Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
Preface[ix]
I. The Mission[1]
II. Brush[15]
III. Edwin[30]
IV. Little Bob[45]
V. Warren[51]
VI. Lester[63]
VII. The Splinter, the Thorn, and the Rib[77]
VIII. Fraudulent Holidays[93]
IX. William T. Sherman[104]
X. A Runaway[121]
XI. A New Study[140]
XII. Ponka Boys[152]
XIII. The Secret of the Big Seven[163]
XIV. A Rebuke[182]
XV. Joe[195]
XVI. The Break[201]