CONTENTS

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I. The Angel Child 1
II. Lynx-Hunting 18
III. The Lover and the Telltale 30
IV. "Showin' Off" 40
V. Making an Orator 54
VI. Shame 64
VII. The Carriage-Lamps 80
VIII. The Knife 99
IX. The Stove 120
X. The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps 141
XI. The Fight 157
XII. The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers 177
XIII. A Little Pilgrimage 191