A ROUGH SHAKING By George MacDonald CONTENTS. CHAP. I. HOW I CAME TO KNOW CLARE SKYMER. II. WITH HIS PARENTS. III. WITHOUT HIS PARENTS. IV. THE NEW FAMILY. V. HIS NEW HOME. VI. WHAT DID DRAW OUT HIS FIRST SMILE. VII. CLARE AND HIS BROTHERS. VIII. CLARE AND HIS HUMAN BROTHERS. IX. CLARE THE DEFENDER. X. THE BLACK AUNT. XI. 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. 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, TOMMY, AND THE BABY IN CUSTODY 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 SHOE-BLACK A LESSON CLARE ASLEEP IN THE PUMA’S CAGE