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. Clare on the farm XII. Clare becomes a guardian of the poor XIII. Clare the vagabond XIV. Their first helper XV. Their first host XVI. On the tramp XVII. The baker's cart XVIII. Beating the town XIX. The blacksmith and his forge XX. Tommy reconnoitres XXI. Tommy is found and found out XXII. The smith in a rage XXIII. Treasure trove XXIV. Justifiable burglary XXV. A new quest XXVI. A new entrance XXVII. The baby has her breakfast XXVIII. Treachery XXIX. The baker XXX. The draper XXXI. An addition to the family XXXII. Shop and baby XXXIII. A bad penny XXXIV. How things went for a time XXXV. Clare disregards the interests of his employers XXXVI. The policeman XXXVII. The magistrate XXXVIII. The workhouse XXXIX. Away XL. Maly XLI. The caravans XLII. Nimrod XLIII. Across country XLIV. A third mother XLV. The menagerie XLVI. The angel of the wild beasts XLVII. Glum Gunn XLVIII. The Puma XLIX. Glum Gunn's revenge L. Clare seeks help LI. Clare a true master LII. Miss Tempest LIII. The gardener LIV. The kitchen LV. The wheel rests for a time LVI. Strategy LVII. Ann Shotover LVIII. Child-talk LIX. Lovers' walks LX. The shoe-black LXI. A walk with consequences LXII. The cage of the puma LXIII. The dome of the angels LXIV. The panther LXV. At home LXVI. The end of Clare Skymer's boyhood
Illustrations.
Clare, Tommy, and the baby in custody Mrs. Porson finds Clare by the side of his dead mother Clare is heard talking to Maly Clare makes friends during Mr. Porson's absence The blacksmith gives Clare and Tommy a rough greeting Clare and Abdiel at the locked pump Clare proceeds to untie the ropes from the ring in the bull's nose Clare finds the advantage of a powerful friend The gardener's discomfiture Clare asks Miss Shotover to let him carry Ann home Clare is found giving the shoeblack a lesson Clare asleep in the puma's cage
Dedicated to my great-nephew, Norman MacKay Binney, aged seven, because his Godfather and Godmother love him dearly.
Hampstead, August 26, 1890.