Transcriber's Notes:
CHAPTER I. COLONEL CARSON, OF CARSONVILLE.
CHAPTER II. WHY BILLY LEFT SCHOOL.
CHAPTER III. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
CHAPTER IV. COLONEL CARSON'S REVENGE.
CHAPTER V. THE VILLAGE GREEN.
CHAPTER VI. A CHALLENGE.
CHAPTER VII. CHIP GETS A LETTER.
CHAPTER VIII. GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
CHAPTER IX. COLONEL CARSON MAKES A BET.
CHAPTER X. HOW THE GAME OPENED.
CHAPTER XI. THE CLIPPINGS GET WILD.
CHAPTER XII. CLIPPING THE CLIPPERS.
CHAPTER XIII. BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME.
CHAPTER XIV. "SOUR GRAPES."
CHAPTER XV. THREE CHEERS FOR CHIP!
CHAPTER XVI. A WILY PLOTTER.
CHAPTER XVII. A NIGHT ATTACK.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE INITIALS IN THE HAT.
CHAPTER XIX. FATHER AND SON.
CHAPTER XX. LURED AWAY.
CHAPTER XXI. WHERE IS MERRY?
CHAPTER XXII. INVESTIGATING.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE THIRD DEGREE.
CHAPTER XXIV. QUICK WORK.
CHAPTER XXV. WON IN THE NINTH.
CHAPTER XXVI. CAPTAIN OF THE NINE.
CHAPTER XXVII. A CHALLENGE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. LAYING THE WIRES.
CHAPTER XXIX. A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH.
CHAPTER XXX. CRIMINAL WORK.
CHAPTER XXXI. BEFORE THE GAME.
CHAPTER XXXII. WHO GOT IT?
CHAPTER XXXIII. ACCUSED OF THEFT.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A MYSTERY.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE JUMP BALL.
CHAPTER XXXVII. A DESPERATE FINISH.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. CONCLUSION.
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