CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

To

Jane Grey Allen and Elizabeth Allen

CONTENTS

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I. [O'Donoghue][1]
II. [The Big Poor People][15]
III. [The Little Good People][43]
IV. [The Cleverness of Mortals][69]
V. [The Time for Naggeneen's Plan][109]
VI. [Little Kathleen and Little Terence][128]
VII. [A Chapter that you can Skip][144]
VIII. [The Stars in the Water][177]
IX. [A Year and a Day][219]
X. [The Iron Crucifix][252]
XI. [The Old King Comes Back][279]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["'Is it time?' the warrior said"][Frontispiece]
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["Through the flying water I saw the old king"][1]
["'Blessed days there were.' she said"] [8]
["They were changed into four beautiful white swans"][15]
["Will you have a light for your pipe, your majesty?"][43]
["I was sittin' there, wid a spiggot over me shoulder"][56]
["The horse was nothing but the beam of a plough"][69]
["Where are you bound in that ship?"][72]
["Here's the Pope's bull for that same"][101]
["She knew that there were good people here"][109]
["'Pat,' says he, 'bring me a pipe'"][128]
["Plump down he fell through the quilt"][138]
["And then Donald went home"][144]
["There's a blessing on this same sack"][164]
["There was a woman lying on a gold couch"][177]
["He forgot the psalm that he had been reading"][219]
["Hold the spear straight in front of you"][250]
["The net was pulled away from him"][252]
["He says that I am never to be afraid of them"][279]