Kirk Munroe

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. A PRINCE AND PRINCESS GO IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES.

CHAPTER II. A PRESENT FROM A FAIRY GODMOTHER.

CHAPTER III. BRACE BARLOW THE MOONLIGHTER.

CHAPTER IV. A TORPEDO MAN'S PERIL.

CHAPTER V. ARTHUR AND HIS COUSINS.

CHAPTER VI. A GALLANT RESCUE AND ITS REWARD.

CHAPTER VII. UNCLE PHIN'S PLAN.

CHAPTER VIII. AWAKENED AT MIDNIGHT.

CHAPTER IX. A HURRIED FLIGHT.

CHAPTER X. ON BOARD THE ARK.

CHAPTER XI. UNCLE PHIN'S DANGER.

CHAPTER XII. A TORRENT OF FLAME.

CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE ARK WAS SAVED.

CHAPTER XIV. A CAMP OF TRAMPS.

CHAPTER XV. ARTHUR'S FIGHT TO SAVE RUSTY.

CHAPTER XVI. THE MEANING OF SOME QUEER SIGNS.

CHAPTER XVII. PLEASANT DRIFTINGS.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ARK IS STOLEN.

CHAPTER XIX. PENNILESS WANDERERS IN A STRANGE CITY.

CHAPTER XX. A RAILROAD EXPERIENCE.

CHAPTER XXI. CARRIED OFF IN A FREIGHT CAR.

CHAPTER XXII. SAVING THE KEYSTONE EXPRESS.

CHAPTER XXIII. CROSSING THE ALLEGHANIES.

CHAPTER XXIV. A BRAVE STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY.

CHAPTER XXV. FINDING A HOME.

CHAPTER XXVI. COLONEL DALE OF DALECOURT.

CHAPTER XXVII. A "GENUINE CHUMP."

CHAPTER XXVIII. A FEW FACTS CONCERNING PETROLEUM.

CHAPTER XXIX. LOCATING AN OIL WELL.

CHAPTER XXX. THE DALE-DUSTIN MYSTERY.

CHAPTER XXXI. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.

CHAPTER XXXII. SHOOTING A "DUSTER."

CHAPTER XXXIII. SAVED BY THE SIGN OF THE TRAMP.

CHAPTER XXXIV. AN OIL SCOUT OUTWITTED.

CHAPTER XXXV. DEVELOPING AN OIL REGION.

CHAPTER XXXVI. ARTHUR REMEMBERS HIS FRIENDS.

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

ONE OF THE GREAT OIL TANKS HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, AND NOW A RAGING, ROARING MASS OF FLAME SHOT UP. (Page 96.)