CHAPTER PAGE
I. Legacy and Legatee 11
II. Master Montgomery Sturtevant 25
III. Why Monty Did Not Go a-Fishing 40
IV. Foxes' Gully 50
V. Chestnuts and Gold Mines 64
VI. The Brass Bound Box 82
VII. The Grit of Moses Jones 95
VIII. Hay-Loft Dreams 110
IX. Squire Pettijohn 126
X. Alfaretta's Perplexity 142
XI. The Face in the Darkness 154
XII. A Sturtevant—Perforce 168
XIII. But—Sturtevant To the Rescue 187
XIV. On a Saturday Afternoon 203
XV. By the Old Stone Bridge 220
XVI. The Cottage in the Wood 234
XVII. A Self-elected Constable 248
XVIII. Reuben Smith, Accessory 263
XIX. What the Moon Saw in the Cornfield 278
XX. Uninvited Guests 292
XXI. A Neighborly Trick of the Wind 310