The Cross and the ShamrockHOW TO DEFEND THE FAITH.Reading editionChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterCROSS AND THE SHAMROCK,HOW TO DEFEND THE FAITH.OF REAL LIFE,CHILDREN OF ST. PATRICKDEDICATION.PREFACE.Chapter I · A DEATH-BED SCENE.Chapter II · GETTING THE MOTHER'S BLESSING.Chapter III · AN OFFICIAL.Chapter IV · THE POORHOUSE.Chapter V · THE O'CLERYS.Chapter VI · THE COUNCIL.Chapter VII · A RUDE LOVER OF NATURE.Chapter VIII · THE ORPHANS IN THEIR NEW HOME.Chapter IX · THE PRYING FAMILY.Chapter X · A RAY OF HOPE.Chapter XI · VAN STINGEY AGAIN.—HOW HE GETS RICH AND ENDS.Chapter XII · MASS IN A SHANTY.Chapter XIII · THE TEMPTER AT THE WOMAN.Chapter XIV · THE FRUITS OF THE CROSS.Chapter XV · THE CONVERSION.Chapter XVI · THE ENLIGHTENED CITIZENS.Chapter XVII · "HE AND HIS WHOLE HOUSE BELIEVED."Chapter XVIII · "TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION."Chapter XIX · WHAT HAPPENED TO LITTLE EUGENE O'CLERY.Chapter XX · THE SAME, CONTINUED.Chapter XXIChapter XXII · THE DESERTED HOME OF THE ORPHANS.Chapter XXIII · IN WHICH THE SCENE OF OUR TALE IS CHANGED.Chapter XXIV · SHOWS HOW THE CROSS AND SHAMROCK WERE PERMANENTLY UNITED AFTER A LONG SEPARATION.Chapter XXV · CONCLUSION.Previous chapter ←CROSS AND THE SHAMROCK,Next chapter →OF REAL LIFE,All chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsCROSS AND THE SHAMROCK,HOW TO DEFEND THE FAITH.OF REAL LIFE,CHILDREN OF ST. PATRICKDEDICATION.PREFACE.Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425AN← CROSS AND THE SHAMROCK,OF REAL LIFE, →