PREFACE
MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS
’TWAS LIZA’S DOINGS
THE DUBOURQUES, FATHER AND SON
ABE’S GAME OF JACKS
A LITTLE PICTURE
A DREAM OF THE WOODS
A HEATHEN BABY
HE KEPT HIS TRYST
JOHN GAVIN, MISFIT
IN THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
NIGGER MARTHA’S WAKE
A CHIP FROM THE MAELSTROM
SARAH JOYCE’S HUSBANDS
THE CAT TOOK THE KOSHER MEAT
FIRE IN THE BARRACKS
A WAR ON THE GOATS
ROVER’S LAST FIGHT
WHEN THE LETTER CAME
THE KID
LOST CHILDREN
THE SLIPPER-MAKER’S FAST
PAOLO’S AWAKENING
THE LITTLE DOLLAR’S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
A PROPOSAL ON THE ELEVATED
DEATH COMES TO CAT ALLEY
WHY IT HAPPENED
THE CHRISTENING IN BOTTLE ALLEY
IN THE MULBERRY STREET COURT
SPOONING IN DYNAMITE ALLEY
HEROES WHO FIGHT FIRE
