INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

CHAPTER I EARLY SCENES

CHAPTER II THE TEMPTATION

CHAPTER III MISFORTUNES

CHAPTER IV DECEIT

CHAPTER V WILD SCENES

CHAPTER VI HARVEST-HOME

CHAPTER VII THE CONFLICT

CHAPTER VIII DISAPPOINTMENT

CHAPTER IX EVIL WAYS

CHAPTER X THE PARTING

CHAPTER XI THE LAST INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XII THE WELCOME VISIT

CHAPTER XIII POVERTY AND PRIDE

CHAPTER XIV A CHEERFUL CHANGE

CHAPTER XV THE NEW PLACE

CHAPTER XVI BRIGHT HOPES

CHAPTER XVII ALTERCATION AND EXPLANATION

CHAPTER XVIII THE RECONCILIATION

CHAPTER XIX THE ALTERATION

CHAPTER XX CHANGE OF SCENE AND CHANGE OF PLACE

CHAPTER XXI GUILT AND CRIME

CHAPTER XXII PREPARATION FOR TRIAL

CHAPTER XXIII TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION TO DEATH

CHAPTER XXIV THE REPRIEVE AND REMOVAL

CHAPTER XXV THE ESCAPE

CHAPTER XXVI PURSUIT AND CAPTURE

CHAPTER XXVII SECOND TRIAL, AND SECOND TIME CONDEMNED TO DEATH

CHAPTER XXVIII TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER XXIX BANISHMENT

CHAPTER XXX REPENTANCE AND AMENDMENT

CHAPTER XXXI CONCLUSION

SUPPLEMENT BY THE AUTHOR A. D. 1858