CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I [THE LONE FIGURE] 1 II [A PATHETIC SIGHT] 5 III [THREE GOOD TURNS] 9 IV [THE FIVE REELER] 15 V [R-R-R-ROBBERS!] 20 VI [A MESSAGE IN THE DARK] 24 VII [LOCKED DOORS] 28 VIII [A DISCOVERY] 32 IX [THE TENTH CASE] 36 X [A RACE WITH DEATH] 41 XI [A RURAL PARADISE] 45 XII [ENTER THE GENUINE ARTICLE] 48 XIII [A FRIEND IN NEED] 56 XIV [SAVED!] 61 XV [IN CAMP] 65 XVI [FOOTPRINTS] 74 XVII [ACTION] 80 XVIII [THE MESSAGE] 84 XIX [PAGE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR] 88 XX [STOP!] 92 XXI [SEEIN' THINGS] 97 XXII [HARK! THE CONQUERING HERO COMES] 104 XXIII [PETER FINDS A WAY] 109 XXIV [DESERTED] 114 XXV [BEDLAM] 122 XXVI [THE CULPRIT AT THE BAR] 128 XXVII [SOME NOISE] 134 XXVIII [ON THE TRAIL] 138 XXIX [VOICES] 142 XXX [FACE TO FACE] 146 XXXI [ALONE] 154 XXXII [ON TO BRIDGEBORO] 159 XXXIII [HARK! THE CONQUERING HERO COMES BACK] 165 XXXIV [PEE-WEE HOLDS FORTH] 169 XXXV [SCOUTMASTER NED DOESN'T SEE] 174 XXXVI [MORE HARDLING] 180 XXXVII [HINTS] 185 XXXVIII [THE FIXER] 192 XXXIX [BETRAYED!] 197 XL [GUESS AGAIN] 206