CONTENTS

[CHAPTER XIX ]
Harry Brierly Infatuated With Laura and Proposes She Visit Washington
[CHAPTER XX]
Senator Abner Dilwortliy Visits Hawkeye—Addresses the People and Makes the Acquaintance of Laura 186
[CHAPTER XXI]
Ruth Bolton at Fallkill Seminary—The Montagues—Ruth Becomes Quite Gay—Alice Montague
[CHAPTER XXII]
Philip and Harry Visit Fallkill—Harry Does the Agreeable to Ruth
[CHAPTER XXIII]
Harry at Washington Lobbying For An Appropriation For Stone's Landing —Philip in New York Studying Engineering
[CHAPTER XXIV]
Washington and Its Sights—The Appropriation Bill Reported From the Committee and Passed
[CHAPTER XXV]
Energetic Movements at Stone's Landing—Everything Booming—A Grand Smash Up
[CHAPTER XXVI]
The Boltons—Ruth at Home—Visitors and Speculations
[CHAPTER XXVII]
Col Sellers Comforts His Wife With His Views on the Prospects

[CHAPTER XIX ]
Harry Brierly Infatuated With Laura and Proposes She Visit Washington
[CHAPTER XX]
Senator Abner Dilwortliy Visits Hawkeye—Addresses the People and Makes the Acquaintance of Laura 186
[CHAPTER XXI]
Ruth Bolton at Fallkill Seminary—The Montagues—Ruth Becomes Quite Gay—Alice Montague
[CHAPTER XXII]
Philip and Harry Visit Fallkill—Harry Does the Agreeable to Ruth
[CHAPTER XXIII]
Harry at Washington Lobbying For An Appropriation For Stone's Landing —Philip in New York Studying Engineering
[CHAPTER XXIV]
Washington and Its Sights—The Appropriation Bill Reported From the Committee and Passed
[CHAPTER XXV]
Energetic Movements at Stone's Landing—Everything Booming—A Grand Smash Up
[CHAPTER XXVI]
The Boltons—Ruth at Home—Visitors and Speculations
[CHAPTER XXVII]
Col Sellers Comforts His Wife With His Views on the Prospects

[CHAPTER XIX ]
Harry Brierly Infatuated With Laura and Proposes She Visit Washington
[CHAPTER XX]
Senator Abner Dilwortliy Visits Hawkeye—Addresses the People and Makes the Acquaintance of Laura 186
[CHAPTER XXI]
Ruth Bolton at Fallkill Seminary—The Montagues—Ruth Becomes Quite Gay—Alice Montague
[CHAPTER XXII]
Philip and Harry Visit Fallkill—Harry Does the Agreeable to Ruth
[CHAPTER XXIII]
Harry at Washington Lobbying For An Appropriation For Stone's Landing —Philip in New York Studying Engineering
[CHAPTER XXIV]
Washington and Its Sights—The Appropriation Bill Reported From the Committee and Passed
[CHAPTER XXV]
Energetic Movements at Stone's Landing—Everything Booming—A Grand Smash Up
[CHAPTER XXVI]
The Boltons—Ruth at Home—Visitors and Speculations
[CHAPTER XXVII]
Col Sellers Comforts His Wife With His Views on the Prospects

[CHAPTER XIX ]
Harry Brierly Infatuated With Laura and Proposes She Visit Washington
[CHAPTER XX]
Senator Abner Dilwortliy Visits Hawkeye—Addresses the People and Makes the Acquaintance of Laura 186
[CHAPTER XXI]
Ruth Bolton at Fallkill Seminary—The Montagues—Ruth Becomes Quite Gay—Alice Montague
[CHAPTER XXII]
Philip and Harry Visit Fallkill—Harry Does the Agreeable to Ruth
[CHAPTER XXIII]
Harry at Washington Lobbying For An Appropriation For Stone's Landing —Philip in New York Studying Engineering
[CHAPTER XXIV]
Washington and Its Sights—The Appropriation Bill Reported From the Committee and Passed
[CHAPTER XXV]
Energetic Movements at Stone's Landing—Everything Booming—A Grand Smash Up
[CHAPTER XXVI]
The Boltons—Ruth at Home—Visitors and Speculations
[CHAPTER XXVII]
Col Sellers Comforts His Wife With His Views on the Prospects

ILLUSTRATIONS

64. [NOT EASILY REFERRED]
65. [ORDER, GENTLEMEN]
66. [THE SENATOR'S WALK]
67. [RESIDENCE OF SQUIRE MONTAGUE]
68. [INSIDE THE MANSION]
69. [RUTH DISSIPATING]
70. [TAIL PIECE]
71. [ANTICIPATION]
72. [REALITY]
73. [PHILIP HEARS HARRY ENTERTAINING RUTH]
74. [AN ENTERTAINING FELLOW]
75. [HARRY EXPLAINS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE]
76. [PHILIP STUDYING]
77. ["KEEP OUT OF HERE, SIR!"]
78. [AN OLD ONE]
79. [A PROMENADE OUTFIT]
80. [REARED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY]
81. [BENEFIT OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE]
82. [TAIL PIECE]
83. [VISIONS OF A HAPPY MAN]
84. [EXODUS OF THE NATIVES]
85. [HARRY BRIERLY FLIES FROM THE MOB]
86. [ENJOYING THE BONFIRE]
87. [BROTHER PLUM]
88. [RUTH AT HOME]
89. [MAP OF THE SALT LICK BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC R. R.]
90. [RESULT OF A STRAIGHT LINE]

CHAPTER XIX.

Mr. Harry Brierly drew his pay as an engineer while he was living at the City Hotel in Hawkeye. Mr. Thompson had been kind enough to say that it didn't make any difference whether he was with the corps or not; and although Harry protested to the Colonel daily and to Washington Hawkins that he must go back at once to the line and superintend the lay-out with reference to his contract, yet he did not go, but wrote instead long letters to Philip, instructing him to keep his eye out, and to let him know when any difficulty occurred that required his presence.