By George Barr McCutcheon

CONTENTS

BOOK ONE

CHAPTER I — THE FUGITIVE

CHAPTER II — IN THE DRESSING-TENT

CHAPTER III — DAVID ENTERS THE SAWDUST RING

CHAPTER IV — A STRANGER APPEARS ON THE SCENE

CHAPTER V — SOMETHING ABOUT THE BRADDOCKS

CHAPTER VI — DAVID JENISON'S STORY

CHAPTER VII — THE BROTHERS CRONK

CHAPTER VIII — AN INVITATION TO SUPPER

CHAPTER IX — A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

CHAPTER X — LOVE WINGS A TIMID DART

CHAPTER XI — ARTFUL DICK GOES VISITING

CHAPTER XII — IN WHICH MANY THINGS HAPPEN

CHAPTER XIII — THE SALE

BOOK TWO

CHAPTER I — THE DAUGHTER OF COLONEL GRAND

CHAPTER II — THE STRANGER AT THE HALL

CHAPTER III — THE MAN WHO SERVED HIS TIME

CHAPTER IV — THE DELIVERY OF A TELEGRAM

CHAPTER V — THE LOVE THAT WAS STAUNCH

CHAPTER VI — DOOR-STEPS

CHAPTER VII — TOM BRADDOCK'S PROMISE

CHAPTER VIII — COLONEL GRAND AND THE CRONKS

CHAPTER IX — IN THE LITTLE TRIANGULAR "SQUARE"

CHAPTER X — THE BLACK HEADLINES

BOOK ONE