CONTENTS

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IOff for a Sleigh-ride[1]
IISomething of the Past[13]
IIIThe Team that Ran Away[22]
IVWard Porton Again[32]
VWhat Asa Dickley Had to Say[42]
VIMore Trouble[53]
VIIFace to Face[63]
VIIIThe Basswood Fortune[72]
IXSomething About Miniatures[82]
XThe Big Sleighing-Party[93]
XIHeld by the Blizzard[104]
XIITim Crapsey’s Plot[114]
XIIIWhat Washington Bones had to Tell[124]
XIVMovements of the Enemy[133]
XVThe Return to Crumville[143]
XVIHow the Miniatures Disappeared[153]
XVIIA Vain Search[163]
XVIIIThe Civil Engineering Examination[173]
XIXOff for Texas[181]
XXIn New York City[191]
XXIDave in Washington[201]
XXIIIn Texas at Last[211]
XXIIIAt the Engineering Camp[221]
XXIVA Midnight Alarm[230]
XXVThe Mexican Raiders[239]
XXVIThe Chase on the Bridge[249]
XXVIIAcross the Rio Grande[259]
XXVIIIA Strange Discovery[269]
XXIXThe Capture[278]
XXXThe Fortune Recovered––Conclusion[288]