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My New Curate By: Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852-1913) |
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MY NEW CURATE A STORY Gathered from the Stray Leaves of an Old Diary By the Rev. P. A. SHEEHAN, P. P.
DONERAILE (DIOCESE OF CLOYNE) Author of "Geoffrey Austin: Student," "The Triumph of Failure," &c.
BOSTON
MARLIER & COMPANY, Limited
1902
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I. The Change 1 II. A Retrospect 14 III. A Night Call 23 IV. The Pantechnicon 34 V. A Slight Misunderstanding 48 VI. At the Station 61 VII. Scruples 74 VIII. Our Concert 83 IX. Severely Reprimanded 97 X. Over the Walnuts, and the 113 XI. Beside the Singing River 129 XII. Church Improvements 140 XIII. "All Things to All Men" 154 XIV. First Fridays 170 XV. Holly and Ivy 187 XVI. Violent Contrasts 205 XVII. A Clerical Symposium 226 XVIII. The Kampaner Thal 241 XIX. Literary Attempts 255 XX. Madonna Mia 272 XXI. The Factory 297 XXII. The May Conference 316 XXIII. A Battle of Giants 332 XXIV. The Sermon 349 XXV. May Devotions 364 XXVI. At the Zenith 378 XXVII. The "Star of the Sea" 394 XXVIII. Sub Nube 410 XXIX. Stigmata? 429 XXX. All's Well 449 XXXI. Farewell! 475
Illustrations
Page "So there they were at last, the dream of half a lifetime"
Frontispiece "You will take something?" I said. "You have
had a long drive" facing 10 "My door was suddenly flung open, and a bunch of
keys was thrown angrily on the table" 49 "Do you call that clean?" 54 "Here I am, your Reverence!" facing 56 "Good Heavens!" was all I could say facing 94 "The orator was caught by the nape of the neck" 133 "'T is the way we wants to go to confession, Fader" 176 "And why don't you tell his reverence about the rice
puddin'?" 223 "It broke in my fingers and revealed the little dreams
and ambitions of nearly forty years ago" 262 "Was there anything wrong with the chicken?" facing 294 "I read that over three times to make quite sure of it" 321 "Ahem! Reginald Ormsby, wilt thou take Mrs.
Darcy " facing 390 "Come down to Mrs. Haley's; there isn't a better
dhrop betune this and Dublin" facing 450 "Come on, you ruffian!" 451 "For the love of God, Jem, is 't yourself or your
ghost?" 453 "Hallo, there!... who the are ye?" facing 460 Waiting for my New Curate 479
MY NEW CURATE Gathered from Stray Leaves of an Old Diary by an Irish Parish Priest
CHAPTER I THE CHANGE
It is all my own fault. I was too free with my tongue. I said in a
moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest? He's
independent of him... Continue reading book >>
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