CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. THE PEACEMAKER.[5]
CHAPTER II. THE CALL TO SCHOOL.[9]
CHAPTER III. STARTLING NEWS.[17]
CHAPTER IV. ON GUARD.[32]
CHAPTER V. BRAVE WORK.[41]
CHAPTER VI. ON THE OUTSIDE.[56]
CHAPTER VII. "THE LION IS LOOSE!"[64]
CHAPTER VIII. A DAY OF EXCITEMENT IN TOTTENVILLE.[72]
CHAPTER IX. SEVERAL MISHAPS.[88]
CHAPTER X. A BRAVE ACT.[97]
CHAPTER XI. A REWARD WELL EARNED.[104]
CHAPTER XII. A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.[119]
CHAPTER XIII. THE EAVESDROPPER.[133]
CHAPTER XIV. FRED'S BEST FRIEND.[146]
CHAPTER XV. THE MEETING IN THE WOOD.[167]
CHAPTER XVI. BUD'S MISHAPS.[175]
CHAPTER XVII. TWO UNEXPECTED VISITORS.[182]
CHAPTER XVIII. EUREKA![196]
CHAPTER XIX. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.[204]
CHAPTER XX. ALL IN GOOD TIME.[212]
CHAPTER XXI. HOW IT WAS DONE.[219]
CHAPTER XXII. AN ATTEMPTED RESCUE.[226]
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SILVERWARE RETURNED.[241]
THE WALNUT ROD. BY R. F. COLWELL.[251]
HOW THE HATCHET WAS BURIED. BY OCTAVIA CARROLL.[260]
HANSCHEN AND THE HARES. FROM THE GERMAN, BY ELLEN T. SULLIVAN.[275]

A YOUNG HERO.