Etheldred B. Barry
Reading edition
Boston L. C. Page & Company 1903
Copyright, 1900, 1901 By E. S. BARNETT
Copyright, 1902 By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (incorporated)
All rights reserved
Published, May, 1902
Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
Contents Page
I. The Interrupted Game 11
II. The Shadow 16
III. Paddy and Peggy 22
IV. Hard Times 28
V. Peggy Overhears a Startling Conversation 35
VI. The Police are Summoned 41
VII. Where Was Peggy? 49
VIII. Luck in Disguise 58
IX. Paddy Makes the Effort of His Life 66
Page
"They never saw the old fellow without shouting" (See page 21) Frontispiece
"They stood in a long row" 13
"He turned around suddenly" 19
"'The top of the mornin' to ye'" 24
"All the children except the babies started for school" 29
"Although she was warmly clad, the rush of cold air made her shiver" 39
"'What on earth are you doing here alone?'" 44
"A sturdy leg emerging from his front window" 53
"Around his tanned and wrinkled neck went her white arms" 64
"After them followed the nurses, carrying the babies" 73