. RAYMOND KNISTER (1900-32) Mist-Green Oats ill From The Midland (1923), by permission of Mrs. Christy Grace. THOMAS H. RADDALL (b. 1903) Blind MacNair 137 From Tambour and Other Stories (1945), by permission of Messrs. McClelland and Stewart. MORLEY CALLAGHAN (b. 1903) Last Spring They Came Over 155 From A Native Argosy (1929), by permission of the author. A Sick Call 166 From Now that April's Here and Other Stories (1936), by permission of the author. LEO KENNEDY (b. 1907) A Priest in the Family 176 From The Canadian Forum (1933), by permis- sion of the author. SINCLAIR ROSS (b. 1908) The Painted Door 188 From Queen's Quarterly (1939), by permission of the author. RALPH GUSTAFSON (b. 1909) The Pigeon 214 From Northern Review (1949), by permission of the author. CONTENTS MALCOLM LOWRY (1909-57) The Bravest Boat 227 From Partisan Review (1954), by permission of Mrs. Malcolm Lowry. IRVING LAYTON (b. 1912) Vacation in La Voiselle 246 From Northern Review (1946), by permission of the author. HUGH GARNER (b. 1913) One, Two, Three Little Indians 267 From The Yellow Sweater and Other Stories (1952), by permission of the author. JOYCE MARSHALL (b. 1913) The Old Woman 281 From Canadian Short Stories (ed. Robert Weaver and Helen James, 1952), by permission of the Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch. W. O. MITCHELL (b. 1914) The Owl and the Bens 297 From The Atlantic Monthly (1945), by permis- sion of the author and Willis Kingsley Wing. P. K. PAGE (b. 1916) The Green Bird 311 From Preview (1942), by permission of the author. ANNE HEBERT (b. 1916) The House on the Esplanade 317 From Queen's Quarterly (1953), by permission of the author. The translation is by Morna Scott Stoddart. CONTENTS ROGER LEMELIN (b. 1919) The Stations of the Cross 331 From Canadian Short Stories (ed. Robert Weaver and Helen James, 1952), by permission of the Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch. The translation is by Mary Finch. MAVIS GALLANT (b. 1922) The Legacy 348 From The Other Paris (1956), by permission of Messrs. Houghton Mifflin. JAMES REANEY (b. 1926) The Bully 368 From Canadian Short Stories (ed. Robert Weaver and Helen James, 1952), by permission of the Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch. DOUGLAS SPETTIGUE (b. 1930) The Haying 383 From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1953), by permission of the author. ALICE MUNRO (b. 1931) The Time of Death 395 From The Canadian Forum (1956), by permis- sion of the author. MORDECAI RICHLER (b. 1931) Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella 408 From The Montrealer (1957), by permission of the author and Joyce Weiner. The Life and Times of OWC 573: 418 An Historical Note from the Publisher.