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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PLAYING TRUANT.

CHAPTER II. THE BUSHWHACKERS.

CHAPTER III. OSCAR AND HIS TROUBLES.

CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG TAXIDERMIST.

CHAPTER V. OSCAR RECEIVES A LETTER.

CHAPTER VI. THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE.

CHAPTER VII. OFF FOR THE RIVER.

CHAPTER VIII. A FORTUNATE DUCK-HUNT.

CHAPTER IX. THE CAMP ON THE ISLAND.

CHAPTER X. AN ASTOUNDING OFFER.

CHAPTER XI. MR. SMITH MAKES AMENDS.

CHAPTER XII. AN EVENING WITH THE PRINCIPAL.

CHAPTER XIII. THE BLACK FOX.

CHAPTER XIV. WHO DESTROYED THE SNARES?

CHAPTER XV. BUGLE SEEKS REVENGE.

CHAPTER XVI. GOOD AND BAD NEWS.

CHAPTER XVII. PAYING THE FIDDLER.

CHAPTER XVIII. LEON MAKES UP HIS MIND.

CHAPTER XIX. PLANS AND ARRANGEMENTS.

CHAPTER XX. LEON DRAWS HIS MONEY.

CHAPTER XXI. THE RUNAWAYS.

CHAPTER XXII. THE PRAIRIE HOTEL.

CHAPTER XXIII. A FRIENDLY HUNTER.

CHAPTER XXIV. ON THE TRAIL.

CHAPTER XXV. FRANK STARTS FOR HOME.

CHAPTER XXVI. EBEN SHOWS HIS COLORS.

CHAPTER XXVII. ALONE AND FRIENDLESS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. A FAMILIAR FACE.

CHAPTER XXIX. A VOICE FROM THE SNOW-DRIFT.