Copyright 1890, by A. L. Burt.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I. THE TWO WANDERERS.[7]
II. THE FARM-HOUSE.[14]
III. RUDOLPH'S DISAPPOINTMENT.[20]
IV. SETTING A TRAP.[26]
V. AN ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.[33]
VI. ABNER'S RUSE.[37]
VII. A STRANGE HOTEL.[47]
VIII. TONY HIRES OUT AS A COOK AND HOUSEKEEPER.[54]
IX. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.[61]
X. THE TRAMP'S UNEXPECTED DEFEAT.[68]
XI. THE PRISONER.[74]
XII. TONY STARTS OUT ONCE MORE.[81]
XIII. TONY GETS A PLACE.[88]
XIV. TONY'S RIVAL.[92]
XV. THE BOYS' DUEL.[96]
XVI. RUDOLPH ESCAPES AND SEES AN ADVERTISEMENT.[103]
XVII. THE LADY AT THE ST. NICHOLAS.[110]
XVIII. TWO CONSPIRATORS.[116]
XIX. THE WICKED COMPACT.[123]
XX. THE FIGHTING QUAKER.[130]
XXI. RUDOLPH HEARS OF TONY.[134]
XXII. RUDOLPH FINDS TONY.[137]
XXIII. THE NEGLECTED WELL.[142]
XXIV. THE DEED IS DONE.[145]
XXV. "I HOLD YOU TO THE BOND."[152]
XXVI. TONY'S ESCAPE.[159]
XXVII. TONY IS DISCHARGED.[166]
XXVIII. THE WORLD BEFORE HIM.[173]
XXIX. A STRANGE ADVENTURE.[180]
XXX. BREAKFAST AT THE ST. NICHOLAS.[187]
XXXI. TONY AND HIS GUARDIAN SET UP HOUSEKEEPING.[194]
XXXII. HOME AGAIN.[201]
XXXIII. CAPTAIN GREGORY LOVELL.[208]
XXXIV. TONY ASTONISHES HIS OLD FRIENDS.[215]
XXXV. TONY'S BAD LUCK.[223]
XXXVI. "I HATE YOU!"[230]
XXXVII. MRS. MIDDLETON AND HER LOVER.[236]
XXXVIII. A STORMY INTERVIEW.[240]
XXXIX. TONY'S ESCAPE.[243]
XL. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.[249]
WHITMARSH'S REVENGE.[254]
THE BOY IN THE BUSH.[264]
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE.[273]
A THOUSAND A YEAR.[281]
A. L. BURT'S PUBLICATIONS[1]

TONY, THE HERO.


CHAPTER I. THE TWO WANDERERS.