_Feb. 5th, 1915._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE TURN OF THE TIDE 11 II. AN UNSUCCESSFUL JOURNEY 29 III. ON DOOEY HEAD 37 IV. RESTLESS YOUTH 48 V. GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY 56 VI. SCHOOL LIFE 64 VII. PLUCKING BOG-BINE 70 VIII. THE TRAGEDY 77 IX. THE WAKE 91 X. COFFIN AND COIN 98 XI. THE TRAIN FROM GREENANORE 108 XII. DERRY 119 XIII. A WILD NIGHT 126 XIV. “BEYOND THE WATER” 137 XV. DRUDGERY 147 XVI. LITTLE LOVES 157 XVII. A GAME OF CARDS 162 XVIII. IN THE LANE 170 XIX. THE END OF THE SEASON 179 XX. ORIGINAL SIN 188 XXI. REGRETS 197 XXII. ON THE ROAD 202 XXIII. COMPLICATIONS 213 XXIV. THE RAT-PIT 222 XXV. SHEILA CARROL 230 XXVI. THE PASSING DAYS 240 XXVII. THE NEW-COMER 246 XXVIII. THE RAG-STORE 251 XXIX. DERMOD FLYNN 262 XXX. GROWN UP 272 XXXI. DESPAIR 286 XXXII. CONFESSION 294 XXXIII. ST. JOHN VIII, I-II 303 XXXIV. LONGINGS 309 XXXV. THE FAREWELL MEETING 315 THE RAT-PIT CHAPTER I THE TURN OF THE TIDE I “Have you your brogues, Norah?” “They’re tied round my shoulders with a string, mother.” “And your brown penny for tea and bread in the town, Norah?” “It’s in the corner of my weasel-skin purse, mother.” “The tide is long on the turn, so you’d better be off, Norah.”