CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | [A Question of Nerve ] | 1 |
| II | [Laying Plans ] | 12 |
| III | [The Camp by the Wayside ] | 21 |
| IV | [Things Begin to Happen ] | 30 |
| V | [Jed, the Runaway Bound Boy ] | 38 |
| VI | [Farmer Dobson Changes His Mind ] | 47 |
| VII | [The Unexpected Happens ] | 57 |
| VIII | [Everything Seems to Come Their Way ] | 66 |
| IX | [Frank Tries to Solve the Riddle ] | 75 |
| X | [The "Tote" Road in the Forest ] | 84 |
| XI | [Farmer Dobson and His Prize Bull ] | 93 |
| XII | [The Night Alarm ] | 101 |
| XIII | [A Change of Base ] | 110 |
| XIV | [Fighting the Quicksand ] | 121 |
| XV | [Jerry Makes a Guess ] | 129 |
| XVI | [A Time for Quick Action ] | 137 |
| XVII | [The News Adolphus Brought ] | 146 |
| XVIII | [The Den of Vipers ] | 155 |
| XIX | [An Order to Vacate ] | 164 |
| XX | [A Morning with the Black Bass ] | 172 |
| XXI | [The Sheriff Dips Into Fairy Stories ] | 183 |
| XXII | [Paddling Across Lake Surprise ] | 192 |
| XXIII | [Doctor Will to the Front ] | 200 |
| XXIV | [The Proof of the Negative ] | 208 |
| XXV | [Conclusion ] | 217 |