CONTENTS.

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I.—A Prince and Princess Go in Search of Adventures[1]
II.—A Present from a Fairy GodMother[8]
III.—Brace Barlow the “Moonlighter”[17]
IV.—A Torpedo Man’s Peril[25]
V.—Arthur and His Cousins[33]
VI.—A Gallant Rescue and Its Reward[40]
VII.—Uncle Phin’s Plan[49]
VIII.—Awakened at Midnight[58]
IX.—A Hurried Flight[66]
X.—On Board the Ark[74]
XI.—Uncle Phin’s Danger[82]
XII.—A Torrent of Flame[90]
XIII.—How the Ark was Saved[98]
XIV.—A Camp of Tramps[107]
XV.—Arthur’s Fight to Save Rusty[115]
XVI.—The Meaning of Some Queer Signs[123]
XVII.—Pleasant Driftings[130]
XVIII.—The Ark is Stolen[139]
XIX.—Penniless Wanderers in a Strange City[148]
XX.—A Railroad Experience[154]
XXI.—Carried Off in a Freight Car[164]
XXII.—Saving the Keystone Express[172]
XXIII.—Crossing the Alleghanies[182]
XXIV.—A Brave Struggle with Poverty[189]
XXV.—Finding a Home[199]
XXVI.—Colonel Dale of Dalecourt[207]
XXVII.—A “Genuine Chump”[216]
XXVIII.—A Few Facts Concerning Petroleum[224]
XXIX.—Locating an Oil Well[234]
XXX.—The Dale-Dustin Mystery[243]
XXXI.—A Bitter Disappointment[250]
XXXII.—Shooting a “Duster”[259]
XXXIII.—Saved by the Sign of the Tramp[266]
XXXIV.—An Oil Scout Outwitted[274]
XXXV.—Developing an Oil Region[283]
XXXVI.—Arthur Remembers His Friends[290]