LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "I'M COMIN' HOME FROM A FEENERAL," HONEYBIRD CALLED OUT
CHEERFULLY . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ WHEN FLY LOOKED IN UNDER THE WHIN THERE WAS HONEYBIRD FAST ASLEEP ]

[ "MICHAEL DARRAGH! IS THAT WHO YE ARE? MOTHER A' GOD! AN' YER
FATHER'S GUN IN HIS HAN'" ]

[ "WHIST, SAMMY; BE QUIET, MAN, TILL SHE COMES," SAID MICK ]