PREFACE.
CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. Two of the Tyrants 11 CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER I. TWO OF THE TYRANTS.
CHAPTER II. FLORA BRADFORD.
CHAPTER III. ON THE DEFENSIVE.
CHAPTER IV. WHO IS MASTER.
CHAPTER V. A BATTLE AT LONG RANGE.
CHAPTER VI. SQUIRE FISHLEY.
CHAPTER VII. AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHAPTER VIII. MISS LARRABEE'S LETTER.
CHAPTER IX. THE HUNGRY RUNAWAY.
CHAPTER X. WHAT SIM GWYNN WANTED TO SEE ME FOR.
CHAPTER XI. BUILDING THE RAFT.
CHAPTER XII. SQUIRE FISHLEY MAKES IT RIGHT.
CHAPTER XIII. NEAR UNTO DEATH.
CHAPTER XIV. WHO ROBBED THE MAIL.
CHAPTER XV. THE DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER XVI. DOWN THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XVII. NIGHT ON THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XVIII. AT THE MOUTH OF THE OHIO.
CHAPTER XIX. AFTER THE EXPLOSION.
CHAPTER XX. EMILY GOODRIDGE.
CHAPTER XXI. FLORA AND HER PATIENT.
CHAPTER XXII. THE END OF THE VOYAGE.
CHAPTER XXIII. CLARENCE BRADFORD.
CHAPTER XXIV. UP THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XXV. TWO HOURS IN JAIL.
CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION.
OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS
J. T. TROWBRIDGE'S BOOKS THE START IN LIFE SERIES. 4 volumes.
BOOKS BY EVERETT T. TOMLINSON
THE OLD GLORY SERIES.
THE BOUND TO SUCCEED SERIES
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AMERICAN BOYS' SERIES
DOWN THE RIVER;
OR,
BUCK BRADFORD AND HIS TYRANTS.
BY
OLIVER OPTIC,
AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES,"
"THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES," "THE RIVERDALE STORIES," ETC.
BOSTON
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Copyright, 1896, by William T. Adams.
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DOWN THE RIVER.
THE SETTLEMENT.—Page 52.
TO
My Young Friend
WILLIAM H. LOW
This Book
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.