CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE BOY AT THE BARONY
CHAPTER II. YANCY TELLS A MORAL TALE
CHAPTER III. TROUBLE AT SCRATCH HILL
CHAPTER IV. LAW AT BALAAM'S CROSS-ROADS
CHAPTER V. THE ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER VI. BETTY SETS OUT FOR TENNESSEE
CHAPTER VII. THE FIGHT AT SLOSSON'S TAVERN
CHAPTER VIII. ON THE RIVER
CHAPTER IX. JUDGE SLOCUM PRICE
CHAPTER X. BOON COMPANIONS
CHAPTER XI. THE ORATOR OF THE DAY
CHAPTER XII. THE FAMILY ON THE RAFT
CHAPTER XIII. THE JUDGE BREAKS JAIL
CHAPTER XIV. BELLE PLAIN
CHAPTER XV. THE SHOOTING-MATCH AT BOGGS'
CHAPTER XVI. THE PORTAL OF HOPE
CHAPTER XVII. BOB YANCY FINDS HIMSELF
CHAPTER XVIII. AN ORPHAN MAN OF TITLE
CHAPTER XIX. THE JUDGE SEES A GHOST
CHAPTER XX. THE WARNING
CHAPTER XXI. THICKET POINT
CHAPTER XXII. AT THE CHURCH DOOR
CHAPTER XXIII. THE JUDGE OFFERS A REWARD
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CABIN ACROSS THE BAYOU
CHAPTER XXV. THE JUDGE EXTENDS HIS CREDIT
CHAPTER XXVI. BETTY LEAVES BELLE PLAIN
CHAPTER XXVII. PRISONERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE JUDGE MEETS THE SITUATION
CHAPTER XXIX. COLONEL FENTRESS
CHAPTER XXX. THE BUBBLE BURSTS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE KEEL BOAT
CHAPTER XXXII. THE RAFT AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE JUDGE RECEIVES A LETTER
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DUEL
CHAPTER XXXV. A CRISIS AT THE COURT-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE END AND THE BEGINNING