CONTENTS

I. [ALL ABOARD FOR DIXIELAND!]
II. [THE START]
III. [A HANDICAP AT THE FIRST STATION]
IV. [THE SUDDEN PERIL]
V. [AROUSED AT MIDNIGHT]
VI. [STARTLING NEWS FROM NEAR HOME]
VII. [QUITE A SURPRISE PASTY]
VIII. [LEFT IN THE LURCH]
IX. [THE SWIFT RUN OF THE "TRAMP"]
X. [IN A KENTUCKY COVE]
XI. [TURNING THE TABLES ON THE BANK ROBBERS]
XII. ["LUCKY JACK!"]
XIII. [THE "WIRELESS" IN TOW]
XIV. [SIGNS OF THE SUNNY SOUTH]
XV. [BUSTER TAKES HOPE]
XVI. [ERASTUS, THE HOUSEBURNER]
XVII. [THE SHERIFF'S POSSE]
XVIII. [AT THE MOUTH OF THE SUNFLOWER]
XIX. [IN THE LAND OF COTTON]
XX. [THE CASTAWAYS OF THE SWAMP]
XXI. [BUSTER FACES STARVATION]
XXII. [THE DISCOVERY]
XXIII. [THE WINNER OF THE CUP—CONCLUSION]

[Transcriber's note: The following two short stories were in the original book, but are not related to the above story. No author was given for them.]

[An Awakening at Alvin]

[Caught with a Scrap of Paper]

THE MOTOR BOAT BOYS'
MISSISSIPPI CRUISE;