PREFACE.
CHAPTER I WALTER CONRAD'S MISSION.
CHAPTER II THE SON OF GENERAL WALL.
CHAPTER III UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME.
CHAPTER IV PORTVILLE.
CHAPTER V A LATIN EXERCISE.
CHAPTER VI RECOMMENDED.
CHAPTER VII A NOVEL SITUATION.
CHAPTER VIII THE SCHOOL TRUSTEE.
CHAPTER IX THE FASCINATING MISS JONES.
CHAPTER X MR. BARCLAY'S FAREWELL.
CHAPTER XI TWO POETS.
CHAPTER XII LED BY A BOOTBLACK.
CHAPTER XIII A STRANGER IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XIV A FRIEND IN NEED.
CHAPTER XV "A BAD PENNY."
CHAPTER XVI IN THE SPIDER'S WEB.
CHAPTER XVII SUBTLE FLATTERY.
CHAPTER XVIII TROUBLE IN STAPLETON.
CHAPTER XIX IN SEARCH OF A THIEF.
CHAPTER XX IN DANGER.
CHAPTER XXI AN EVENTFUL MONDAY.
CHAPTER XXII THE NEW TEACHER.
CHAPTER XXIII A STORM BREWING.
CHAPTER XXIV A PRACTICAL JOKE.
CHAPTER XXV A POOR GRAMMARIAN.
CHAPTER XXVI PUNISHING A BULLY.
CHAPTER XXVII REFORMATION.
CHAPTER XXVIII A FORTUNE AT STAKE.
CHAPTER XXIX THE MYSTERY OF THE MINE.
CHAPTER XXX A DISCOURAGING SEARCH.
CHAPTER XXXI JOSHUA'S ROOMMATE.
CHAPTER XXXII THE "CHIEF" SALESMAN.
CHAPTER XXXIII IN PARTNERSHIP.
CHAPTER XXXIV A HUMBLE POSITION.
CHAPTER XXXV THE EVIDENCE OF POPULARITY.
CHAPTER XXXVI THE CLOSE OF THE STORY.
