KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY CHARLES J. KICKHAM KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY Table of Contents KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY.....................................................................................1 CHARLES J. KICKHAM..............................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................3 CHAPTER I. MR. HENRY LOWE BECOMES THE GUEST OF HIS UNCLE'S PRINCIPAL TENANT.......................................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER II. "MY ELDEST DAUGHTER, SIR."......................................................................................9 CHAPTER III. MAT THE THRASHER.....................................................................................................13 CHAPTER IV. THE TRACKS IN THE SNOW.........................................................................................18 CHAPTER V. THE DOCTOR MAKES HIMSELF COMFORTABLE....................................................21 CHAPTER VI. THE STATION BARNEY BRODHERICK'S PENANCE MRS. SLATTERY CREATES A SENSATION........................................................................................................................26 CHAPTER VII. NORAH LAHY. THE OLD LINNET'S SONG............................................................31 CHAPTER VIII. HONOR LAHY'S GOOD LUCK....................................................................................36 CHAPTER IX. BILLY HEFFERNAN AND HIS FLUTE.........................................................................39 CHAPTER X. "A LITTLE NOURISHMENT."..........................................................................................43 CHAPTER XI. FATHER HANNIGAN'S SERMON..................................................................................47 CHAPTER XII. MATRIMONY AND "MARRIAGE MONEY." THE WIDOW'S LAST WISH.........49 CHAPTER XIII. THE DOCTOR IN A FIX................................................................................................53 CHAPTER XIV. MOUNT TEMPE AND ITS MASTER...........................................................................56 CHAPTER XV. A DAY'S SHOOTING LOST...........................................................................................61 CHAPTER XVI. AN UNINVITED VISITOR............................................................................................64 CHAPTER XVII. LORY.............................................................................................................................68 CHAPTER XVIII. MISS LLOYD'S FOIBLES...........................................................................................71 CHAPTER XIX. WILL SIR GARRETT RENEW THE LEASE?.............................................................74 CHAPTER XX. MR. LOWE GETS A LETTER OF WARNING..............................................................78 CHAPTER XXI. FIVE SHILLINGS WORTH OF DANCE......................................................................83 CHAPTER XXII. THE BLUE BODY−COAT WITH GILT BUTTONS ABSENCE OF MIND. "AULD LANG SYNE."..............................................................................................................................89 CHAPTER XXIII. MAT DONOVAN AT HOME.....................................................................................96 CHAPTER XXIV. "GOD BE WITH YE!"...............................................................................................102 CHAPTER XXV. PHIL LAHY IN THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY......................................................109 CHAPTER XXVI. A BRIDEGROOM WHO COULDN'T DESCRIBE HIS BRIDE..............................113 CHAPTER XXVII. THE JAY...................................................................................................................118 CHAPTER XXVIII. BARNEY WINS A BET, AND LOSES MUCH PRECIOUS TIME......................122 CHAPTER XXIX. THE HAULING HOME. "IS NORAH LAHY STRONG?"..................................129 CHAPTER XXX. NED BROPHY'S WEDDING.....................................................................................138 CHAPTER XXXI. MR. LLOYD DOES WHAT IRISH LANDLORDS SELDOM DO.........................145 CHAPTER XXXII. AN OLD CROPPY'S NOTIONS OF SECURITY OF TENURE.............................150 CHAPTER XXXIII. BILLY HEFFERNAN'S TRIUMPH........................................................................156 CHAPTER XXXIV. LONELY..................................................................................................................164 CHAPTER XXXV. ON THE ROAD TO THE BIG TOWN WITH THE CLOUD OVER IT................169 CHAPTER XXXVI. HOME TO KNOCKNAGOW. A TENANT AT WILL......................................175 CHAPTER XXXVII. DISCONTENT AND RESIGNATION..................................................................184 CHAPTER XXXVIII. ARE YOU IN LOVE, MARY?"