CHAPTER I.--BUDD SEEKS EMPLOYMENT.

CHAPTER II.--A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.

CHAPTER III.--AGAINST WIND AND TIDE.

CHAPTER IV.--A NEW FRIEND.

CHAPTER V.--MR. BENTON'S WRATH.

CHAPTER VI.--THE NEW FIRM.

CHAPTER VII.--BUSINESS BOOMS.

CHAPTER VIII.--THE LOST OX-CART.

CHAPTER IX.--THE THREE INTRUDERS.

CHAPTER X.--BUDD'S STORY.

CHAPTER XI.--AN UNFORTUNATE PREDICAMENT.

CHAPTER XII.--BUDD'S TRIAL.

CHAPTER XIII.--MR. BENTON'S LITTLE GAME.

CHAPTER XIV.--TWO OPPORTUNITIES.

CHAPTER XV.--BUDD ENTRAPPED.

CHAPTER XVI.--JUDD MAKES AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER XVII.--BUDD'S ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XVIII.--CAUGHT.

CHAPTER XIX.--MR. JOHNSON IS ASTONISHED.

CHAPTER XX.--THE CONFESSION.

CHAPTER XXI.--FATHER AND SON.

CHAPTER XXII.--AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.

CHAPTER XXIII.--A MANLY RESCUE.

CHAPTER XXIV.--THE FIRM'S PROFITS.

CHAPTER XXV.--MR. JOHNSON'S MUNIFICENCE.

THE BEAR AND THE BOMB SHELL.

AN AFTERNOON AT SAGAMORE POND.

HOW JACK WENT TIGER-HUNTING.