CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Jerry Is Absent-Minded]1
II.[Jerry Explains]11
III.[The Clay-Diggers]22
IV.[Suspicions]31
V.[Professor Snodgrass]41
VI.[Disappointment]48
VII.[A Queer Conference]59
VIII.[Selling the Land]67
IX.[A Hurried Departure]74
X.[The Plaster-Mud]86
XI.[“We’ve Been Tricked!”]93
XII.[On the Brink]99
XIII.[Another Disappointment]107
XIV.[On the Trail]115
XV.[A Stowaway]124
XVI.[A Hard Fall]132
XVII.[The Celebrated Doctor]140
XVIII.[A Cry of Fire]150
XIX.[On the Way]158
XX.[Stuck]166
XXI.[The Deserted Camp]173
XXII.[Searching]182
XXIII.[In the Gulch]190
XXIV.[Disclosures]199
XXV.[Off for Help]205
XXVI.[A Race for a Life]212
XXVII.[The Broken Spring]217
XXVIII.[The Last Lap]223
XXIX.[The Operation]233
XXX.[The Two-Tailed Lizard]239