Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MILLER’S CALCULATIONS.—HIS HOPES AND FEARS.—THE 14 NURSE-BOY.—CALM. CHAPTER III. THE WINDMILLER’S WORDS COME TRUE.—THE RED SHAWL.—IN THE 20 CLOUDS.—NURSING V. PIG-MINDING.—THE ROUND-HOUSE.—THE MILLER’S THUMB. CHAPTER IV. BLACK AS SLANS.—VAIR AND VOOLISH.—THE MILLER AND HIS MAN. 27 CHAPTER V. THE POCKET-BOOK AND THE FAMILY BIBLE.—FIVE POUNDS’ REWARD. 33 CHAPTER VI. GEORGE GOES COURTING.—GEORGE AS AN ENEMY.—GEORGE AS A 38 FRIEND.—ABEL PLAYS SCHOOLMASTER.—THE LOVE-LETTER.—MOERDYK.—THE MILLER-MOTH.—AN ANCIENT DITTY. CHAPTER VII. ABEL GOES TO SCHOOL AGAIN.—DAME DATCHETT.—A COLUMN OF 49 SPELLING.—ABEL PLAYS MOOCHER.—THE MILLER’S MAN CANNOT MAKE UP HIS MIND. CHAPTER VIII. VISITORS AT THE MILL.—A WINDMILLER OF THE THIRD 54 GENERATION.—CURE FOR WHOOPING-COUGH.—MISS AMABEL ADELINE AMMABY.—DOCTORS DISAGREE. CHAPTER IX. GENTRY BORN.—LEARNING LOST.—JAN’S BEDFELLOW.—AMABEL. 63 CHAPTER X. ABEL AT HOME.—JAN OBJECTS TO THE MILLER’S MAN.—THE 66 ALPHABET.—THE CHEAP JACK.—“PITCHERS”. CHAPTER XI. SCARECROWS AND MEN.—JAN REFUSES TO “MAKE 77 GEARGE.”—UNCANNY.—“JAN’S OFF.”—THE MOON AND THE CLOUDS. CHAPTER XII. THE WHITE HORSE.—COMROGUES.—MOERDYK.—GEORGE CONFIDES IN THE 84 CHEAP JACK—WITH RESERVATION. CHAPTER XIII. GEORGE AS A MONEYED MAN.—SAL.—THE “WHITE HORSE.”—THE 91 WEDDING.—THE WINDMILLER’S WIFE FORGETS, AND REMEMBERS TOO LATE. CHAPTER XIV. SUBLUNARY ART.—JAN GOES TO SCHOOL.—DAME DATCHETT AT 98 HOME.—JAN’S FIRST SCHOOL SCRAPE.—JAN DEFENDS HIMSELF. CHAPTER XV. WILLUM GIVES JAN SOME ADVICE.—THE CLOCK FACE.—THE HORNET 104 AND THE DAME.—JAN DRAWS PIGS.—JAN AND HIS PATRONS.—KITTY CHUTER.—THE FIGHT.—MASTER CHUTER’S PREDICTION. CHAPTER XVI. THE MOP.—THE SHOP.—WHAT THE CHEAP JACK’S WIFE HAD TO 118 TELL.—WHAT GEORGE WITHHELD. CHAPTER XVII. THE MILLER’S MAN AT THE MOP.—A LIVELY COMPANION.—SAL LOSES 127 HER PURSE.—THE RECRUITING SERGEANT.—THE POCKET-BOOK TWICE STOLEN.—GEORGE IN THE KING’S ARMS.—GEORGE IN THE KING’S SERVICE.—THE LETTER CHANGES HANDS, BUT KEEPS ITS SECRET. CHAPTER XVIII. MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS.—CHILD FANCIES.—JAN AND THE 137 PIG-MINDER.—MASTER SALTER AT HOME.—JAN HIRES HIMSELF OUT. CHAPTER XIX. THE BLUE COAT.—PIG-MINDING AND 143 TREE-STUDYING.—LEAF-PAINTINGS.—A STRANGER.—MASTER SWIFT IS DISAPPOINTED. CHAPTER XX. SQUIRE AMMABY AND HIS DAUGHTER.—THE CHEAP JACK DOES 154 BUSINESS ONCE MORE.