Produced by David Edwards, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * AN ISLE IN THE WATER An Isle in the Water BY KATHARINE TYNAN (Mrs. H.A. Hinkson) LONDON: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK NEW YORK: MACMILLAN & CO. 1896 TO JANE BARLOW THESE UNWORTHY PRESENTS CONTENTS PAGE 1. THE FIRST WIFE 1 2. THE STORY OF FATHER ANTHONY O'TOOLE 12 3. THE UNLAWFUL MOTHER 28 4. A RICH WOMAN 49 5. HOW MARY CAME HOME 67 6. MAURYEEN 84 7. A WRESTLING 102 8. THE SEA'S DEAD 112 9. KATIE 122 10. THE DEATH SPANCEL 136 11. A SOLITARY 148 12. THE MAN WHO WAS HANGED 168 13. A PRODIGAL SON 184 14. CHANGING THE NURSERIES 201 15. THE FIELDS OF MY CHILDHOOD 209 I THE FIRST WIFE