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
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