Transcriber's Note.

The Table of Contents is not part of the original book.

In [page 212] there is an incomplete sentence "Poor Tad was". This sentence is incomplete in this book as well as the many editions verified.

[See page [290]
THE COLD BREEZE ENLIVENED THEM, THE STERNNESS OF THE SWIFT, CRUEL RIVER AND MILES OF BROWN SHORE MADE THEM GRAVELY HAPPY.