| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | BEFORE THE GALILEE | [1] |
| II. | THE FLAILS | [13] |
| III. | TWO CROWNS | [23] |
| IV. | ON THE DROVE | [33] |
| V. | THE FLAILS AGAIN | [44] |
| VI. | BETWEEN TWO LIGHTS | [57] |
| VII. | PROFITS | [63] |
| VIII. | MARK RUNHAM | [76] |
| IX. | PRICKWILLOW | [88] |
| X. | RED WINGS | [100] |
| XI. | TIGER-HAIR | [112] |
| XII. | ON BONE RUNNERS | [122] |
| XIII. | PIP BEAMISH | [131] |
| XIV. | ON ONE FOOTING | [140] |
| XV. | ON ANOTHER FOOTING | [150] |
| XVI. | BURNT HATS | [161] |
| XVII. | A CRAWL ABROAD | [174] |
| XVIII. | A DROP OF GALL | [188] |
| XIX. | NO DEAL | [194] |
| XX. | DAGGING | [201] |
| XXI. | THE FEN RIOTS | [213] |
| XXII. | TWENTY POUNDS | [221] |
| XXIII. | TEN POUNDS | [232] |
| XXIV. | A NEW DANGER | [245] |
| XXV. | 'I DON'T CARE THAT' | [253] |
| XXVI. | A NIGHT IN ELY | [259] |
| XXVII. | SIR BATES DUDLEY'S RIDE | [270] |
| XXVIII. | TWO PLEADERS | [281] |
| XXIX. | A DEAL | [291] |
| XXX. | IN COURT | [295] |
| XXXI. | PISGAH | [311] |
| XXXII. | A PARTHIAN SHOT | [321] |
| XXXIII. | PURGATORY | [327] |
| XXXIV. | WITH TOASTING-FORKS | [335] |
| XXXV. | THE JACK O' LANTERNS | [347] |
| XXXVI. | A RETURN BLOW | [355] |
| XXXVII. | A CATHERINE WHEEL | [364] |
| XXXVIII. | THE BRENT-GEESE | [376] |
| XXXIX. | THE CUT EMBANKMENT | [382] |
| XL. | THISTLES | [394] |
CHEAP JACK ZITA.
CHAPTER I
BEFORE THE GALILEE
WHAT was the world coming to? The world—the centre of it—the Isle of Ely?
What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
What local poet, whose effusions appeared in the 'Cambridge and Ely Post,' in his wildest flights of imagination, conceived of such a thing?