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CHAPTER I. [1]

MY BIRTHPLACE, HOME AND PARENTAGE

A MUSICAL FATHER

A MISCHIEVOUS BOYHOOD

A FALSE ALARM

A REMOVAL

CHARACTER SKETCHES

THE POET’S “PRENTICE HAND”

CHAPTER II.

A ROMANTIC AND NOMADIC YOUTH

DIVERS PRANKS

THE INNOCENT SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY

BILL AND THE DONKEY

SCHOOL LIFE

SENT TO THE MILL

TAKING TO BURNS

TWIN COMPANIONS AT NIGHT SCHOOL

AMONG THE HAND WOOLCOMBERS

LEARNING TO BE AN ACROBAT

TRYING THE FIDDLE

THE “NIGGER” BUSINESS

A STROLLING, ROLLICKING PLAYER

TRICKING POLICEMAN LEACH

MILL LIFE AND POETRY

MAKING AND SAILING SHIPS

CHAPTER III

TO THE STAGE AGAIN

OH! FOR A SAILOR’S LIFE!

LONGING FOR HOME AGAIN

TRAMPING AND ADVENTURING

THE PRODIGAL RETURNS HOME

LOOKING FOR A TRADE

ADVENTURING WITH THE SHOWS

CHAPTER IV

PLAYING THE CLOWN AND EVADING THE IMPOSSIBLE

CLOWNS AT A DISCOUNT

SEEKING AND FINDING

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

SHANKS’ PONY

THE GREEN BAG

ENTERTAINING STRANGERS

THE BAG MYSTERY

AT WARP-DRESSING AGAIN

A MINISTERING ANGEL

CHAPTER V

“T’OTHER LODGER!”

AMONG THE IRISH

THE BARN DORMITORY—THE FIRE

MY ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE

HOW THE PEOPLE RECEIVED ME

A CHATTY, QUIZZY, KINDLY POLICEMAN

THE RESULT OF THE FIRE

CLOTHING THE NAKED

ON THE WAY TO BARNSLEY

A FRESH RIG-OUT

FROM THEATRE TO POLICE COURT

A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE

RETURNING HOME

A RECOLLECTION OF KEAN, THE ACTOR

CHAPTER VI

MARIONETTES AT INGROW—AN AMUSING STORY

OUR HUMPTY-DUMPTY SITUATION

AT ADDINGHAM FEAST—A JOKE THAT TOOK

“NOT ONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE”

THE WAR PIG AT HAWORTH—A LAUGHABLE STORY

THE EXHIBITION

THE COBBLER’S DISCOVERY

TIPPO-SAHIB—THE INDIAN CAT

AT HAWORTH AGAIN—FUNNY STORIES

THE BELLMAN’S SHAKESPEARE!

BILL PLAYS THE STREET MONKEY

A DENSELY-CROWDED HOUSE

THE VANISHING TRICK

THE AUDIENCE DISCOVER THE “SLOPE.”

CHAPTER VII

ABOUT OLD JOE FIRTH

TH’ CROOKED LEGGED ’UNS O’ KEIGHLEY

“WHITE SLAVERY”

OASTLER ON FACTORY LIFE

THE LATE REV. W. BUSFIELD

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE MR BUSFEILD FERRAND

THE KEIGHLEY RIOT

A CHANGE OF LIFE

JOINING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

LED ASTRAY BY POLITICS

CHAPTER VIII

A WOOING EXPEDITION AND ITS SEQUEL

FAMILY TROUBLES AT MIDDLESBOROUGH

AS A DOCK-YARD LABOURER

ACTING THE NAVVY CONTRACTOR

FALLING AMONG KEIGHLEY FRIENDS

ENLISTING IN THE ARMY

CHAPTER IX

MY MILITARY CAREER

EMBARKING FOR SCOTLAND

THIEVES ON BOARD

HOW THE THIEVES WERE TRAPPED

THE TRIAL AND IMPRISONMENT

AT EDINBURGH—BILL TELLS THE COLONEL SOMETHING

A RED-LETTER DAY IN MY LIFE

“JEWED” BY A JEW

BEFORE THE DRILL-SERGEANT

A PROMOTION

A WARNING AND ITS EFFECT

HOAXED BY THE SERGEANTS

BANQUET AT EDINBURGH CASTLE

CHANGE OF VENUE

CHAPTER X

A CHAT WITH “DUNCAN DHEW”

