The
Captain of the Parish

By

John Quine

"To unlock the treasures of the Island heart;
With loving feet to trace each hill and glen,
And find the ore that is not for the mart
Of commerce: this is all I ask."

T. E. BROWN (Fo'c's'le Yarns).
London

William Heinemann
1897

CONTENTS

  BOOK I-ARROSEY TOPS
Chap.  
Page
I. The Tops .
1
II. Arrosey .
5
III. Creg Awin
11
IV Cairnmore
18
V Ellen and Lizzie
26
VI. The Gossips
30
VII. The Bathe
35
VIII. The Revival .
40
IX. Parson Ollikins
46
X. The Harbinger
49
  BOOK II-THE HEIR OF ARROSEY
I. The Heirs Return .
53
II. The Bath
61
III. At Arrosey Church
67
IV. The Cairn
72
V. The First Walk
77
VI. A Mountain Ride
80
VII. In Narradale
86
VIII. Prowess
90
IX. The Map .
96
X. The Green Road .
103
XI. The Sacrament.
110
XII. Sorrow .
115
XIII. Change
119
  BOOK III.-THE DIPPER
I. Return of Enos
124
II. The Tynwald
129
III. The Mortgage
136
IV. The Higher Gift
140
V. Lizzie s Room
144
VI. The Meadow .
150
VII. Charlotte . .
157
VIII. Mr. and Mrs. Orson Pratt .
161
IX. Mrs. Orson Pratt .
165
X. Mlilvartin and Molroy .
169
XI. The Quarrel .
173
XII. Nell Gawn .
176
XIII. The Engagement .
180
  BOOK IV.-THE SCHOOL-MISTRESS OF ARROSEY TOPS
I. Molroy's Awakening. .
186
II. The Paroxysm . .
192
III. The Dipper Love-Feast
203
IV. Mrs. Cannon
216
V. The "Ayre ".
221
VI. The Schoolmistress
229
VII. The School
236
VIII. The Blow.
239
IX. The Inn at Baldwin.
244
  BOOK V.-THE DIPPER EXODUS
I. Molroy and Ellen
248
II. Arrosey's Disappointment
260
III. Enos and his Affairs
263
IV At the Waterfall
270
V. Arrosey Interposes
277
VI. Ellen's Amulet
280
VII. Lizzie and Enos
284
VIII. The Dippers Farewell
288
IX. The Thrashing-Mill
293
X. Farewell of Ellen
295
  BOOK VI.-THE MISTRESS OF ARROSEY
I. Lizzie and Molroy .
303
II. The Wind Changes .
306
III. A Revelation .
311
IV. Molroy's Departure .
315
V Bad News.
319
VI. Lizzie and" Arrosey "
327
VII. The Return
331
VIII. Lizzie and Ellen
337
IX. Christmas .
341
X. New Year's Eve
345
XI. Renunciation .
349
XII. Ellen
352
XIII. Lizzie
355
XIV. "The Style of the Highest"
357
  Notes  


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