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 I - THE CHANGE
CHAPTER II - A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER III - A NIGHT CALL
CHAPTER IV - THE PANTECHNICON
CHAPTER V - A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER VI - AT THE STATION
CHAPTER VII - SCRUPLES
CHAPTER VIII - OUR CONCERT
CHAPTER IX - SEVERELY REPRIMANDED
CHAPTER X - OVER THE WALNUTS, AND THE ——
CHAPTER XI - BESIDE THE SINGING RIVER
CHAPTER XII - CHURCH IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER XIII - "ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN"
CHAPTER XIV - FIRST FRIDAYS
CHAPTER XV - HOLLY AND IVY
CHAPTER XVI - VIOLENT CONTRASTS
CHAPTER XVII - CLERICAL SYMPOSIUM
CHAPTER XVIII - THE KAMPANER THAL
CHAPTER XIX - LITERARY ATTEMPTS
CHAPTER XX - MADONNA MIA
CHAPTER XXI - THE FACTORY
CHAPTER XXII - THE MAY CONFERENCE
CHAPTER XXIII - A BATTLE OF GIANTS
CHAPTER XXIV - THE SERMON
CHAPTER XXV - MAY DEVOTIONS
CHAPTER XXVI - AT THE ZENITH
CHAPTER XXVII - THE "STAR OF THE SEA"
CHAPTER XXVIII - SUB NUBE
CHAPTER XXIX- STIGMATA?
CHAPTER XXX - ALL'S WELL
CHAPTER XXXI - FAREWELL!

Illustrations

"So there they were at last, the dream of half a lifetime"
"You will take something?" I said. "You have had a long drive"
"My door was suddenly flung open, and a bunch of keys was thrown angrily on the table"
"Do you call that clean?"
"Here I am, your Reverence!"
"Good Heavens!" was all I could say
"The orator was caught by the nape of the neck"