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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THREE CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED.

CHAPTER II. NATTIE ARRIVES OPPORTUNELY.

CHAPTER III. GRANT IS MYSTERIOUS.

CHAPTER IV. THE ATTACK OF THE RONINS.

CHAPTER V. THE MAN WITH THE GLADSTONE BAG.

CHAPTER VI. MR. BLACK RECEIVES A SURPRISE.

CHAPTER VII. NATTIE CARRIES HIS POINT.

CHAPTER VIII. ONE CONSPIRATOR DEFEATED.

CHAPTER IX. DISASTER THREATENS.

CHAPTER X. MORI SHOWS HIS GENEROSITY.

CHAPTER XI. NATTIE MAKES A DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER XII. THE STRUGGLE IN THE "GO-DOWN."

CHAPTER XIII. WILLIS ROUND ESCAPES.

CHAPTER XIV. THE BEGINNING OF THE CELEBRATION.

CHAPTER XV. THE WRESTLING MATCH.

CHAPTER XVI. AFTER THE VICTORY.

CHAPTER XVII. THE TURNING UP OF A BAD PENNY AND ITS RESULTS.

CHAPTER XVIII. EVIL TIDINGS.

CHAPTER XIX. BAD NEWS CONFIRMED.

CHAPTER XX. THE MAN BEYOND THE HEDGE.

CHAPTER XXI. A PRISONER.

CHAPTER XXII. THE PURSUIT.

CHAPTER XXIII. PATRICK SHOWS HIS CLEVERNESS.

CHAPTER XXIV. GRANT BEARDS THE LION.

CHAPTER XXV. A PLAN, AND ITS FAILURE.

CHAPTER XXVI. GRANT ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XXVII. IN FRONT OF THE OLD CASTLE.

CHAPTER XXVIII. SUMO'S ARMY.

CHAPTER XXIX. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

CHAPTER XXX. THE TRAGEDY IN THE TUNNEL.

CHAPTER XXXI. RALPH SECURES REINFORCEMENTS.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE FLASHING OF THE SWORDS.

CHAPTER XXXIII. "GRANT! BROTHER, IS IT YOU?"

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MYSTERIOUS FORCES OF NATURE.

CHAPTER XXXV. RETRIBUTION!

FOOTNOTE:

CHAPTER XXXVI. CONCLUSION.