| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Silas Morgan, | [5] |
| II. | The Brothers, | [17] |
| III. | The Mysterious Letter, | [31] |
| IV. | Hobson's House, | [45] |
| V. | What Dan Overheard, | [55] |
| VI. | The Young Game-Warden, | [66] |
| VII. | Brotherly Love, | [77] |
| VIII. | Joe's Plans in Danger, | [89] |
| IX. | Volunteers, | [100] |
| X. | Why the Letter was Written, | [109] |
| XI. | The Plot Succeeds, | [121] |
| XII. | A Mystery, | [134] |
| XIII. | Dan is Scared, | [146] |
| XIV. | The "Hant," | [158] |
| XV. | Joe's New Home, | [169] |
| XVI. | Joe's "First Official Act," | [181] |
| XVII. | Who Fired the Four Shots? | [194] |
| XVIII. | Dan's Secret, | [205] |
| XIX. | Dan Tells his Story, | [216] |
| XX. | A Run for Home, | [228] |
| XXI. | A Treacherous Guide, | [240] |
| XXII. | Mr. Brown takes his Departure, | [252] |
| XXIII. | Exploring the Cave, | [264] |
| XXIV. | Robbers, | [277] |
| XXV. | What the Grip-Sack Contained, | [289] |
| XXVI. | Mr. Hallet Hears the News, | [302] |
| XXVII. | Joe's Plans, | [315] |
| XXVIII. | Capture of Bob Emerson, | [326] |
| XXIX. | The Hunt for the Robbers, | [338] |
| XXX. | Brierly's Squad Captures a Robber, | [350] |
| XXXI. | Silas in Luck at Last, | [362] |
| XXXII. | Bob Emerson's Story, | [374] |
| XXXIII. | Turning Over a New Leaf, | [386] |
| XXXIV. | The Transformation, | [399] |
THE
YOUNG GAME-WARDEN.
CHAPTER I. SILAS MORGAN.
"I do think in my soul that of all the mean things a white man has to do, hauling wood on a hot day like this is the very meanest."
The speaker was Silas Morgan—a tall, broad-shouldered man, whose tattered garments and snail-like movements proclaimed him to be the very personification of indolence and shiftlessness.
As he spoke, he took off his hat and drew his shirt-sleeve across his dripping forehead, while the lazy old horse, which had pulled the rickety wood-rack up the long, steep hill from the beach, lowered his head, dropped his ears, and fell fast asleep.