CONTENTS.
[CHAPTER I.]
Which tells about Sevenoaks, and how Miss Butterworth passed one of her evenings
[CHAPTER II.]
Mr. Belcher carries his point at the town-meeting, and the poor are knocked down to Thomas Buffum
[CHAPTER III]
In which Jim Fenton is introduced to the reader and introduces himself to Miss Butterworth
[CHAPTER IV.]
In which Jim Fenton applies for lodgings at Tom Buffum's boarding-house, and finds his old friend
[CHAPTER V.]
In which Jim enlarges his accommodations and adopts a violent method of securing boarders
[CHAPTER VI.]
In which Sevenoaks experiences a great commotion, and comes to the conclusion that Benedict has met with foul play
[CHAPTER VII.]
In which Jim and Mike Conlin pass through a great trial and come out victorious
[CHAPTER VIII.]
In which Mr. Belcher visits New York, and becomes the Proprietor of "Palgrave's Folly."
[CHAPTER IX.]
Mrs. Talbot gives her little dinner party, and Mr. Belcher makes an exceedingly pleasant acquaintance
[CHAPTER X.]
Which tells how a lawyer spent his vacation in camp, and took home a specimen of game that he had never before found in the woods
[CHAPTER XI.]
Which records Mr. Belcher's connection with a great speculation and brings to a close his residence in Sevenoaks
[CHAPTER XII.]
In which Jim enlarges his plans for a house, and completes his plans for a house-keeper
[CHAPTER XIII.]
Which introduces several residents of Sevenoaks to the Metropolis and a new character to the reader
[CHAPTER XIV.]
Which tells of a great public meeting in Sevenoaks, the burning in effigy of Mr. Belcher, and that gentleman's interview with a reporter
[CHAPTER XV.]
Which tells about Mrs. Dillingham's Christmas and the New Year's Reception at the Palgrave Mansion
[CHAPTER XVI.]
Which gives an account of a voluntary and an involuntary visit of Sam Yates to Number Nine
[CHAPTER XVII.]
In which Jim constructs two happy-Davids, raises his hotel, and dismisses Sam Yates
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
In which Mrs. Dillingham makes some important discoveries, but fails to reveal them to the reader
[CHAPTER XIX.]
In which Mr. Belcher becomes President of the Crooked Valley Railroad, with large "Terminal facilities," and makes an adventure into a long-meditated crime
[CHAPTER XX.]
In which "the little woman" announces her engagement to Jim Fenton and receives the congratulations of her friends
[CHAPTER XXI.]
In which Jim gets the furniture into his house, and Mike Conlin gets another installment of advice into Jim
[CHAPTER XXII.]
In which Jim gets married, the new hotel receives its mistress, and Benedict confers a power of attorney
[CHAPTER XXIII.]
In which Mr. Belcher expresses his determination to become a "founder," but drops his noun in fear of a little verb of the same name
[CHAPTER XXIV.]
Wherein the General leaps the bounds of law, finds himself in a new world, and becomes the victim of his friends without knowing it
[CHAPTER XXV.]
In which the General goes through a great many trials, and meets at last the one he has so long anticipated
[CHAPTER XXVI.]
In which the case of "Benedict vs. Belcher" finds itself in court, an interesting question of identity is settled, and a mysterious
disappearance takes place
[CHAPTER XXVII.]
In which Phipps is not to be found, and the General is called upon to do his own lying
[CHAPTER XXVIII.]
In which a heavenly witness appears who cannot be cross-examined, and before which the defense utterly breaks down
[CHAPTER XXIX.]
Wherein Mr. Belcher, having exhibited his dirty record, shows a clean pair of heels
[CHAPTER XXX.]
Which gives the history of an anniversary, presents a tableau, and drops the curtain