JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME I (of III) By W. Harrison Ainsworth Illustrations by Cruikshank 1839 CONTENTS EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD. CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT. CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT. CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW. CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION. CHAPTER VI. THE STORM. CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE. EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE. CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL. CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE. CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS. CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD. CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER. CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER. CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO. CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT. CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON. CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS. CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft The Murder on the Thames The Storm The Name on the Beam “May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again” Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME II (of III) By W. Harrison Ainsworth 1839 CONTENTS CHAPTER XIII. THE MAGDALENE. CHAPTER XIV. THE FLASH KEN. CHAPTER XV. THE ROBBERY IN WILLESDEN CHURCH. CHAPTER XVI. JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE IN THE OLD BAILEY. CHAPTER XVII. THE NIGHT-CELLAR. CHAPTER XVIII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD BROKE OUT OF THE CAGE AT WILLESDEN. CHAPTER XIX. GOOD AND EVIL. EPOCH THE THIRD, THE PRISON-BREAKER, 1724. CHAPTER I. THE RETURN. CHAPTER II. THE BURGLARY AT DOLLIS HILL. CHAPTER III. JACK SHEPPARD'S QUARREL WITH JONATHAN WILD. CHAPTER IV. JACK SHEPPARD'S ESCAPE FROM THE NEW PRISON. CHAPTER V. THE DISGUISE. CHAPTER VI. WINIFRED RECEIVES TWO PROPOSALS. CHAPTER VII. JACK SHEPPARD WARNS THAMES DARRELL. CHAPTER VIII. OLD BEDLAM. CHAPTER IX. OLD NEWGATE. CHAPTER X. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT OUT OF THE CONDEMNED HOLD. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece: Jack Shepard committing the Robbery in Willesden Church Jack Sheppard gets drunk, and orders his Mother off Jack Sheppard's escape from Willesden Cage Mrs. Sheppard expostulating with her Son Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr.Wood's Bedroom Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess escaping from Clerkenwell Prison Jack Sheppard escaping from the Condemned Hold in Newgate CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED. CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE. CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S. CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED. CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE. CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED. CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR. CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM. CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL. CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS. CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE. CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE. CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER. CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT. CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS. CHAPTER XXVI.