CHAPTER I. [AT LONGVIEW]II. [JACK IN TROUBLE]III. [JACK'S RESOLUTION]IV. [JACK STARTS ON HIS JOURNEY]V. [JACK GOES IN SEARCH OF NIGGER]VI. [JACK IS DESERTED]VII. [JACK IS RESCUED]VIII. [WHAT JACK LEARNED FROM PEDRO]IX. [JACK ARRIVES AT SWIFT CREEK RANCH]X. [JACK'S VISIT AT SWIFT CREEK RANCH]XI. [JACK CROSSES THE RANGE WITH CHAMPION JOE]XII. [AT LAST!]LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.[ 'THEN BEGAN A TERRIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE HORSE' . . . Frontispiece ][ 'JACK COULD HELP HIS FATHER, TOO, WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME' ][ 'HE RUSHED OFF TO THE WOODSHED, AND WEPT AS IF HIS HEART WOULD BREAK' ][ 'HE GOT OUT OF HIS WINDOW' ][ 'JACK STRUCK UP "FOR EVER WITH THE LORD"' ][ '"YOU'D BETTER NOT COME BACK WITHOUT THE HORSE"' ][ 'JACK FOUGHT HARD, BUT THEY WERE TOO MANY FOR HIM' ][ '"HERE," SAID THE MEXICAN, "DRINK THIS"' ]