CONTENTS.

I.[The Prodigal and the Wager]
II.[The Start]
III.[Professional Advice]
IV.[Our Hero Meets his Destiny]
V.[Our Hero Eats the Bread of Charity]
VI.[Under the Cyclopean Eye]
VII.[The Pullman Box Car]
VIII.[A Block in the Way]
IX.[A Glimpse of Death]
X.[The March to Fort Duquesne]
XI.[A Mystery]
XII.[The Great Tramp Rendezvous]
XIII.[Introduces the Evangelist]
XIV.[An Uncomfortable Night]
XV.[The Hotel de Log]
XVI.[The Evangelist Invests in a Horse]
XVII.[Lickskillet has a Sensation]
XVIII.[Judge Lynch Holds Court]
XIX.[The Great Harvest Range]
XX.[Our Hero Reaches St. Louis]
XXI.[A Shave which has a Result]
XXII.[Off for New Orleans]
XXIII.[A Night on Deck]
XXIV.[Ben Walks the Plank]
XXV.[Our Hero Takes a Swim]
XXVI.[The Castaways]
XXVII.[Crusoe Life]
XXVIII.[Death Shakes Hands with the Castaways]
XXIX.[The Cruise of the "Roarer"]
XXX.[Ben Loses Hope and Turns Navigator]
XXXI.[New Orleans, 10 a.m., Oct. 2d]
XXXII.[The Little Partner]
XXXIII.[In at the Death]
XXXIV.[Conclusion]

A TIGHT SQUEEZE.


CHAPTER I.

THE PRODIGAL AND THE WAGER.

"Wasson, what is a tramp?"

"Dunno."