Italic represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_. Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS. OLIVER CONSTABLE VOL. I. OLIVER CONSTABLE MILLER AND BAKER BY SARAH TYTLER AUTHOR OF ‘CITOYENNE JACQUELINE’ ‘SCOTCH FIRS’ ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES_ VOL. I. LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1880 [_All rights reserved_] _TO MARGARET_ MOTHER AND SISTER IN ONE: LOVING AND FAITHFUL FELLOW-WORKER WHOSE EAGER INTEREST IN THIS STORY PROVED ITS AUTHOR’S GREATEST ENCOURAGEMENT IN WRITING IT: WHOSE DEATH BEFORE THE STORY WAS FINISHED DARKENED LIFE AND WORK TO ONE SOLITARY WORKER _IN HOPE OF_ _THE TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS_ OXFORD: _17th April 1880_ CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER PAGE I. FRIARTON MILL 1 II. OLIVER CONSTABLE’S RETURN 23 III. OLIVER’S ANNOUNCEMENT 54 IV. A HOT ARGUMENT 86 V. A LAST APPEAL 112 VI. LOUISA AND CATHERINE HILLIARD 136 VII. HOW MRS. HILLIARD AND CATHERINE JUDGED THE LAST ST. GEORGE OF FRIARTON 167 VIII. OLIVER’S PROCLAMATION IN THE MILL AND THE BAKEHOUSE 193 IX. THE NEW TENANTS OF COPLEY GRANGE FARM 227 X. OLIVER’S NOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP 274 OLIVER CONSTABLE, _MILLER AND BAKER_. CHAPTER I. FRIARTON MILL.