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CONTENTS
[Chapter I. The Bootblack and the Deacon.]
[Chapter II. A Boy to the Rescue.]
[Chapter III. An Astounding Proposition.]
[Chapter V. Surprise Upon Surprise.]
[Chapter VI. Carrying the News.]
[Chapter VII. The Deacon’s Story.]
[Chapter VIII. A Prince in Rags.]
[Chapter IX. A Startling Surprise.]
[Chapter X. ’Squire Hardy Outwitted.]
[Chapter XII. Little Hickory Aroused.]
[Chapter XIII. An Unexpected Champion.]
[Chapter XIV. A Written Notice.]
[Chapter XV. Defying a Tiger.]
[Chapter XVI. A Tussle With a Tiger.]
[Chapter XVII. A Friendly Call.]
[Chapter XVIII. The Rebellion at Dawn.]
[Chapter XIX. A Fight to the Finish.]
[Chapter XX. A Shower of Bullets.]
[Chapter XXI. A Startling Predicament.]
[Chapter XXII. A Fourth of July “Oration.”]
[Chapter XXIII. “Stop! That’s My Oration!”]
[Chapter XXIV. “Hide Me Somewhere!”]
[Chapter XXV. Trials and Triumphs.]
[Chapter XXVI. From Bad to Worse.]
[Chapter XXVII. “It Never Rains But It Pours.”]
[Chapter XXVIII. The Skeleton in the Cellar.]
[Chapter XXIX. “I Am Gideon Bayne.”]
[Chapter XXX. The Triumph of Right.]
No. 4
BOUND TO WIN LIBRARY
LITTLE HICKORY
or Ragged Rob’s Young Republic
BY
VICTOR ST. CLAIR
STREET & SMITH · PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK