THE PRODIGAL JUDGE
By Vaughan Kester
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE BOY AT THE BARONY
[ CHAPTER II. ] YANCY TELLS A MORAL TALE
[ CHAPTER III. ] TROUBLE AT SCRATCH HILL
[ CHAPTER IV. ] LAW AT BALAAM'S CROSS-ROADS
[ CHAPTER V. ] THE ENCOUNTER
[ CHAPTER VI. ] BETTY SETS OUT FOR TENNESSEE
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE FIGHT AT SLOSSON'S TAVERN
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] ON THE RIVER
[ CHAPTER IX. ] JUDGE SLOCUM PRICE
[ CHAPTER X. ] BOON COMPANIONS
[ CHAPTER XI. ] THE ORATOR OF THE DAY
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE FAMILY ON THE RAFT
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE JUDGE BREAKS JAIL
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] BELLE PLAIN
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE SHOOTING-MATCH AT BOGGS'
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE PORTAL OF HOPE
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] BOB YANCY FINDS HIMSELF
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] AN ORPHAN MAN OF TITLE
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] THE JUDGE SEES A GHOST
[ CHAPTER XX. ] THE WARNING
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] THICKET POINT
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] AT THE CHURCH DOOR
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] THE JUDGE OFFERS A REWARD
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] THE CABIN ACROSS THE BAYOU
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] THE JUDGE EXTENDS HIS CREDIT
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] BETTY LEAVES BELLE PLAIN
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] PRISONERS
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE JUDGE MEETS THE SITUATION
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] COLONEL FENTRESS
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] THE BUBBLE BURSTS
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] THE KEEL BOAT
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] THE RAFT AGAIN
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] THE JUDGE RECEIVES A LETTER
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] THE DUEL
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] A CRISIS AT THE COURT-HOUSE
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] THE END AND THE BEGINNING