R. Henry Mainer

Toronto
William Briggs
1908

Copyright, Canada, 1908, by R. Henry Mainer.

These few stories of a good old
woman I dedicate to the
memory of
A. R. S. M.
who sat beside me while I wrote
them and offered many happy suggestions.

"Her face, deep lined; her eyes were gray,
Mirrors of her heart's continuous play;
Her head, crowned with a wintry sheet,
Had learned naught of this world's deceit.
She oft forgot her own in others' trials,
And met the day's rebuffs with sweetest smiles."

CONTENTS.

I. [THE WOMAN OF THE INN]
II. [THE ANTAGONISM OF MISS PIPER]
III. [JOHN KEENE'S EDUCATION]
IV. [THE WRECK AT THE JUNCTION]
V. [JENNIE]
VI. [NANCY'S PHILOSOPHY]
VII. [THE STRENGTH OF TEN]
VIII. [A DESERTER FROM THE MONK ROAD]
IX. [THE KERRY DANCERS]
X. [THE HOMECOMING OF CORNELIUS MCVEIGH]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[ "Tommy wus one o' the boys, an' a pal 'o ours." . . . . Frontispiece ]