THE LITTLE BROWN JUG AT KILDARE By MEREDITH NICHOLSON THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy 12mo, Cloth $1.50 THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood 12mo, Cloth $1.50 ROSALIND AT RED GATE Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller 12mo, Cloth $1.50 ZELDA DAMERON Illustrated by John Cecil Clay 12mo, Cloth $1.50 THE MAIN CHANCE Illustrated by Harrison Fisher 12mo, Cloth $1.50 POEMS 12mo, Cloth Net, $1.25 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS [Illustration] THE LITTLE BROWN JUG AT KILDARE _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG Oh, for you that I never knew, Only in dreams that bind you!-- By Spring's own grace I shall know your face When under the may I find you! --_H. C. Bunner_ INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1908 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY SEPTEMBER THE LITTLE BROWN JUG AT KILDARE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Two Gentlemen Say Good-By 1 II The Absence of Governor Osborne 34 III The Jug and Mr. Ardmore 50 IV Duty and the Jug 73 V Mr. Ardmore Officially Recognized 98 VI Mr. Griswold Forsakes the Academic Life 126 VII An Affair at the State House 143 VIII The Labors of Mr. Ardmore 166 IX The Land of the Little Brown Jug 187 X Professor Griswold Takes the Field 201 XI Two Ladies on a Balcony 218 XII The Embarrassments of the Duke of Ballywinkle 235 XIII Miss Dangerfield Takes a Prisoner 257 XIV A Meeting of Old Friends 281 XV The Prisoner in the Corn-Crib 308 XVI The Flight of Gillingwater 336 XVII On the Road to Turner's 349 XVIII The Battle of the Raccoon 362 XIX In the Red Bungalow 375 XX Rosae Mundi 396 XXI Good-By to Jerry Dangerfield 414 [Illustration] THE LITTLE BROWN JUG AT KILDARE CHAPTER I TWO GENTLEMEN SAY GOOD-BY