CONTENTS

I.[I Discover the Printing-office]
II.[I Step Boldly into the Story]
III.[Anthy]
IV.[Enter Mr. Ed Smith]
V.[Nort]
VI.[A Man to Help Fergu]s
VII.[Phaëton Drives the Chariot of the Star]
VIII.[Nort and Anthy]
IX.[A Letter to Lincoln]
X.[The Wonderful Day]
XI.[In Which Great Plans Are Evolved, and There Is a Surprising Event]
XII.[The Explosion]
XIII.[Anthy Takes Command]
XIV.[We Begin the Subjugation of Nort]
XV.[I Get Better Acquainted with Anthy]
XVI.[The Old Captain Comes into His Own]
XVII.[In Which Certain Deep Matters of the Heart Are Presented]
XVIII.[Nort Sniffs]
XIX.[Fergus's Favourite Poem]
XX.[The Celebration]
XXI.[Starlight]
XXII.[Fergus and Nort]
XXIII.[The Battle]
XXIV.[Two Letters]
XXV.[The Flying machine]
XXVI.[The Return of the Prodigal]
XXVII.[Fergus MacGregor Goes to the Hills]

ILLUSTRATIONS

["Yes, surrendered. Haven't you sent for money? Haven't you given up? Aren't you trying to run away?"]
[Ed's innocent suggestion of a house-cleaning was taken by Fergus as a deadly affront]
[John Bass's blacksmith shop]
[He pictured himself sitting in the quiet study of the minister, looking sad, sad ...]
[What a thing is youth! That sunny morning in Hempfield Nort thought that he was drinking the uttermost dregs of life—and yet, somehow, he was able to stand a little aside and enjoy it all]
["Well!" exclaimed Nort, drawing a long breath, "I never imagined it would feel so good to be orfunts"]
[She turned around quickly—but there was no one there to see]
[After that she opened her heart more and more to me—a little here, a little there]
["David, I saw a face looking in at that window"]

Illustrations in Text