CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Legacy and Legatee [11]
II. Master Montgomery Sturtevant [25]
III. Why Monty Did Not Go a-Fishing [40]
IV. Foxes' Gully [50]
V. Chestnuts and Gold Mines [64]
VI. The Brass Bound Box [82]
VII. The Grit of Moses Jones [95]
VIII. Hay-Loft Dreams [110]
IX. Squire Pettijohn [126]
X. Alfaretta's Perplexity [142]
XI. The Face in the Darkness [154]
XII. A Sturtevant—Perforce [168]
XIII. But—Sturtevant To the Rescue [187]
XIV. On a Saturday Afternoon [203]
XV. By the Old Stone Bridge [220]
XVI. The Cottage in the Wood [234]
XVII. A Self-elected Constable [248]
XVIII. Reuben Smith, Accessory [263]
XIX. What the Moon Saw in the Cornfield [278]
XX. Uninvited Guests [292]
XXI. A Neighborly Trick of the Wind [310]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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"At last it was out" (See page 81). [Frontispiece]
"He now lay stretched upon his owner's lap as she still sat on the floor" [27]
"'I feel so queer every little spell, an' I must get home'" [97]
"There, all anxiety forgotten, they dreamed dreams and saw visions" [120]
"Ma'am Puss extracted her own supper in advance of the family's" [148]
"Already one pumpkin pie was half-devoured" [230]
"But the late rising moon looked down upon a curious scene" [290]
"Each armed with a grinning Jack and somebody driving Whitey as a snowy guide" [324]