CONTENTS A SPOILED PRIEST 1 A THOROUGH GENTLEMAN 27 THE MONKS OF TRABOLGAN 43 RITA, THE STREET-SINGER 86 REMANDED 136 HOW THE ANGEL BECAME HAPPY 168 FRANK FORREST'S MINCE-PIE 191 TOPSY 204 Illustrations The Spoiled Priest "His face was ashen, his hands were cold and trembling" Frontispiece "A yell broke from three hundred boys as they rushed pell-mell from school" 2 "One tremendous salvo of cheers and then a glorious holiday" 2 "And this little man must come too" 4 "He wrapped him round with the folds of his great Maynooth cloak" 5 A Thorough Gentleman "This gentleman belongs to your party?" 34 Rita "And where does Rita come from?" 88 "She sat by the window looking earnestly across the track of light the sun was making on the waters" 97 Digitized by Google.