Author Of “East Lynne,” “Johnny Ludlow,” Etc.
Two Hundred And Tenth Thousand
1901
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — THE INKED SURPLICE.
CHAPTER II. — BAD NEWS.
CHAPTER III. — CONSTANCE CHANNING.
CHAPTER IV. — NO HOLIDAY TO-DAY.
CHAPTER V. — ROLAND YORKE.
CHAPTER VI. — LADY AUGUSTA YORKE AT HOME.
CHAPTER VII. — MR. KETCH.
CHAPTER VIII. — THE ASSISTANT-ORGANIST.
CHAPTER IX. — HAMISH’S CANDLES.
CHAPTER X. — A FALSE ALARM.
CHAPTER XI. — THE CLOISTER KEYS.
CHAPTER XII. — A MISHAP TO THE BISHOP.
CHAPTER XIII. — MAD NANCE.
CHAPTER XIV. — KEEPING OFFICE.
CHAPTER XV. — A SPLASH IN THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XVI. — MUCH TO ALTER.
CHAPTER XVII. — SUNDAY MORNING AT MR. CHANNING’S, AND AT LADY AUGUSTA’S.
CHAPTER XVIII. — MR. JENKINS ALIVE AGAIN.
CHAPTER XIX. — THE LOSS.
CHAPTER XX. — THE LOOMING OF AN AWFUL FEAR.
CHAPTER XXI. — MR. BUTTERBY.
CHAPTER XXII. — AN INTERRUPTED DINNER.
CHAPTER XXIII. — AN ESCORT TO THE GUILDHALL.
CHAPTER XXIV. — THE EXAMINATION.
CHAPTER XXV. — A MORNING CALL.
CHAPTER XXVI. — CHECKMATED.
CHAPTER XXVII. — A PIECE OF PREFERMENT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — AN APPEAL TO THE DEAN.
CHAPTER XXIX. — A TASTE OF “TAN.”
CHAPTER XXX. — THE DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER XXXI. — ABROAD.
CHAPTER XXXII. — AN OMINOUS COUGH.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — NO SENIORSHIP FOR TOM CHANNING.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — GERALD YORKE MADE INTO A “BLOCK.”
CHAPTER XXXV. — THE EARL OF CARRICK.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — ELLEN HUNTLEY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE CONSPIRATORS.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE DECISION.
CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE GHOST.
CHAPTER XL. — MR. KETCH’S EVENING VISIT.
CHAPTER XLI. — THE SEARCH.
CHAPTER XLII. — AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY INTERRUPTED.
CHAPTER XLIII. — DRAGGING THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XLIV. — MR. JENKINS IN A DILEMMA.
CHAPTER XLV. — A NEW SUSPICION.
CHAPTER XLVI. — A LETTER FOR MR. GALLOWAY.
CHAPTER XLVII. — DARK CLOUDS.
CHAPTER XLVIII. — MUFFINS FOR TEA.
CHAPTER XLIX. — A CHÂTEAU EN ESPAGNE.
CHAPTER L. — REALLY GONE!
CHAPTER LI. — AN ARRIVAL IN A FLY.
CHAPTER LII. — A RELIC FROM THE BURIAL-GROUND.
CHAPTER LIII. — THE RETURN HOME.
CHAPTER LIV. — “THE SHIP’S DROWNED.”
CHAPTER LV. — NEWS FROM ROLAND.
CHAPTER LVI. — THE BROKEN PHIAL.
CHAPTER LVII. — A GHOST AGAIN.
CHAPTER LVIII. — BYWATER’S DANCE.
CHAPTER LIX. — READY.
CHAPTER LX. — IN WHAT DOES IT LIE?
I remember the gleams and glooms that dart
Across the schoolboy’s brain;
The song and the silence in the heart,
That in part are prophecies, and in part
Are longings wild and vain.
And the voice of that fitful song
Sings on and is never still:
“A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
Strange to me now are the forms I meet
When I visit the dear old town;
But the native air is pure and sweet,
And the trees that o’ershadow each well-known street,
As they balance up and down,
Are singing the beautiful song,
Are sighing and whispering still:
“A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
