Contents

[CHAPTER I. HAROLD QUARITCH MEDITATES]
[CHAPTER II. THE COLONEL MEETS THE SQUIRE]
[CHAPTER III. THE TALE OF SIR JAMES DE LA MOLLE]
[CHAPTER IV. THE END OF THE TALE]
[CHAPTER V. THE SQUIRE EXPLAINS THE POSITION]
[CHAPTER VI. LAWYER QUEST]
[CHAPTER VII. EDWARD COSSEY, ESQUIRE]
[CHAPTER VIII. MR. QUEST’S WIFE]
[CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW OF RUIN]
[CHAPTER X. THE TENNIS PARTY]
[CHAPTER XI. IDA’S BARGAIN]
[CHAPTER XII. GEORGE PROPHESIES]
[CHAPTER XIII. ABOUT ART]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE TIGER SHOWS HER CLAWS]
[CHAPTER XV. THE HAPPY DAYS]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE HOUSE WITH THE RED PILLARS]
[CHAPTER XVII. THE TIGRESS IN HER DEN]
[CHAPTER XVIII. “WHAT SOME HAVE FOUND SO SWEET”]
[CHAPTER XIX. IN PAWN]
[CHAPTER XX. “GOOD-BYE TO YOU, EDWARD”]
[CHAPTER XXI. THE COLONEL GOES OUT SHOOTING]
[CHAPTER XXII. THE END OF THE MATCH]
[CHAPTER XXIII. THE BLOW FALLS]
[CHAPTER XXIV. “GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!”]
[CHAPTER XXV. THE SQUIRE GIVES HIS CONSENT]
[CHAPTER XXVI. BELLE PAYS A VISIT]
[CHAPTER XXVII. MR. QUEST HAS HIS INNINGS]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW GEORGE TREATED JOHNNIE]
[CHAPTER XXIX. EDWARD COSSEY MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT]
[CHAPTER XXX. HAROLD TAKES THE NEWS]
[CHAPTER XXXI. IDA RECANTS]
[CHAPTER XXXII. GEORGE PROPHESIES AGAIN]
[CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SQUIRE SPEAKS HIS MIND]
[CHAPTER XXXIV. GEORGE’S DIPLOMATIC ERRAND]
[CHAPTER XXXV. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES]
[CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW THE GAME ENDED]
[CHAPTER XXXVII. SISTER AGNES]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII. COLONEL QUARITCH EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS]
[CHAPTER XXXIX. THE COLONEL GOES TO SLEEP]
[CHAPTER XL. BUT NOT TO BED]
[CHAPTER XLI. HOW THE NIGHT WENT]
[CHAPTER XLII. IDA GOES TO MEET HER FATE]
[CHAPTER XLIII. GEORGE IS SEEN TO LAUGH]
[CHAPTER XLIV. CHRISTMAS CHIMES]
[CONCLUSION]

I DEDICATE
THIS TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE
TO
MY FRIEND AND FELLOW-SPORTSMAN,
CHARLES J. LONGMAN