TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.

1874.

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CONTENTS.

[BLADE-O'-GRASS.]

[INTRODUCTION.]

STONEY-ALLEY.


[PART I.]

[A STRANGE EVENT OCCURS IN STONEY-ALLEY.]

[HOW SHE ACQUIRED THE NAME OF BLADE-O'-GRASS.]

[THE LEGEND OF THE TIGER.]

[THE BATTLE OF LIFE.]

[MR. MERRYWHISTLE RELIEVES HIMSELF ON THE SUBJECT OFINDISCRIMINATE CHARITY.]

[MRS. SILVER'S HOME.]

[MR. MERRYWHISTLE MEETS THE QUEER LITTLE OLD MAN.]

[JIMMY VIRTUE INTRODUCES MR. MERRYWHISTLE TO HIS PLACEOF BUSINESS.]

[THE STRANGE IDEA OF HALLELUJAH ENTERTAINED BY BLADE-O'-GRASS.]

[THE INTERLUDE.]


[PART II.]

[THE PRISON WALL.]

[ONE OF MANY HAPPY NIGHTS.]

[FACE TO FACE--SO LIKE, YET SO UNLIKE.]

[ROBERT TRUEFIT ALLOWS HIS FEELINGS TO MASTER HIM.]

[TOO LATE.]

[HELP THE POOR.]


[GOLDEN GRAIN.]


I.

[THROUGH COUNTRY ROADS TO SOME GREEN PLEASANT SPOT.]

II.

[THANK GOD FOR A GOOD BREAKFAST!]

III.

[THEY LISTENED WITH ALMOST BREATHLESS ATTENTION TO EVERY WORDTHAT FELL FROM HER LIPS.]

IV.

[FOR MERCY'S SAKE, TELL ME! WHOSE VOICE WAS IT I HEARD JUST NOW?]

V.

[YOU'RE A PARSON, SIR, AND I PUT IT TO YOU. WHAT DO YOU SAY TOPARTING MOTHER AND CHILD?]

VI.

[FOR THESE AND SUCH AS THESE.]

VII.

[HEALTHY BODY MAKES HEALTHY MIND.]

VIII.

[THIS 'ERE FREE AND 'LIGHTENED COUNTRY OF OUR'N'S CRAMMED FULLO' TEMPLES O' LIBERTY.]

IX.

[OPEN YOUR EYES, BABY! SPEAK TO ME! LOOK AT MOTHER, MY LIFE!]

X.

[NO, NO! BORN IN LOVE! IN LOVE!]

XI.

[ONCE UPON A TIME THERE LIVED ON AN ISLAND----]

XII.

[IN THE DIM TWILIGHT OF THAT HOLY DAY.]

XIII.

[HIS SOUL IS IN YOUR HANDS TO SAVE AND PURIFY!]

XIV.

[IT IS SUNRISE. A GOLDEN MIST IS RISING FROM THE WATERS.]

XV.

[FAIRHAVEN.]


[BREAD AND CHEESE AND KISSES.]

[Introduction.]


[PART I.]

[COME AND SHOW YOUR FACE, LIKE A MAN!]

[AND SO THE LAD GOES ON WITH HIS BESSIE AND HIS BESSIE, UNTIL ONEWOULD THINK HE HAS NEVER A MOTHER IN THE WORLD.]

[YOU WORE ROSES THEN, MOTHER.]

[IF I DID NOT LOVE HER, I WOULD NOT GO AWAY.]

[WITH THE DAWNING OF A NEW YEAR, BEGIN A NEW LIFE.]

[DEAR LOVE, GOOD-BYE.]

[TOTTIE IS READY TO TEAR OLD BEN SPARROW LIMB FROM LIMB.]

[HERE AND THERE ARE FORGET-ME-NOTS.]

[BATTLEDOOR AND SHUTTLECOCK.]

[TOTTIE'S DREAM.]

[I CAN SEE YOU NOW, KISSING HER LITTLE TOES.]

[ONE KISS FOR HOPE, ONE FOR FAITH, AND ONE FOR LOVE.]

[YOU ALONE, AND MY MOTHER, ARE TRUE; ALL THE REST OF THEWORLD IS FALSE.]


[PART II.]

[THEY SAW, UPON ONE OF THE NEAREST PEAKS, A MAN STANDING, WITHSUNSET COLOURS ALL AROUND HIM.]

[MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD, PURER THAN DIAMONDS, ARE THESE SWEETAND DELICATE WAYS.]


[PART III.]

[I HAVE COME TO RETURN YOU SOMETHING.]

[WELL, MOTHER, DO YOU WANT ANY WASHING DONE?]

[THE MAN IN POSSESSION.]

[SOFTLY, SWEETLY, PROCEEDS THE HYMN OF HOME.]

[BLADE-O'-GRASS.]

By B. L. FARJEON,

AUTHOR OF 'GRIF' and 'JOSHUA MARVEL.'

[INTRODUCTION.]