Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale
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Blackmore Richard Doddridge. Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale
CHAPTER I. THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY
CHAPTER II. THE SWING OF THE PICKAXE
CHAPTER III. OAKLEAF POTATOES
CHAPTER IV. CRIPPS IN A QUANDARY
CHAPTER V. A RIDE THROUGH THE SNOW
CHAPTER VI. THE PUBLIC OF THE "PUBLIC."
CHAPTER VII. THE BEST FOOT FOREMOST
CHAPTER VIII. BALDERDASH
CHAPTER IX. CRIPPS IN AFFLICTION
CHAPTER X. ALL DEAD AGAINST HIM
CHAPTER XI. KNOCKER VERSUS BELL-PULL
CHAPTER XII. MR. JOHN SMITH
CHAPTER XIII. MR. SMITH IS ACTIVE
CHAPTER XIV. SO IS MR. SHARP
CHAPTER XV. A SPOTTED DOG
CHAPTER XVI. A GRAND SMOCK-FROCK
CHAPTER XVII. INSTALLED AT BRASENOSE
CHAPTER XVIII. A FLASH OF LIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. A STORMY NIGHT
CHAPTER XX. CRIPPS DRAWS THE CORK
CHAPTER XXI. CINNAMINTA
CHAPTER XXII. A DELICATE SUBJECT
CHAPTER XXIII. QUITE ANOTHER PAIR OF SOCKS!
CHAPTER XXIV. SUO SIBI BACULO
CHAPTER XXV. MISS PATCH
CHAPTER XXVI. RUTS
CHAPTER XXVII. RATS
CHAPTER XXVIII. BOOTS ON
CHAPTER XXIX. A SPIDER'S DINNER-PARTY
CHAPTER XXX. THE FIRE-BELL
CHAPTER XXXI. THROW PHYSIC TO THE DOGS
CHAPTER XXXII. CRIPPS ON CELIBACY
CHAPTER XXXIII. KIT
CHAPTER XXXIV. A WOOLHOPIAN
CHAPTER XXXV. NIGHTINGALES
CHAPTER XXXVI. MAY MORN
CHAPTER XXXVII. MAY-DAY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DIGNITY OF THE FAMILY
CHAPTER XXXIX. A TOMBSTONE
CHAPTER XL. LET ME OUT
CHAPTER XLI. REASON AND UNREASON
CHAPTER MEETING THE COACH
CHAPTER XLIII. THE MOTIVE
CHAPTER XLIV. THE MANNER
CHAPTER XLV. THE POSITION
CHAPTER XLVI. IN THE MESHES
CHAPTER XLVII. COMBINED WISDOM
CHAPTER XLVIII. MASCULINE ERROR
CHAPTER XLIX. PROMETHEUS VINCTUS
CHAPTER L. FEMININE ERROR
CHAPTER LI. UNFILIAL
CHAPTER LII. UNPATERNAL
CHAPTER LIII "THIS WILL DO."
CHAPTER LIV. CRIPPS BRINGS HOME THE CROWN
CHAPTER LV. SMITH TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER LVI. FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE CARRIER
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The baker's boy felt that his luck was askew upon this day of his existence, for Carrier Cripps was vexed so much at this sudden demand for his sister that he never even thought of asking the boy to have a glass of home-brewed ale.
"Zak, what made you send the boy away?" Esther asked, when she came downstairs, with her bonnet and short cloak on. "Of course, I am very foolish; but he would have been some little company."
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The heavy sound of the pickaxe ceased, as she came near and nearer, and the muttering of rough voices made her shrink into a nook and listen.
"Tell 'ee, I did see zummat moving," said a man, whom she could dimly make out on the beetling ridge above her, by the light of the clearing eastern sky; "a zummat moving down yonner, I tell 'ee."
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