JOHN McGOVERN,

AUTHOR OF

"Daniel Trentworthy," "Burritt Durand," "Geoffrey," "Jason Hortner,"
"King Darwin," etc.

CHICAGO:

DONOHUE, HENNEBERRY & CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY JOHN M'GOVERN.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY JOHN M'GOVERN.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Book I - Davy

Chapter
I.[Harpwood and Lockwin]
II.[The People's Idol]
III.[Of Sneezes]
IV.[Bad News All Around ]
V.[Dr. Floddin's Patient ]
VI.[A Reign of Terror ]
VII.[The Primaries ]
VIII. [Fifty Kegs of Beer ]
IX.[The Night Before Election ]
X.[Elected ]
XI.[Lynch-Law for Corkey ]
XII.[In Georgian Bay ]
XIII.[Off Cape Croker ]
XIV.[In the Conventional Days]

Book II - Esther Lockwin

I.[Extra! Extra! ]
II.[Corkey's Fear of a Widow's Grief ]
III.[The Cenotaph ]
IV.[A Knolling Bell ]

Book III - Robert Chalmers

I.[A Difficult Problem ]
II.[A Complete Disguise ]
III.[Before the Telegraph Office ]
IV.["A Sound of Revelry by Night" ]
V.[ Letters of Consolation ]
VI.[The Yawl ]
VII.[A Rash Act ]
VIII.[A Good Scheme ]
IX.[A Heroic Act ]
X.[Esther as a Liberal Patron ]

Book IV - George Harpwood

I. [Corkey's Good Scheme ]
II.[Happiness and Peace ]
III.[At 3 in the Morning ]
IV.[The Bridegroom ]
V.[At Six O'clock]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Frontispiece: He appears on the balcony. There is a cheer that may be heard all over the South Side. ]

[ Three of the most bashful arise and come to be kissed. ]

[ The boat drags him. He catches the boy's hand. ]

[ Her eye returns in satisfaction to the glittering black granite letters over the portal. ]

[ "It's a good scheme, Corkey." ]

[ But the bride still stands under the lamp on the portico, statuesque as Zenobia or Medea. ]