The Crock of Gold

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Author

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Title

The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel

Credits

E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net/)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17062

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17062

Release Date

November 14, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) — THE — CROCK OF GOLD; — A RURAL NOVEL. — BY — MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, ESQ., M.A., — AUTHOR OF — "PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY." — CONTENTS
2. 2.THE CROCK OF GOLD. — CHAPTER I. — THE LABOURER; AND HIS DAWNING DISCONTENT. — CHAPTER II. — THE FAMILY; THE HOME; AND MORE REPININGS. — CHAPTER III. — THE CONTRAST. — CHAPTER IV. — THE LOST THEFT. — CHAPTER V. — THE INQUEST. — CHAPTER VI. — THE BAILIFF; AND A BITTER TRIAL. — CHAPTER VII. — WRONGS AND RUIN. — CHAPTER VIII. — THE COVETOUS DREAM. — CHAPTER IX. — THE POACHER. — CHAPTER X. — BEN BURKE'S STRANGE ADVENTURE. — CHAPTER XI. — SLEEP. — CHAPTER XII. — LOVE. — CHAPTER XIII. — THE DISCOVERY. — CHAPTER XIV. — JONATHAN'S STORE. — CHAPTER XV. — ANOTHER DISCOVERY, AND THE EARNEST OF GOOD THINGS. — CHAPTER XVI. — HOW THE HOME WAS BLEST THEREBY. — CHAPTER XVII. — CARE. — CHAPTER XVIII. — INVESTMENT. — CHAPTER XIX. — CALUMNY. — CHAPTER XX. — THE BAILIFF'S VISIT. — CHAPTER XXI. — THE CAPTURE. — CHAPTER XXII. — THE AUNT AND HER NEPHEW. — CHAPTER XXIII. — SCHEMES. — CHAPTER XXIV. — THE DEVIL'S COUNSEL. — CHAPTER XXV. — THE AMBUSCADE. — CHAPTER XXVI. — PRELIMINARIES. — CHAPTER XXVII. — ROBBERY. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — MURDER. — CHAPTER XXIX. — THE REWARD. — CHAPTER XXX. — SECOND THOUGHTS. — CHAPTER XXXI. — MAMMON, AND CONTENTMENT. — CHAPTER XXXII. — NEXT MORNING. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE ALARM. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — DOUBTS. — CHAPTER XXXV. — FEARS. — CHAPTER XXXVI. — PRISON COMFORTS. — CHAPTER XXXVII. — GOOD COUNSEL. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. — EXPERIENCE. — CHAPTER XXXIX. — JONATHAN'S TROTH. — CHAPTER XL. — SUSPICIONS. — CHAPTER XLI. — GRACE'S ALTERNATIVE. — CHAPTER XLII. — THE DISMISSAL. — CHAPTER XLIII. — SIMON ALONE. — CHAPTER XLIV. — THE TRIAL. — CHAPTER XLV. — ROGER'S DEFENCE. — CHAPTER XLVI. — THE WITNESS. — CHAPTER XLVII. — MR. SHARP'S ADVOCACY. — CHAPTER XLVIII. — SENTENCE AND DEATH. — CHAPTER XLIX. — RIGHTEOUS MAMMON. — CHAPTER L. — THE CROCK A BLESSING. — CHAPTER LI. — POPULARITY. — CHAPTER LII. — ROGER AT THE SWAN. — CHAPTER LIII. — ROGER'S TRIUMPH. — CHAPTER LIV. — SIR JOHN'S PARTING SPEECH. — FOOTNOTE

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