A VISIT TO THE “BIG HALL”

THE SCOTCH LASSIE’S REGRET

A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE

BACK TO AULD REEKIE

INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPRESS EUGENIE

ADIEU! EDINBURGH—A DISAPPOINTMENT

IN CHARGE OF DEFAULTERS

A DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH THE POLICE

I WAS OUT OF THE FRAY

CHAPTER XI

IN THE LAND OF BURNS

BURNS’ CELEBRATION

THE PEOPLE OF AYR

A FREE FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE

BEFORE THE LORD PROVOST

CHAPTER XII

REDUCED TO THE RANKS

BREAKING A FIERY HORSE

BACK TO ENGLAND

CHAPTER XIII

BACK TO KEIGHLEY—I BECOME A VOLUNTEER

CAPTAIN BUSFEILD FERRAND GIVES A BANQUET

AN UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD DAY AT YORK

REVIEW AT DONCASTER

AN AMUSING INCIDENT ON THE HOME JOURNEY

THE DRILL-SERGEANT’S DISMISSAL

A DRILLING INCIDENT

CHAPTER XIV

A MONSTER REVIEW AT DOVER

CHURCH PARADE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY

SEEING THE “SIGHTS O’ LUNNON”

I MEET WITH A KEIGHLEY GENTLEMAN

OFF TO DOVER—A STORMY MORNING

I PERFORM A MILITARY TACTIC

UP THE HEIGHTS OF DOVER

THE SIGNAL FOR THE START

A VOLUNTEER DRAMATIC SOCIETY

CHAPTER XV

IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT

TRIP TO MALSIS HALL

THE PEOPLE’S “TRIBUNE”

THE HENPECKED CLUB AND THE KEIGHLEY SHOW

CHAPTER XVI

KEIGHLEY’S FIRST SCHOOL BOARD

REMOVAL TO BRADFORD

PLAY WRITING

AS A COMIC AUTHOR

THE GUARDIANS AND THEIR VISIT TO YORK CASTLE

CHAPTER XVII

THE KEIGHLEY GLORY BAND

WITH THE LATE CHARLES BRADLAUGH, M.P.

THE HEROIC WATCHMAN OF CALVERSYKE HILL

CHAPTER XVIIITHE GREAT TICKET-OF-LEAVE STRIKE

THE PARISH PINDER

ADVENTURE WITH A SHARK

CHAPTER XIX

THE BIG PIKE AND THE PRIZE RAM

MR LEACH AND THE BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES

ASTROLOGY AND BUMPOLOGY

ALONE IN LONDON

CHAPTER XX

THE LATE MR LEACH IN LONDON

IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

AT A FANCY DRESS BALL

AT SPURGEON’S TABERNACLE

AN ADVENTURE AT EPSOM RACES

ROBBED IN PETTICOAT LANE

THE FINAL DAY

MR LEACH’S THREE NIGHTS’ LECTURES

MR LEACH’S FUNERAL SERMONS

CHAPTER XXI

MR LEACH AT WAKEFIELD

SLACK-LANE BAPTIST CHAPEL

A VISIT TO CLIFFE CASTLE

MR LEACH AND DEVONSHIRE PARK

MR LEACH’S EPITAPH

CHAPTER XXII

EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY

IN BRADFORD—AS PATTERN DRESSER

AS WARP-SIZING INSPECTOR

AS “BUM” BAILIFF

BACK TO KEIGHLEY

THE ORDER OF BUFFALOES

CHAPTER XXIII

A TRAMP INTO LANCASHIRE

LOCAL ELECTION EPISODES

BOYCOTTED!

I APPLY FOR SITUATION AS WORKHOUSE MASTER

“THE POOR MAN’S LAWYER”

I TURN INVENTOR

CHAPTER XXIV old time friends

BILL SPINK, THE COBBLER

A THEATRICAL CHUM

WITH THE LATE MR EDWIN WAUGH

“SAMMY” MOORE, AND OTHERS

CHAPTER XXV

MR JONAS BOTTOMLEY

“SHOOTING MONKEYS”

“WHEN GREEN LEAVES COME AGAIN”

CHAPTER XXVI

OLD MUSICIANS

A DISAPPOINTED MAN

“GOOISE AN’ GIBLET PIE.”

THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER

SOME LAUGHABLE STORIES

MY LAST RAMBLE

CHRISTMAS DAY