JOHN TINCROFT

BACHELOR AND BENEDICT

OR

WITHOUT INTENDING IT

BY

GEORGE E. SARGENT

AUTHOR OF

"THE STORY OF A CITY ARAB," "THE STORY OF A POCKET BIBLE," ETC., ETC.

LONDON

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY

56 PATERNOSTER ROW, 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD AND 164 PICCADILLY

MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

I. AT LIBERTY HALL

II. THE LOVERS' WALK

III. THE PICNIC

IV. IN THE GROTTO

V. THE MAELSTROM

VI. JOHN TINCROFT'S RESOLUTION

VII. TWO FRIENDS—TWO LETTERS

VIII. WHO'S WHO?

IX. A RIFT IN THE CLOUD

X. IN THE FILBERT ALLEY

XI. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

XII. THE LION'S MOUTH

XIII. MR. RUBRIC'S LETTER

XIV. JOHN TINCROFT'S BOLD STROKE

XV. FIREWORKS

XVI. JOHN TINCROFT STILL UNDER A CLOUD

XVII. HELEN

XVIII. AN ADVENTURE

XIX. WHAT HAPPENED AT LOW BEECH FARM

XX. HOW TOM GRIGSON SPED IN HIS WOOING

XXI. JOHN TINCROFT AT HOME; AND THE SKELETON THERE

XXII. A LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA

XXIII. A MONTH OF WONDERS

XXIV. "COALS OF FIRE"

XXV. HIGH AND LOW BEECH

XXVI. SARAH'S CONFESSION

XXVII. ELIZABETH'S GRIEVANCES

XXVIII. THE LAST OF THE HOLLY ARBOUR

XXIX. "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS"

XXX. A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION

XXXI. YOUNG TOM GRIGSON

XXXII. IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

XXXIII. MORE PANICS THAN ONE

JOHN TINCROFT.