The Sheep-Stealers

The
Sheep-Stealers

By

Violet Jacob

(Mrs. Arthur Jacob)

London
William Heinemann
1902

First Edition, August 1902

Second Impression, September 1902

All rights reserved

This Edition enjoys copyright in all
countries signatory to the Berne
Treaty, and is not to be imported
into the United States of America

To my Mother

CONTENTS

Book I
Chapter         Page
I. The Two Communities     3
II. Rhys     8
III. The Dipping-Pool     19
IV. At the Yew-Stump and After     29
V. Rebecca     40
VI. A Dead Man and a Live Coward     51
VII. To Abergavenny     59
VIII. Master and Man     66
IX. Two Meetings     76
X. Forget-me-nots     83
XI. The Brecon Coach     92
XII. George’s Business     102
XIII. The Seven Snow-Men     110
XIV. The Uses of a Cast Shoe     120
XV. The Beginning     134
XVI. In which George Proves to be but Human     147
XVII. The Sheep-Stealers Part Company     156
XVIII. Mrs. Walters Goes to Chapel     165
XIX. The Moth and the Candle     174
XX. The Pedlar’s Stone     183
XXI. The Way of the Transgressor     192
XXII. A Bad Debt     201
Book II
XXIII. White Blossoms     213
XXIV. A Card House     223
XXV. Llangarth Fair     232
XXVI. Howlie and Llewellyn Understand Each Other      243
XXVII. Four Opinions     254
XXVIII. A Martyr     263
XXIX. The Half Loaf     271
XXX. Nannie Sees her Duty     278
XXXI. The Way to Paradise     286
XXXII. A Dark Lantern     293
XXXIII. A Bird in the Hand     302
XXXIV. The Pursuers     312
XXXV. New Year’s Eve     325
XXXVI. The New Year     336