Tom leaped upon the mountaineer's back.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [On the Mountain Side ]11
II. [A Picket Shot ]30
III. [The Doctor's Plans ]40
IV. [A New Declaration of Independence ]46
V. [The Building of a Cabin ]55
VI. [After Supper ]71
VII. [A "Painter" ]78
VIII. [The Condition of the Moonshiners ]94
IX. [A Sunday Discussion ]100
X. [Beginning Work ]108
XI. [An Armed Negotiation ]115
XII. [A Midnight Alarm ]122
XIII. [A Night of Searching ]129
XIV. [Tom Gives an Account of Himself ]136
XV. [Two Shots that Hit ]142
XVI. [The Doctor Explains ]156
XVII. [Christmas in Camp Venture ]165
XVIII. [Parole ]175
XIX. [A Stress of Circumstances ]188
XX. [In Perilous Plight ]199
XXI. [An Enemy to the Rescue ]205
XXII. [All Night Work ]211
XXIII. [A Loan Negotiated ]224
XXIV. [In the High Mountains ]232
XXV. [A Difficulty ]247
XXVI. [The Doctor's Talk ]254
XXVII. [Some Features of the Situation ]262
XXVIII. [The Capture of Camp Venture ]268
XXIX. [A Puzzling Situation ]285
XXX. [A Point of Honor ]297
XXXI. [Corporal Jenkins's March ]301
XXXII. [The Lieutenant's Wrath ]307
XXXIII. [A Homing Prospect ]312
XXXIV. [In the Hands of the Enemy ]317
XXXV. [The End of Camp Venture ]326
XXXVI. [A Start Down the Mountain ]332
XXXVII. [Down the Mountain ]339
XXXVIII. [Old King Coal ]344
XXXIX. [The Doctor Sings ]351
XL. [Tom's Journey ]358
XLI. ["His Majesty the King" ]366
XLII. [In the Service of the King ]381
XLIII. [The Camp Venture Mining Company ]389
XLIV. [Little Tom at the End of it All ]396