VIII. THE SKIPPER STRUGGLES AGAINST SUPERSTITION 115

IX. SOME EARLY VISITS 135

X. MARY KAVANAGH 147

XI. THE SKIPPER CARRIES A LETTER 164

XII. DICK LYNCH GOES ON THE WAR-PATH 181

XIII. BILL BRENNEN PREACHES LOYALTY 194

XIV. DICK LYNCH MEETS MR. DARLING 210

XV. MR. DARLING SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY 225

XVI. MR. DARLING ARRIVES IN CHANCE ALONG 235

XVII. MARY KAVANAGH USES HER WITS 250

XVIII. MOTHER NOLAN DOES SOME SPYING 265

XIX. MARY AT WORK AGAIN 279

XX. FATHER MCQUEEN'S RETURN 292