The Sheep-StealersNew 6s. NovelsDONOVAN PASHABYGILBERTPARKERCAPTAIN MACKLINBYRICHARDHARDINGDAVISIF I WERE KINGBYJUSTINHUNTLYMCCARTHYTHE MYSTERY OF THE SEABYBRAMSTOKERMOTHER EARTHBYFRANCESHARRODTHE WINDS OF THE WORLDBYMILLICENTSUTHERLANDTHE STORY OF EDENBYDOLFWYLLARDETHE ASSASSINSBYN. M. MEAKINNEXT TO THE GROUNDBYMARTHAMCCULLOCH-WILLIAMSBY BREAD ALONEBYI. K. FRIEDMANLONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN21 Bedford Street, W.C.TheSheep-StealersByViolet Jacob(Mrs. Arthur Jacob)LondonWilliam Heinemann1902First Edition,August1902Second Impression,September1902All rights reservedThis Edition enjoys copyright in allcountries signatory to the BerneTreaty, and is not to be importedinto the United States of AmericaTo my MotherCONTENTSBook IChapterPageI.The Two Communities3II.Rhys8III.The Dipping-Pool19IV.At the Yew-Stump and After29V.Rebecca40VI.A Dead Man and a Live Coward51VII.To Abergavenny59VIII.Master and Man66IX.Two Meetings76X.Forget-me-nots83XI.The Brecon Coach92XII.George’s Business102XIII.The Seven Snow-Men110XIV.The Uses of a Cast Shoe120XV.The Beginning134XVI.In which George Proves to be but Human147XVII.The Sheep-Stealers Part Company156XVIII.Mrs. Walters Goes to Chapel165XIX.The Moth and the Candle174XX.The Pedlar’s Stone183XXI.The Way of the Transgressor192XXII.A Bad Debt201Book IIXXIII.White Blossoms213XXIV.A Card House223XXV.Llangarth Fair232XXVI.Howlie and Llewellyn Understand Each Other243XXVII.Four Opinions254XXVIII.A Martyr263XXIX.The Half Loaf271XXX.Nannie Sees her Duty278XXXI.The Way to Paradise286XXXII.A Dark Lantern293XXXIII.A Bird in the Hand302XXXIV.The Pursuers312XXXV.New Year’s Eve325XXXVI.The New Year336
The Sheep-Stealers
New 6s. NovelsDONOVAN PASHABYGILBERTPARKERCAPTAIN MACKLINBYRICHARDHARDINGDAVISIF I WERE KINGBYJUSTINHUNTLYMCCARTHYTHE MYSTERY OF THE SEABYBRAMSTOKERMOTHER EARTHBYFRANCESHARRODTHE WINDS OF THE WORLDBYMILLICENTSUTHERLANDTHE STORY OF EDENBYDOLFWYLLARDETHE ASSASSINSBYN. M. MEAKINNEXT TO THE GROUNDBYMARTHAMCCULLOCH-WILLIAMSBY BREAD ALONEBYI. K. FRIEDMANLONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN21 Bedford Street, W.C.
TheSheep-StealersByViolet Jacob(Mrs. Arthur Jacob)LondonWilliam Heinemann1902
TheSheep-Stealers
By
Violet Jacob
(Mrs. Arthur Jacob)
LondonWilliam Heinemann1902
First Edition,August1902Second Impression,September1902All rights reservedThis Edition enjoys copyright in allcountries signatory to the BerneTreaty, and is not to be importedinto the United States of America
First Edition,August1902
Second Impression,September1902
All rights reserved
This Edition enjoys copyright in allcountries signatory to the BerneTreaty, and is not to be importedinto the United States of America
To my Mother
To my Mother
CONTENTSBook IChapterPageI.The Two Communities3II.Rhys8III.The Dipping-Pool19IV.At the Yew-Stump and After29V.Rebecca40VI.A Dead Man and a Live Coward51VII.To Abergavenny59VIII.Master and Man66IX.Two Meetings76X.Forget-me-nots83XI.The Brecon Coach92XII.George’s Business102XIII.The Seven Snow-Men110XIV.The Uses of a Cast Shoe120XV.The Beginning134XVI.In which George Proves to be but Human147XVII.The Sheep-Stealers Part Company156XVIII.Mrs. Walters Goes to Chapel165XIX.The Moth and the Candle174XX.The Pedlar’s Stone183XXI.The Way of the Transgressor192XXII.A Bad Debt201Book IIXXIII.White Blossoms213XXIV.A Card House223XXV.Llangarth Fair232XXVI.Howlie and Llewellyn Understand Each Other243XXVII.Four Opinions254XXVIII.A Martyr263XXIX.The Half Loaf271XXX.Nannie Sees her Duty278XXXI.The Way to Paradise286XXXII.A Dark Lantern293XXXIII.A Bird in the Hand302XXXIV.The Pursuers312XXXV.New Year’s Eve325XXXVI.The New Year336