Etheldred B. Barry

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
1903
Copyright, 1900, 1901
By E. S. BARNETT

Copyright, 1902
By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(incorporated)

All rights reserved
Published, May, 1902
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
ContentsPage
I.The Interrupted Game[11]
II.The Shadow[16]
III.Paddy and Peggy[22]
IV.Hard Times[28]
V.Peggy Overhears a Startling Conversation[35]
VI.The Police are Summoned[41]
VII.Where Was Peggy?[49]
VIII.Luck in Disguise[58]
IX.Paddy Makes the Effort of His Life[66]
Page
"They never saw the old fellow withoutshouting" ([See page 21])[Frontispiece]
"They stood in a long row"[13]
"He turned around suddenly"[19]
"'The top of the mornin' to ye'"[24]
"All the children except the babies started for school"[29]
"Although she was warmly clad, the rush of cold air made her shiver"[39]
"'What on earth are you doing here alone?'"[44]
"A sturdy leg emerging from his front window"[53]
"Around his tanned and wrinkled neck went her white arms"[64]
"After them followed the nurses, carrying the babies"[73]