THE BLACK BARONET;

OR, THE CHRONICLES OF BALLYTRAIN.

By William Carleton

CONTENTS

PREFACE. CHAPTER I. A Mail-coach by Night, and a Bit of Moonshine. CHAPTER II. The Town and its Inhabitants. CHAPTER III. Pauden Gair's Receipt how to make a Bad Dinner a Good One CHAPTER IV. An Anonymous Letter CHAPTER V. Sir Thomas Gourlay fails in unmasking the Stranger CHAPTER VI. Extraordinary Scene between Fenton and the Stranger. CHAPTER VII. The Baronet attempts by Falsehood CHAPTER VIII. The Fortune-Teller—An Equivocal Prediction. CHAPTER IX. Candor and Dissimulation CHAPTER X. A Family Dialogue—and a Secret nearly Discovered. CHAPTER XI. The Stranger's Visit to Father MacMalum. CHAPTER XII. Crackenfudge Outwitted by Fenton CHAPTER XIII. The Stranger's Second Visit to Father M'Mahon CHAPTER XIV. Crackenfudge put upon a Wrong Scent CHAPTER XV. Interview between Lady Gourlay and the Stranger CHAPTER XVI. Conception and Perpetration of a Diabolical Plot against Fenton. CHAPTER XVII. A Scene in Jemmy Trailcudgel's CHAPTER XVIII. Dunphy visits the County Wicklow CHAPTER XIX. Interview between Trailcudgel and the Stranger CHAPTER XX. Interview between Lords Cullamore, Dunroe, and Lady Emily CHAPTER XXI. A Spy Rewarded CHAPTER XXII. Lucy at Summerfield Cottage. CHAPTER XXIII. A Lunch in Summerfield Cottage. CHAPTER XXIV. An Irish Watchhouse in the time of the “Charlies.” CHAPTER XXV. The Police Office CHAPTER XXVI. The Priest Returns Sir Thomas's Money and Pistols CHAPTER XXVII. Lucy calls upon Lady Gourlay, where she meets her Lover CHAPTER XXVIII. Innocence and Affection overcome by Fraud and Hypocrisy CHAPTER XXIX. Lord Dunroe's Affection for his Father CHAPTER XXX. A Courtship on Novel Principles. CHAPTER XXXI. The Priest goes into Corbet's House very like a Thief CHAPTER XXXII. Discovery of the Baronet's Son CHAPTER XXXIII. The Priest asks for a Loan of Fifty Guineas CHAPTER XXXIV. Young Gourlay's Affectionate Interview with His Father CHAPTER XXXV. Lucy's Vain but Affecting Expostulation with her Father CHAPTER XXXVI. Contains a Variety of Matters CHAPTER XXXVII. Dandy's Visit to Summerfield Cottage CHAPTER XXXVIII. An Unpleasant Disclosure to Dunroe CHAPTER XXXIX. Fenton Recovered—The Mad-House CHAPTER XL. Lady Gourlay sees her Son. CHAPTER XLI. Denouement.