BOOK ONE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES

BOOK TWO ONE OF THE JOLLY ONES

BOOK THREE ONE OF THE FRIGHTENED ONES

BOOK FOUR ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES

BOOK FIVE ONE OF THE BRIGHT ONES

There was about this unusual gentleman that which doubly attracted Mr. Wriford. FRONTISPIECE. See page 59.
There was about this unusual gentleman that which doubly
attracted Mr. Wriford. FRONTISPIECE. See page 59.

THE CLEAN
HEART

BY

A. S. M. HUTCHINSON

AUTHOR OF "THE HAPPY WARRIOR," ETC.

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
R. M. CROSBY

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1914

Copyright, 1914,
By A. S. M. HUTCHINSON.

All rights reserved

Published, September, 1914

THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

Create in me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right
        spirit within me.
The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit: a broken and
        a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
                                                                                            PSALM LI.

CONTENTS

BOOK ONE

ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES

CHAPTER

I. Mr. Wriford
II. Young Wriford
III. Figure of Wriford
IV. One Runs: One Follows
V. One is Met
VI. Fighting It: Telling It
VII. Hearing It

BOOK TWO

ONE OF THE JOLLY ONES

I. Intentions, Before having his hair cut, of a Wagoner
II. Passionate Attachment to Liver of a Wagoner
III. Disturbed Equipoise of a Counterbalancing Machine
IV. First Person Singular
V. Intentions, in his Nightshirt, of a Farmer
VI. Rise and Fall of Interest in a Farmer
VII. Profound Attachment to his Farm of a Farmer
VIII. First Person Extraordinary

BOOK THREE

ONE OF THE FRIGHTENED ONES

I. Body Work
II. Cross Work
III. Water that Takes your Breath
IV. Water that Swells and Sucks
V. Water that Breaks and Roars

BOOK FOUR

ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES

I. Kindness without Gratitude
II. Questions without Answers
III. Crackjaw Name for Mr. Wriford
IV. Clurk for Mr. Master
V. Maintop Hail for the Captain

BOOK FIVE

ONE OF THE BRIGHT ONES

I. In a Field
II. In a Parlour
III. Trial of Mr. Wriford
IV. Martyrdom of Master Cupper
V. Essie's Idea of It
VI. The Vacant Corner
VII. Essie
VIII. Our Essie
IX. Not to Deceive Her
X. The Dream
XI. The Business
XII. The Seeing
XIII. Prayer of Mr. Wriford
XIV. Pilgrimage

THE CLEAN HEART