CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Adrift | [1] |
| II. | At Aunt Nancy's | [14] |
| III. | Learning to Milk | [28] |
| IV. | Louis's Adventure | [40] |
| V. | An Encounter | [52] |
| VI. | A Mental Struggle | [64] |
| VII. | Farmer Pratt | [75] |
| VIII. | A Second Warning | [88] |
| IX. | The Alarm | [99] |
| X. | Sickness | [111] |
| XI. | Gardening | [122] |
| XII. | Louis's Adventure | [137] |
| XIII. | The Sewing Circle | [152] |
| XIV. | After the Storm | [167] |
| XV. | Brother Abner | [179] |
| XVI. | A Hurried Departure | [191] |
| XVII. | Camp Meeting | [204] |
| XVIII. | A Disaster | [218] |
| XIX. | Jack's Proposition | [232] |
| XX. | Bill dean | [247] |
| XXI. | Startling Informs tion | [261] |
| XXII. | The Arrival | [273] |
JACK THE HUNCHBACK.
Chapter I.
ADRIFT.
Tom Pratt firmly believed he was the most unfortunate boy in Maine when, on a certain June morning, his father sent him to the beach for a load of seaweed.
Tom had never been in love with a farmer's life.
He fancied that in any other sphere of action he could succeed, if not better, certainly more easily, than by weeding turnips or hoeing corn on the not very productive farm.