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STRONG AND STEADY;

PREFACE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE ESSEX CLASSICAL INSTITUTE.

CHAPTER II. IN THE CARS.

CHAPTER III. AT HOME.

CHAPTER IV. JACOB DRUMMOND, OF STAPLETON.

CHAPTER V. JACOB DRUMMOND—CONTINUED.

CHAPTER VI. FUTURE PLANS.

CHAPTER VII. MR. DRUMMOND'S HUMBLE ROOF.

CHAPTER VIII. WALTER MAKES A REVELATION.

CHAPTER IX. HOW MR. DRUMMOND TOOK THE NEWS.

CHAPTER X. MR. DRUMMOND'S STORE.

CHAPTER XI. JOSHUA STIRS UP THE WRONG CUSTOMER.

CHAPTER XII. AFTER THE BATTLE.

CHAPTER XIII. THE ARROW AND THE PIONEER.

CHAPTER XIV. A BRILLIANT SCHEME.

CHAPTER XV. WAYS AND MEANS.

CHAPTER XVI. JOSHUA TRIES KEEPING STORE.

CHAPTER XVII. JOSHUA'S DISAPPOINTMENT.

CHAPTER XVIII. WALTER FINDS HIMSELF IN HOT WATER.

CHAPTER XIX. THE TABLES ARE TURNED.

CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH JOSHUA COMES TO GRIEF.

CHAPTER XXI. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.

CHAPTER XXII. MESSRS. FLINT AND PUSHER.

CHAPTER XXIII. WALTER LOSES HIS MONEY.

CHAPTER XXIV. SLIPPERY DICK.

CHAPTER XXV. A HARD CUSTOMER.

CHAPTER XXVI. BUSINESS EXPERIENCES.

CHAPTER XXVII. A CABIN IN THE WOODS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. STRANGE ACQUAINTANCES.

CHAPTER XXIX. DANGER THREATENS.

CHAPTER XXX. THE ROBBER WALKS INTO A TRAP.

CHAPTER XXXI. WALTER'S ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XXXII. A STRANGE HIDING-PLACE.

CHAPTER XXXIII. WALTER SHOWS STRATEGY.

CHAPTER XXXIV. DELIVERANCE.

CHAPTER XXXV. THE LAST OF JACK MANGUM.

CHAPTER XXXVI. JOSHUA BIDS GOOD-BY TO STAPLETON.

CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION.