CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.[Evil Tidings],9
II.[Bull-dog],16
III.[The Resolution],31
IV.[The Vaughan Pit],39
V.[Setting to Work],49
VI."[The Old Shaft],"54
VII.[Friendship],64
VIII.[Progress],74
IX.[The Great Strike],80
X.[Hard Times],96
XI.[The Attack on the Engine-house],105
XII.[After the Strike],117
XIII.[A Heavy Loss],124
XIV.[The Night-school],134
XV.[The Sewing-class],146
XVI.[A New Life],156
XVII.[The Dog Fight],166
XVIII.[Stokebridge Feast],173
XIX.[The Great Riot],183
XX.[The Arm of the Law],193
XXI.[A Knotty Question],201
XXII.[The Solution],209
XXIII.[The Explosion at the Vaughan],222
XXIV.[In Deadly Peril],235
XXV.[The Imprisoned Miners],239
XXVI.[A Critical Moment],253
XXVII.[Rescued],259
XXVIII.[Changes],274
XXIX.[The New Manager],283
XXX.[Risen],289
XXXI.[Conclusion],298

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
[Bulldog finds a Friend],Frontispiece.
[In the Old Shaft—Can he be Saved?]58
[Nelly's First Lesson],70
[A Life or Death Struggle],113
[Jack is Victorious],170
[The New Schoolmistress],217
[After the First Explosion—The Search Party],237
[Saved!]270