CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE CABIN IN THE FOOTHILLS.
CHAPTER II. A DEBT OF HONOR.
CHAPTER III. BRADLEY WENTWORTH.
CHAPTER IV. COMPARING NOTES.
CHAPTER V. A COMPACT.
CHAPTER VI. A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER VII. TRACKING THE THIEF.
CHAPTER VIII. FOILING A THIEF.
CHAPTER IX. ALONE IN THE WORLD.
CHAPTER X. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
CHAPTER XI. JAKE AMSDEN MAKES AN EARLY CALL, AND HAS A WARM RECEPTION.
CHAPTER XII. AN INTERNATIONAL COMBAT.
CHAPTER XIII. A VICTIM OF INJUSTICE.
CHAPTER XIV. JAKE AMSDEN TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF.
CHAPTER XV. BRADLEY WENTWORTH'S MORNING MAIL.
CHAPTER XVI. A LETTER FROM JAKE AMSDEN.
CHAPTER XVII. THE BACKWOODS HOTEL.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PETERS FAMILY.
CHAPTER XIX SCIENCE VERSUS STRENGTH.
CHAPTER XX. HITTING THE BULL'S-EYE.
CHAPTER XXI. ON THE STEAMER ROCK ISLAND.
CHAPTER XXII. BRADLEY WENTWORTH TRIES TO MAKE MISCHIEF.
CHAPTER XXIII. MR. STANDISH RECEIVES A COMMISSION.
CHAPTER XXIV. A FALSE ALARM.
CHAPTER XXV. GERALD HAS AN UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XXVI. TIP AND HIS TRICKS.
CHAPTER XXVII. MR. STANDISH STATES HIS BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. STANDISH GAINS A BARREN VICTORY.
CHAPTER XXIX. GERALD IS RELEASED.
CHAPTER XXX. TIDINGS OF THE FUGITIVE.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE YOUNG RUNAWAYS.
CHAPTER XXXII. ARTHUR GRIGSON'S TREACHERY.
CHAPTER XXXIII. INTERVIEWING A BURGLAR.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A STRANGE MEETING.
CHAPTER XXXV. THOMAS HASTINGS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
CHAPTER XXXVII. A LETTER FROM GULCHVILLE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GERALD SELLS HIS PATRIMONY.
CHAPTER XXXIX. CONCLUSION.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
—The transcriber of this project created the book cover image using the title page of the original book. The image is placed in the public domain.
