CHAPTER	PAGE
I.	The "Chums."	[3]
II.	A New Acquaintance.	[12]
III.	The Cabin of the Moonlighters.	[21]
IV.	A Regular Siege.	[29]
V.	Bob's Scheme.	[37]
VI.	Torpedoing an Oil-well.	[45]
VII.	Mr. Newcombe's Certainty	[53]
VIII.	New Quarters.	[61]
IX.	The Night Drive of the Torpedo Wagon.	[70]
X.	The Return.	[78]
XI.	The Storm in the Valley.	[86]
XII.	The Conflagration.	[94]
XIII.	A Fruitless Search.	[103]
XIV.	The Pursuit.	[111]
XV.	The Arrest.	[119]
XVI.	Pleading for Liberty.	[127]
XVII.	Near Neighbors.	[134]
XVIII.	In a Trap.	[142]
XIX.	Close Quarters.	[149]
XX.	A Souvenir of the Thieves.	[156]
XXI.	Prospecting.	[163]
XXII.	A Cruel Deed.	[171]
XXIII.	The Town Ordinance.	[178]
XXIV.	Bob's Industry.	[186]
XXV.	The Work Begun.	[194]
XXVI.	Drilling an Oil Well.	[201]
XXVII.	"The Harnett."	[208]
XXVIII.	Red Rock.	[216]
XXIX.	The Examination.	[224]
XXX.	Legal Moonlighters.	[231]
XXXI.	The Shot.	[238]
XXXII.	Massie's Scheme.	[245]
XXXIII.	Holding Possession.	[252]
XXXIV.	The Missing Witness.	[260]
XXXV.	Massie's Failure.	[269]

RALPH GURNEY'S OIL
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