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TOM THATCHER’S FORTUNE


CHAPTER Page
I.AN OLD LETTER.[5]
II.THE YOUNG RIVALS.[11]
III.THE RACE ON ROUND POND.[14]
IV.A FALSE FRIEND.[24]
V.DARIUS DARKE.[31]
VI.ENDS IN A FIRE.[38]
VII.THE MIDNIGHT FIRE.[45]
VIII.THE BARN LOFT.[50]
IX.AN UNEXPECTED CHARGE.[55]
X.IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT.[59]
XI.A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE.[66]
XII.TOM’S JOURNEY.[71]
XIII.A CHEAP OVERCOAT.[78]
XIV.THE TRAMP TRANSFORMED.[84]
XV.THE TRAGEDY AT ROCKY GULCH.[91]
XVI.TOM’S VISIT TO PEARL STREET.[97]
XVII.TOM GAINS A VICTORY.[103]
XVIII.DO THE DEAD LIVE?[108]
XIX.TOM STARTS ON HIS JOURNEY.[113]
XX.A HOTEL ACQUAINTANCE.[116]
XXI.TOM’S NEW EMPLOYER.[120]
XXII.A ROUGH DIAMOND.[126]
XXIII.PETER BRUSH, THE HUNTER.[131]
XXIV.MR. BURNETT BEATS A RETREAT.[135]
XXV.A SOLITARY WALK.[139]
XXVI.PERCY BURNETT UNMASKS.[143]
XXVII.A FRIEND IN NEED.[148]
XXVIII.HOW PETER BRUSH CAME TO THE RESCUE.[153]
XXIX.THE PACIFIC TRAIL.[159]
XXX.THE MAN WITHOUT A SCALP.[163]
XXXI.TWO NEW COMRADES.[166]
XXXII.A STARTLING SIGHT.[171]
XXXIII.TAKEN CAPTIVE.[175]
XXXIV.TWO POWWOWS.[179]
XXXV.HOW TOM PASSED THE NIGHT.[183]
XXXVI.TOM’S DEADLY PERIL.[186]
XXXVII.THE INDIANS ADOPT TOM.[192]
XXXVIII.THREE MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY.[197]
XXXIX.THE CABIN AT ROCKY GULCH.[201]
XL.TOM FINDS HIMSELF RICH.[208]
XLI.TOM AND THE GRIZZLY.[213]
XLII.A STARTLING DISCLOSURE.[219]
XLIII.TOM COMES INTO A FORTUNE.[224]
XLIV.A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.[228]
XLV.HOW THINGS WENT ON AT HOME.[233]
XLVI.MRS. THATCHER LOSES HER NEW HOME.[238]
XLVII.A DOUBLE SURPRISE.[244]
XLVIII.RETRIBUTION OVERTAKES JOHN SIMPSON.[251]
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
BY WILLIAM BENNET.
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THAT BELL!
BY PAUL BLAKE.
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At a glance, Tom saw the bear watching the man crouching among the branches. [Page 217.]