CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. THE ESSEX CLASSICAL INSTITUTE.[9]
II. IN THE CARS.[18]
III. AT HOME.[28]
IV. JACOB DRUMMOND, OF STAPLETON.[33]
V. JACOB DRUMMOND—CONTINUED.[38]
VI. FUTURE PLANS.[48]
VII. MR. DRUMMOND'S HUMBLE ROOF.[58]
VIII. WALTER MAKES A REVELATION.[68]
IX. HOW MR. DRUMMOND TOOK THE NEWS.[78]
X. MR. DRUMMOND'S STORE.[88]
XI. JOSHUA STIRS UP THE WRONG CUSTOMER.[98]
XII. AFTER THE BATTLE.[108]
XIII. THE ARROW AND THE PIONEER.[117]
XIV. A BRILLIANT SCHEME.[127]
XV. WAYS AND MEANS.[137]
XVI. JOSHUA TRIES KEEPING STORE.[146]
XVII. JOSHUA'S DISAPPOINTMENT.[155]
XVIII. WALTER FINDS HIMSELF IN HOT WATER.[165]
XIX. THE TABLES ARE TURNED.[175]
XX. IN WHICH JOSHUA COMES TO GRIEF.[185]
XXI. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.[195]
XXII. MESSRS. FLINT AND PUSHER.[206]
XXIII. WALTER LOSES HIS MONEY.[216]
XXIV. SLIPPERY DICK.[226]
XXV. A HARD CUSTOMER.[236]
XXVI. BUSINESS EXPERIENCES.[246]
XXVII. A CABIN IN THE WOODS.[256]
XXVIII. STRANGE ACQUAINTANCES.[266]
XXIX. DANGER THREATENS.[276]
XXX. THE ROBBER WALKS INTO A TRAP.[286]
XXXI. WALTER'S ESCAPE.[296]
XXXII. A STRANGE HIDING-PLACE.[306]
XXXIII. WALTER SHOWS STRATEGY.[317]
XXXIV. DELIVERANCE.[326]
XXXV. THE LAST OF JACK MANGUM.[335]
XXXVI. JOSHUA BIDS GOOD-BY TO STAPLETON.[345]
XXXVII. CONCLUSION.[355]

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