CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
IOff for a Sleigh-ride[1]
IISomething of the Past[13]
IIIThe Team that Ran Away[22]
IVWard Porton Again[32]
VWhat Asa Dickley Had to Say[42]
VIMore Trouble[53]
VIIFace to Face[63]
VIIIThe Basswood Fortune[72]
IXSomething About Miniatures[82]
XThe Big Sleighing-Party[93]
XIHeld by the Blizzard[104]
XIITim Crapsey’s Plot[114]
XIIIWhat Washington Bones had to Tell[124]
XIVMovements of the Enemy[133]
XVThe Return to Crumville[143]
XVIHow the Miniatures Disappeared[153]
XVIIA Vain Search[163]
XVIIIThe Civil Engineering Examination[173]
XIXOff for Texas[181]
XXIn New York City[191]
XXIDave in Washington[201]
XXIIIn Texas at Last[211]
XXIIIAt the Engineering Camp[221]
XXIVA Midnight Alarm[230]
XXVThe Mexican Raiders[239]
XXVIThe Chase on the Bridge[249]
XXVIIAcross the Rio Grande[259]
XXVIIIA Strange Discovery[269]
XXIXThe Capture[278]
XXXThe Fortune Recovered––Conclusion[288]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The team left the roadway, and the next instant had crashed through
a frail railway fence (Page 24)
[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
He seized Porton’s upraised arm and backed the fellow against a tree[70]
From under the snow and the robes crawled the boys and the girls[102]
Slowly the train puffed in, and proved to be a freight[136]
The young people played games, sang, and danced to their hearts’ content[170]
The next instant he was dashing into the street[202]
“Here we are at the camp!” announced the guide[226]
“Hold tight, Roger! I’ll help you,” returned Dave, quickly[256]

1

DAVE PORTER AND HIS DOUBLE