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BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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+LORNA DOONE.++CLARA VAUGHAN.++CHRISTOWELL.++ALICE LORRAINE.++CRADOCK NOWELL.++CRIPPS THE CARRIER.++MARY ANERLEY.++EREMA; or, MY FATHER'S SIN.++TOMMY UPMORE.++SPRINGHAVEN.++KIT AND KITTY.+
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PERLYCROSS
_A TALE OF THE WESTERN HILLS_
BY
R. D. BLACKMORE
AUTHOR OF "LORNA DOONE," "SPRINGHAVEN," ETC.
_THIRTEENTH THOUSAND_
LONDONSAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, & COMPANY_LIMITED_St. Dunstan's HouseFETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C.1894.[_All rights reserved._]
LONDON:PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE I.--THE LAP OF PEACE 1
II.--FAIRY FAITH 6
III.--THE LYCH-GATE 12
IV.--NICIE 19
V.--A FAIR BARGAIN 28
VI.--DOCTORS THREE 37
VII.--R. I. P. 48
VIII.--THE POTATO-FIELD 57
IX.--THE NARROW PATH 66
X.--IN CHARGE 73
XI.--AT THE CHARGE 80
XII.--A FOOL'S ERRAND 87
XIII.--THE LAW OF THE LAND 101
XIV.--REASONING WITHOUT REASON 109
XV.--FRIENDS AND FOES 118
XVI.--LITTLE BILLY 128
XVII.--CAMELIAS 139
XVIII.--CONCUSSION 149
XIX.--PERCUSSION 161
XX.--DISCUSSION 172
XXI.--BLACKMARSH 184
XXII.--FIRESHIP AND GALLEON 197
XXIII.--A MAGIC LETTER 211
XXIV.--A WAGER 225
XXV.--A SERMON IN STONE 241
XXVI.--THE OLD MILL 252
XXVII.--PANIC 263
XXVIII.--VAGABONDS 277
XXIX.--TWO PUZZLES 291
XXX.--FRANKLY SPEAKING 300
XXXI.--A GREAT PRIZE 311
XXXII.--PLEADINGS 321
XXXIII.--THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD 331
XXXIV.--LOYALTY 341
XXXV.--A WRESTLING BOUT 352
XXXVI.--A FIGHTING BOUT 363
XXXVII.--GENTLE AS A LAMB 374
XXXVIII.--AN INLAND RUN 384
XXXIX.--NEEDFUL RETURNS 394
XL.--HOME AND FOREIGN 406
XLI.--THE PRIDE OF LIFE 416
XLII.--HIS LAST BIVOUAC 426
XLIII.--TWO FINE LESSONS 435
XLIV.--AND ONE STILL FINER 445
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