Book I.--Atherton Legh.

I. HOW THE INFANT HEIR WAS STOLEN 1

II. MANCHESTER IN 1745 6

III. INTRODUCES DR. DEACON, DR. BYROM, AND COLONEL TOWNLEY 9

IV. SIR RICHARD RAWCLIFFE 19

V. INTRODUCES OUR HERO 23

VI. ADVICE 26

VII. RENCOUNTER NEAR THE OLD TOWN CROSS 28

VIII. BEPPY BYROM 32

IX. THE TWO CURATES OF ST. ANN'S 37

X. CONSTANCE RAWCLIFFE 40

XI. THE BOROUGHREEVE OF MANCHESTER 44

XII. THE RESCUE 47

XIII. CONSTANCE MAKES A DISCOVERY 52

XIV. ST. ANN'S-SQUARE 57

XV. HOW SALFORD BRIDGE WAS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION 63

XVI. TOM SYDDALL 67

XVII. HOW TOM SYDDALL WAS CARRIED HOME IN TRIUMPH 71

XVIII. THE MEETING IN THE GARDEN 76

XIX. MRS. BUTLER 79

XX. THE JACOBITE MEETING IN TOM SYDDALL'S BACK ROOM 86

XXI. BEN BIRCH, THE BELLMAN OF MANCHESTER 90