XXXV.--How Miss Fanny made merry with the passion of Mr. Verty
XXXVI.--Ralph makes love to Miss Sallianna
XXXVII.--Verty states his private opinion of Miss Sallianna
XXXVIII.--How Longears showed his gallantry in Fanny's service.
XXXIX.--Up the Hill, and under the Chestnuts
XL.--Under the Greenwood Tree
XLI.--Use of Coats in a Storm
XLII.--How Mr. Jinks requested Ralph to hold him
XLIII.--Verty's heart goes away in a chariot
XLIV.--In which the History returns to Apple Orchard
XLV.--Hours in the October Woods
XLVI.--The Happy Autumn Fields
XLVII.--Days that are no more
XLVIII.--The Harvest Moon
XLIX.--Back to Winchester, where Editorial Iniquity is discoursed of
L.--How Verty discovered a Portrait, and what ensued
LI.--A Child and a Logician
LII.--How Mr. Jinks determined to spare Verty
LIII.--Projects of Revenge, involving Historical details
LIV.--Exploits of Fodder
LV.--Woman-traps laid by Mr. Jinks
LVI.--Takes Verty to Mr. Roundjacket's
LVII.--Contains an Extraordinary Disclosure
LVIII.--How Mr. Rushton proved that all men were selfish, himself
included
LIX.--The Portrait smiles
LX.--The Lodge in the Hills
LXI.--Mrs. O'Calligan's Wooers
LXII.--Verty Muses
LXIII.--How Verty and Miss Lavinia ran a-tilt at each other, and
who was overthrown
LXIV.--The Rose of Glengary
LXV.--Providence
LXVI.--The Hour and the Necklace
LXVII.--How St. Patrick encountered St. Michael, and what
ensued
LXVIII.--The End of the Chain
LXIX.--Conclusion

PREFACE

Perhaps this story scarcely needs a Preface, but the child of the
writer's invention comes to possess a place in his affections, and he
is reluctant to send it forth into the wide world, without something
in the nature of a letter of introduction, asking for it a kindly and
charitable reception. It would be unjust to apply to this volume the
tests which are brought to bear upon an elaborate romance. In his
narrative of the adventures of Verty and Redbud, the writer has not
endeavored to mount into the regions of tragedy, or chronicle the
details of bloodshed on the part of heroes--but rather, to find in a
picturesque land and period such traits of life and manners as are
calculated to afford innocent entertainment. Written under the
beautiful autumn skies of our beloved Virginia, the author would
ask for the work only a mind in unison with the mood of the
narrativ