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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. IN WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL INTRODUCTIONS, 1

  II. IN WHICH TWO STRANGERS VISIT RED ROCK AND ARE INVITED TO COME AGAIN, 11

  III. THE VISITORS START SOUTH AGAIN, AND THEIR FORMER HOSTS GO TO MEET THEM, 33

  IV. IN WHICH A LONG JUMP IS TAKEN, 49

  V. DR. CARY RETURNS FROM THE WAR, AND TAKES AN INVENTORY OF STOCK, 56

  VI. A BROKEN SOLDIER COMES HOME FROM WAR, 63

  VII. THE CARY CONFERENCE, 78

  VIII. MR. HIRAM STILL TELLS HOW TO BRIDLE A SHY HORSE, AND CAPTAIN ALLEN LAYS DOWN HIS HOE, 86

  IX. MR. JONADAB LEECH TURNS UP WITH A CARPET-BAG AND OPENS HIS BUREAU, 96

  X. THE PROVOST MAKES HIS FIRST MOVE, 107

  XI. THE PROVOST CATCHES A TARTAR, AND CAPTAIN MIDDLETON SEEKS THE CONSOLATIONS OF RELIGION, 118

  XII. CAPTAIN ALLEN TAKES THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND JACQUELIN GRAY LOSES HIS BUTTONS AND SOME OLD PAPERS, 139

  XIII. STEVE ALLEN LEARNS MISS THOMASIA’S SECRET AND FORSWEARS CARDS, 155

  XIV. LEECH SECURES AN ORDER AND LOSES IT, 162

  XV. CAPTAIN MIDDLETON HAS A TEST OF PEACE, AND IS ORDERED WEST, 175

  XVI. THE NEW TROOP MEETS THE ENEMY, 186

  XVII. JACQUELIN GRAY GOES ON A LONG VOYAGE AND RED ROCK PASSES OUT OF HIS HANDS, 195

  XVIII. LEECH AS A STATESMAN AND DR. CARY AS A COLLECTOR OF BILLS, 207

  XIX. HIRAM STILL COLLECTS HIS DEBTS, 216

  XX. LEECH LOOKS HIGHER AND GETS A FALL, 228

  XXI. DR. CARY MEETS AN OLD COLLEGE MATE AND LEARNS THAT THE ATHENIANS ALSO PRACTISE HOSPITALITY, 241

  XXII. JACQUELIN GRAY COMES HOME AND CLAIMS A GRAVEYARD, 252

  XXIII. TWO NEW RESIDENTS COME TO THE COUNTY, 264

  XXIV. THE TRAVELLERS ARE ENTERTAINED IN A FARMHOUSE, 280

  XXV. THE TRICK-DOCTOR, 289

  XXVI. MAJOR WELCH AND RUTH BECOME RESIDENTS, 294

  XXVII. HIRAM STILL GETS A LEGAL OPINION AND CAPTAIN ALLEN CLIMBS FOR CHERRIES, 301

  XXVIII. MRS. WELCH ARRIVES AND GIVES HER FIRST LESSON IN ENTERPRISE, 320

  XXIX. MRS. WELCH ENTERS THE HARVEST, 330

  XXX. SOME OF THE GRAIN MRS. WELCH REAPED, 347

  XXXI. JACQUELIN GRAY LEARNS THAT HE IS A FOOL, AND STEVE ASTONISHES MAJOR WELCH, 365

  XXXII. A CUT DIRECT AND A REJECTED ADDRESS, 385

  XXXIII. BLAIR CARY SAVES A RIVAL SCHOOL, 398

  XXXIV. LEECH AND STILL MAKE A MOVE, AND TWO WOMEN CHECK THEM, 410

  XXXV. CAPTAIN ALLEN FINDS RUPERT AND BREAKS THE LAW, 422

  XXXVI. MR. STILL OFFERS A COMPROMISE, AND A BLUFF, 436

  XXXVII. IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT, IN A TRIAL, COUNSEL MAY ASK ONE QUESTION TOO MANY, 455

  XXXVIII. IN WHICH MR. LEECH SPRINGS A TRAP WITH MUCH SUCCESS, 472

  XXXIX. CAPTAIN ALLEN CLAIMS THE REWARD LEECH OFFERED, 500

  XL. JACQUELIN GRAY AND ANDY STAMPER PAY AN OLD DEBT, 512

  XLI. DR. CARY WRITES A LETTER TO AN OLD FRIEND, 521

  XLII. CAPTAIN ALLEN SURRENDERS, 528

  XLIII. MISS WELCH HEARS A PIECE OF NEWS, 538

  XLIV. MIDDLETON REVISITS RED ROCK, AND AN OLD SOLDIER LAYS DOWN HIS ARMS, 544

  XLV. CAPTAIN ALLEN HAS AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR, 559

  XLVI. THE OLD LAWYER DECLINES TO SURPRISE THE COURT, AND SURPRISES LEECH, 572

  XLVII. SOME OF THE THREADS ARE TIED, 579