CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]PAGE
A Private Lesson from a Bulldog37
[CHAPTER II.]
A Spell Coming52
[CHAPTER III.]
Mirandy, Hank, and Shocky57
[CHAPTER IV.]
Spelling Down the Master70
[CHAPTER V.]
The Walk Home90
[CHAPTER VI.]
A Night at Pete Jones's97
[CHAPTER VII.]
Ominous Remarks of Mr. Jones105
[CHAPTER VIII.]
The Struggle in the Dark109
[CHAPTER IX.]
Has God Forgotten Shocky?114
[CHAPTER X.]
The Devil of Silence118
[CHAPTER XI.]
Miss Martha Hawkins125
[CHAPTER XII.]
The Hardshell Preacher133
[CHAPTER XIII.]
A Struggle for the Mastery143
[CHAPTER XIV.]
A Crisis with Bud150
[CHAPTER XV.]
The Church of the Best Licks157
[CHAPTER XVI.]
The Church Militant163
[CHAPTER XVII.]
A Council of War169
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
Odds and Ends175
[CHAPTER XIX.]
Face to Face180
[CHAPTER XX.]
God Remembers Shocky185
[CHAPTER XXI.]
Miss Nancy Sawyer192
[CHAPTER XXII.]
Pancakes195
[CHAPTER XXIII.]
A Charitable Institution203
[CHAPTER XXIV.]
The Good Samaritan212
[CHAPTER XXV.]
Bud Wooing215
[CHAPTER XXVI.]
A Letter and its Consequences220
[CHAPTER XXVII.]
A Loss and a Gain224
[CHAPTERXXVIII.]
The Flight228
[CHAPTER XXIX.]
The Trial234
[CHAPTER XXX.]
"Brother Sodom"249
[CHAPTER XXXI.]
The Trial Concluded254
[CHAPTER XXXII.]
After the Battle269
[CHAPTERXXXIII.]
Into the Light274
[CHAPTER XXXIV.]
"How it Came Out"278