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E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/)
THE
CROCK OF GOLD;
A RURAL NOVEL.
BY
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, ESQ., M.A.,
AUTHOR OF
"PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY."
CONTENTS
THE CROCK OF GOLD.
CHAPTER I.
THE LABOURER; AND HIS DAWNING DISCONTENT.
CHAPTER II.
THE FAMILY; THE HOME; AND MORE REPININGS.
CHAPTER III.
THE CONTRAST.
CHAPTER IV.
THE LOST THEFT.
CHAPTER V.
THE INQUEST.
CHAPTER VI.
THE BAILIFF; AND A BITTER TRIAL.
CHAPTER VII.
WRONGS AND RUIN.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE COVETOUS DREAM.
CHAPTER IX.
THE POACHER.
CHAPTER X.
BEN BURKE'S STRANGE ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XI.
SLEEP.
CHAPTER XII.
LOVE.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XIV.
JONATHAN'S STORE.
CHAPTER XV.
ANOTHER DISCOVERY, AND THE EARNEST OF GOOD THINGS.
CHAPTER XVI.
HOW THE HOME WAS BLEST THEREBY.
CHAPTER XVII.
CARE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
INVESTMENT.
CHAPTER XIX.
CALUMNY.
CHAPTER XX.
THE BAILIFF'S VISIT.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CAPTURE.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE AUNT AND HER NEPHEW.
CHAPTER XXIII.
SCHEMES.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE DEVIL'S COUNSEL.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE AMBUSCADE.
CHAPTER XXVI.
PRELIMINARIES.
CHAPTER XXVII.
ROBBERY.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
MURDER.
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE REWARD.
CHAPTER XXX.
SECOND THOUGHTS.
CHAPTER XXXI.
MAMMON, AND CONTENTMENT.
CHAPTER XXXII.
NEXT MORNING.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE ALARM.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
DOUBTS.
CHAPTER XXXV.
FEARS.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
PRISON COMFORTS.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
GOOD COUNSEL.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
JONATHAN'S TROTH.
CHAPTER XL.
SUSPICIONS.
CHAPTER XLI.
GRACE'S ALTERNATIVE.
CHAPTER XLII.
THE DISMISSAL.
CHAPTER XLIII.
SIMON ALONE.
CHAPTER XLIV.
THE TRIAL.
CHAPTER XLV.
ROGER'S DEFENCE.
CHAPTER XLVI.
THE WITNESS.
CHAPTER XLVII.
MR. SHARP'S ADVOCACY.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
SENTENCE AND DEATH.
CHAPTER XLIX.
RIGHTEOUS MAMMON.
CHAPTER L.
THE CROCK A BLESSING.
CHAPTER LI.
POPULARITY.
CHAPTER LII.
ROGER AT THE SWAN.
CHAPTER LIII.
ROGER'S TRIUMPH.
CHAPTER LIV.
SIR JOHN'S PARTING SPEECH.
FOOTNOTE
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