Chapter 4

I. Corkey's Good Scheme II. Happiness and Peace III. At 3 in the Morning IV. The Bridegroom V. At Six O'clock

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece: He appears on the balcony. There is a cheer that may be heard all over the South Side.

Three of the most bashful arise and come to be kissed.

The boat drags him. He catches the boy's hand.

Her eye returns in satisfaction to the glittering black granite letters over the portal.

"It's a good scheme, Corkey."

But the bride still stands under the lamp on the portico, statuesque as Zenobia or Medea.

DAVID LOCKWIN

THE PEOPLE'S IDOL