CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I.—THE LABOURER; AND HIS DAWNING DISCONTENT.]
[CHAPTER II.—THE FAMILY; THE HOME; AND MORE REPININGS.]
[CHAPTER III.—THE CONTRAST.]
[CHAPTER IV.—THE LOST THEFT.]
[CHAPTER V.—THE INQUEST.]
[CHAPTER VI.—THE BAILIFF; AND A BITTER TRIAL.]
[CHAPTER VII.—WRONGS AND RUIN.]
[CHAPTER VIII.—THE COVETOUS DREAM.]
[CHAPTER IX.—THE POACHER.]
[CHAPTER X.—BEN BURKE'S STRANGE ADVENTURE.]
[CHAPTER XI.—SLEEP.]
[CHAPTER XII.—LOVE.]
[CHAPTER XIII.—THE DISCOVERY.]
[CHAPTER XIV.—JONATHAN'S STORE.]
[CHAPTER XV.—ANOTHER DISCOVERY, AND THE EARNEST OF GOOD THINGS]
[CHAPTER XVI.—HOW THE HOME WAS BLEST THEREBY.]
[CHAPTER XVII.—CARE.]
[CHAPTER XVIII.—INVESTMENT.]
[CHAPTER XIX.—CALUMNY.]
[CHAPTER XX.—THE BAILIFF'S VISIT.]
[CHAPTER XXI.—THE CAPTURE.]
[CHAPTER XXII.—THE AUNT AND HER NEPHEW.]
[CHAPTER XXIII.—SCHEMES.]
[CHAPTER XXIV.—THE DEVIL'S COUNSEL.]
[CHAPTER XXV.—THE AMBUSCADE.]
[CHAPTER XXVI.—PRELIMINARIES.]
[CHAPTER XXVII.—ROBBERY.]
[CHAPTER XXVIII.—MURDER.]
[CHAPTER XXIX.—THE REWARD.]
[CHAPTER XXX.—SECOND THOUGHTS.]
[CHAPTER XXXI.—MAMMON, AND CONTENTMENT.]
[CHAPTER XXXII.—NEXT MORNING.]
[CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE ALARM.]
[CHAPTER XXXIV.—DOUBTS.]
[CHAPTER XXXV.—FEARS.]
[CHAPTER XXXVI.—PRISON COMFORTS.]
[CHAPTER XXXVII.—GOOD COUNSEL.]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII.—EXPERIENCE.]
[CHAPTER XXXIX.—JONATHAN'S TROTH.]
[CHAPTER XL.—SUSPICIONS.]
[CHAPTER XLI.—GRACE'S ALTERNATIVE.]
[CHAPTER XLII.—THE DISMISSAL.]
[CHAPTER XLIII.—SIMON ALONE.]
[CHAPTER XLIV.—THE TRIAL.]
[CHAPTER XLV.—ROGER'S DEFENCE.]
[CHAPTER XLVI.—THE WITNESS.]
[CHAPTER XLVII.—MR. SHARP'S ADVOCACY.]
[CHAPTER XLVIII.—SENTENCE AND DEATH.]
[CHAPTER XLIX.—RIGHTEOUS MAMMON.]
[CHAPTER L.—THE CROCK A BLESSING.]
[CHAPTER LI.—POPULARITY.]
[CHAPTER LII.—ROGER AT THE SWAN.]
[CHAPTER LIII.—ROGER'S TRIUMPH.]
[CHAPTER LIV.—SIR JOHN'S PARTING SPEECH.]


THE CROCK OF GOLD.


CHAPTER I.

THE LABOURER; AND HIS DAWNING DISCONTENT.