...........................................................................188 CHAPTER XXXIX. THE HOOK−NOSED STEED................................................................................193 CHAPTER XL. THE DRAGOON'S PRESENT. THE BEAUTY RACE.............................................203 CHAPTER XLI. MISS KATHLEEN HANLY THINKS IT ADVISABLE TO BE "DOING SOMETHING."........................................................................................................................................212 i KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY Table of Contents KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY CHAPTER XLII. A HAUNTED FARM...................................................................................................216 CHAPTER XLIII. TOM HOGAN BOASTS THAT HE NEVER FIRED A SHOT................................219 CHAPTER XLIV. HUGH KEARNEY THINKS HE WILL GET HIS FISHING−ROD REPAIRED....224 CHAPTER XLV. TOM CUDDEHY BIDS HIS OLD SWEETHEART GOOD−BYE............................227 CHAPTER XLVI. "MAT DONOVAN IS KILLED!"..............................................................................229 CHAPTER XLVII. BILLY HEFFERNAN WONDERS WHAT IS "COMING OVER" NORAH.........234 CHAPTER XLVIII. THE "DEAD PAST" AND THE "LIVING PRESENT." MRS. DONOVAN'S SAD FACE.......................................................................................................................239 CHAPTER XLIX. IN THE LONESOME MOOR MEDITATING MURDER DARBY RUADH THINKS HIMSELF BADLY USED TOM HOGAN HAS AN ARGUMENT AGAINST PHIL LAHY........................................................................................................................................................245 CHAPTER L. TOM CUDDEHY FEELS "SOMEWAY QUARE." A GLANCE BACKWARDS TO CLEAR UP THE MYSTERY OF THE TRACKS IN THE SNOW..................................................253 CHAPTER LI. MAT DONOVAN IN TRAMORE. MRS. KEARNEY AND HER "OWN CAR." THE "COULIN."...................................................................................................................................259 CHAPTER LII. THE BULL−BAIT. THE CARRICK−MAN AND HIS DOG "TRUE−BOY." LORY PUNISHES BERESFORD PENDER, AND RIDES HOME BEHIND MR. BOB LLOYD, ON THE GREY HUNTER. MISS LLOYD INVOLUNTARILY SITS DOWN.................................271 CHAPTER LIII. THE HURLING IN THE KILN−FIELD CAPTAIN FRENCH THROWS THE SLEDGE AGAINST MAT THE THRASHER BARNEY IN TROUBLE. FATHER M'MAHON'S "PROUD WALK.".............................................................................................................283 CHAPTER LIV. BOB LLOYD IN DANGER. MAT DONOVAN'S OPINION OF "DESAVING" PEOPLE IN THE WAY OF COURTSHIP..............................................................................................296 CHAPTER LV. BILLY HEFFERNAN MAKES DR. KIELY A PRESENT, "AS A FRIEND OF PHIL LAHY'S."........................................................................................................................................304 CHAPTER LVI. THE WHITE JACKET..................................................................................................315 CHAPTER LVII. A GREAT EVENT. TOMMY LAHY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ARTHUR O'CONNOR..............................................................................................................................................318 CHAPTER LVIII. FATHER CARROLL'S HOARDINGS......................................................................325 CHAPTER LIX. ANOTHER EVENTFUL DAY. "MAGNIFICENT TIPPERARY.".........................328 CHAPTER LX. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.MAT DONOVAN A PRISONER. BARNEY DISAPPEARS MR. SOMERFIELD AND ATTORNEY HANLY APPLY FOR LEASES, AND OLD ISAAC DREADS THE CONSEQUENCES...................................................................................334 CHAPTER LXI. BARNEY IS CAPTURED HIS ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF MAT THE THRASHER IN CLONMEL JAIL, AND THE BIG DRUM SILENT....................................................338 CHAPTER LXII. SAD NEWS FROM BALLINACLASH......................................................................343 CHAPTER LXIII. EJECTED. THE BAILIFFS IN THE OLD COTTAGE. BILLY HEFFERNAN PLAYS "AULD LANG SYNE" AGAIN, AND THE OLD LINNET SINGS IN THE MOONLIGHT..................................................................................................................................349 CHAPTER LXIV. A CONSPIRACY. THE "COULIN. " MISS LLOYD WANTS TO KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. VISIONS