—THE WHITE HORSE CHANGES MASTERS. CHAPTER XXI. MASTER SWIFT AT HOME.—RUFUS.—THE EX-PIG-MINDER.—JAN AND THE 161 SCHOOLMASTER. CHAPTER XXII. THE PARISH CHURCH.—REMBRANDT.—THE SNOW SCENE.—MASTER 168 SWIFT’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER XXIII. THE WHITE HORSE IN CLOVER.—AMABEL AND HER GUARDIANS.—AMABEL 179 IN THE WOOD.—BOGY. CHAPTER XXIV. THE PAINT-BOX.—MASTER LINSEED’S SHOP.—THE NEW 188 SIGN-BOARD.—MASTER SWIFT AS WILL SCARLET. CHAPTER XXV. SANITARY INSPECTORS.—THE PESTILENCE.—THE PARSON.—THE 195 DOCTOR.—THE SQUIRE AND THE SCHOOLMASTER.—DESOLATION AT THE WINDMILL.—THE SECOND ADVENT. CHAPTER XXVI. THE BEASTS OF THE VILLAGE.—ABEL SICKENS.—THE GOOD 204 SHEPHERD.—RUFUS PLAYS THE PHILANTHROPIST.—MASTER SWIFT SEES THE SUN RISE.—THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS. CHAPTER XXVII. JAN HAS THE FEVER.—CONVALESCENCE IN MASTER SWIFT’S 211 COTTAGE.—THE SQUIRE ON DEMORALIZATION. CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. FORD’S CLIENT.—THE HISTORY OF JAN’S FATHER.—AMABEL AND 217 BOGY THE SECOND. CHAPTER XXIX. JAN FULFILS ABEL’S CHARGE.—SON OF THE MILL.—THE 230 LARGE-MOUTHED WOMAN. CHAPTER XXX. JAN’S PROSPECTS, AND MASTER SWIFT’S PLANS.—TEA AND 238 MILTON.—NEW PARENTS.—PARTING WITH RUFUS.—JAN IS KIDNAPPED. CHAPTER XXXI. SCREEVING.—AN OLD SONG.—MR. FORD’S CLIENT.—THE PENNY 246 GAFF.—JAN RUNS AWAY. CHAPTER XXXII. THE BAKER.—ON AND ON.—THE CHURCH BELL.—A DIGRESSION.—A 253 FAMILIAR HYMN.—THE BOYS’ HOME. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BUSINESS MAN AND THE PAINTER.—PICTURES AND POT 261 BOILERS.—CIMABUE AND GIOTTO.—THE SALMON-COLORED OMNIBUS. CHAPTER XXXIV. A CHOICE OF VOCATIONS.—RECREATION HOUR.—THE BOW-LEGGED 265 BOY.—DRAWING BY HEART.—GIOTTO. CHAPTER XXXV. “WITHOUT CHARACTER?”—THE WIDOW.—THE BOW-LEGGED BOY TAKES 270 SERVICE.—STUDIOS AND PAINTERS. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MILLER’S LETTER.—A NEW POT BOILER SOLD. 277 CHAPTER XXXVII. SUNSHINE AFTER STORM. 282 CHAPTER XXXVIII. A PAINTER’S EDUCATION.—MASTER CHUTER’S PORT.—A FAREWELL 286 FEAST.—THE SLEEP OF THE JUST. CHAPTER XXXIX. GEORGE AGAIN.—THE PAINTER’S ADVICE.—“HOME-BREWED” AT THE 294 HEART OF OAK.—JAN CHANGES THE PAINTER’S MIND. CHAPTER XL. D’ARCY SEES BOGY.—THE ACADEMY.—THE PAINTER’S PICTURE. 300 CHAPTER XLI. THE DETECTIVE.—THE “JOOK”.—JAN STANDS BY HIS MOTHER’S 303 GRAVE.—HIS AFTER HISTORY. CHAPTER XLII. CONCLUSION. 308