CONTENTS

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I. A NIGHT IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE[1]
II. OLD CUSTOMS[8]
III. A CORSICAN OUTRAGE[15]
IV. THE GREAT SILENCE[18]
V. THE SLAVE MARKET[25]
VI. BOYNE WATER AND HOLY WATER[34]
VII. A MAN OF TWELVE[41]
VIII. OLD MARY SORLEY[48]
IX. A GOOD TIME[56]
X. THE LEADING ROAD TO STRABANE[62]
XI. THE 'DERRY BOAT[67]
XII. THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ASHAMED[74]
XIII. THE MAN WITH THE DEVIL'S PRAYER BOOK[84]
XIV. PADDING IT[92]
XV. MOLESKIN JOE[99]
XVI. MOLESKIN JOE AS MY FATHER[105]
XVII. ON THE DEAD END[111]
XVIII. THE DRAINER[127]
XIX. A DEAD MAN'S SHOES[129]
XX. BOOKS[136]
XXI. A FISTIC ARGUMENT[146]
XXII. THE OPEN ROAD[151]
XXIII. THE COCK OF THE NORTH[168]
XXIV. MECCA[175]
XXV. THE MAN WHO THRASHED CARROTY DAN[182]
XXVI. A GREAT FIGHT[197]
XXVII. DE PROFUNDIS[213]
XXVIII. A LITTLE TRAGEDY[217]
XXIX. I WRITE FOR THE PAPERS[225]
XXX. WINTER[230]
XXXI. THE GREAT EXODUS[243]
XXXII. A NEW JOB[254]
XXXIII. A SWEETHEART OF MINE[263]
XXXIV. UNSKILLED LABOUR OF A NEW KIND[274]
XXXV. THE SEARCH[287]
XXXVI. THE END OF THE STORY[298]

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