CHAPTER I NATHAN MIDDLETON.
CHAPTER II INTRODUCES TOM TEMPLE.
CHAPTER III TOM'S FIRST BATTLE.
CHAPTER IV A TROUBLESOME BOARDER.
CHAPTER V A WARLIKE VISIT.
CHAPTER VI THE POOR RELATION.
CHAPTER VII A ROW AND A RESCUE.
CHAPTER VIII THE TWO COUSINS.
CHAPTER IX THE DOG AND HIS MASTER.
CHAPTER X A GIRL'S SPITE.
CHAPTER XI AFTER THREE MONTHS.
CHAPTER XII BAD NEWS FOR TOM.
CHAPTER XIII NEWS AFFECTS TOM'S FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIV TOM LEARNS WHAT IS UP.
CHAPTER XV THE LESSON OF POVERTY.
CHAPTER XVI NEW PLANS.
CHAPTER XVII TOM ARRIVES IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XVIII A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XIX TOM MAKES A PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER XX AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
CHAPTER XXI BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER XXII FIRST PROSPECTS.
CHAPTER XXIII MIKE'S GOOD LUCK.
CHAPTER XXIV TOM GETS A PLACE.
CHAPTER XXV TOM IN A TIGHT PLACE.
CHAPTER XXVI THE BURGLAR BAFFLED.
CHAPTER XXVII ARRESTED.
CHAPTER XXVIII THE MAN TOM WANTED TO SEE.
CHAPTER XXIX THE ABSCONDING CLERK.
CHAPTER XXX THE EFFECT OF A NAME.
CHAPTER XXXI HERR SCHMIDT.
CHAPTER XXXII CAPTURED BY HIGHWAYMEN.
CHAPTER XXXIII MORTON'S SECRET.
CHAPTER XXXIV THE ROBBERS' DEN.
CHAPTER XXXV THE CAPTAIN OF THE ROBBERS.
CHAPTER XXXVI TOM AND THE ROBBERS.
CHAPTER XXXVII HERR SCHMIDT DANCES.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CAPTAIN'S RESOLVE.
CHAPTER XXXIX AN AVENGER ON THE TRACK.
CHAPTER XL THE CAPTAIN'S FATE.
CHAPTER XLI TOM ADOPTS A RICH UNCLE.
CHAPTER XLII TOM'S RETURN.
CHAPTER XLIII CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
OVER AND UNDER.
A STRANGE CRAFT.