CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.In which there are Several Introductions,1II.In which Two Strangers Visit Red Rock and are Invited to Come Again,11III.The Visitors start South again, and their Former Hosts go to Meet Them,33IV.In which a Long Jump is Taken,49V.Dr. Cary Returns from the War, and Takes an Inventory of Stock,56VI.A Broken Soldier Comes Home from War,63VII.The Cary Conference,78VIII.Mr. Hiram Still Tells how to Bridle a Shy Horse, and Captain Allen lays down His Hoe,86IX.Mr. Jonadab Leech turns up with a Carpet-bag and Opens His Bureau,96X.The Provost Makes His First Move,107XI.The Provost Catches a Tartar, and Captain Middleton Seeks the Consolations of Religion,118XII.Captain Allen takes the Oath of Allegiance and Jacquelin Gray loses His Buttons and some Old Papers,139XIII.Steve Allen learns Miss Thomasia’s Secret and Forswears Cards,155XIV.Leech Secures an Order and Loses it,162XV.Captain Middleton has a Test of Peace, and is Ordered West,175XVI.The New Troop Meets the Enemy,186XVII.Jacquelin Gray goes on a Long Voyage and Red Rock passes out of His Hands,195XVIII.Leech as a Statesman and Dr. Cary as a Collector of Bills,207XIX.Hiram Still Collects His Debts,216XX.Leech looks Higher and gets a Fall,228XXI.Dr. Cary meets an Old College Mate and learns that the Athenians also practise Hospitality,241XXII.Jacquelin Gray comes Home and Claims a Graveyard,252XXIII.Two New Residents come to the County,264XXIV.The Travellers are Entertained in a Farmhouse,280XXV.The Trick-Doctor,289XXVI.Major Welch and Ruth Become Residents,294XXVII.Hiram Still gets a Legal Opinion and Captain Allen Climbs for Cherries,301XXVIII.Mrs. Welch Arrives and gives Her first Lesson in Enterprise,320XXIX.Mrs. Welch Enters the Harvest,330XXX.Some of the Grain Mrs. Welch Reaped,347XXXI.Jacquelin Gray Learns that He is a Fool, and Steve Astonishes Major Welch,365XXXII.A Cut Direct and a Rejected Address,385XXXIII.Blair Cary Saves a Rival School,398XXXIV.Leech and Still make a Move, and two Women Check them,410XXXV.Captain Allen finds Rupert and Breaks the Law,422XXXVI.Mr. Still Offers a Compromise, and a Bluff,436XXXVII.In which it is Shown that, in a Trial, Counsel may ask one Question too many,455XXXVIII.In which Mr. Leech Springs a Trap with much Success,472XXXIX.Captain Allen claims the Reward Leech Offered,500XL.Jacquelin Gray and Andy Stamper pay an Old Debt,512XLI.Dr. Cary Writes a Letter to an Old Friend,521XLII.Captain Allen Surrenders,528XLIII.Miss Welch Hears a Piece of News,538XLIV.Middleton Revisits Red Rock, and an Old Soldier lays down His Arms,544XLV.Captain Allen has an Unexpected Visitor,559XLVI.The Old Lawyer Declines to Surprise the Court, and Surprises Leech,572XLVII.Some of the Threads are Tied,579
CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.In which there are Several Introductions,1II.In which Two Strangers Visit Red Rock and are Invited to Come Again,11III.The Visitors start South again, and their Former Hosts go to Meet Them,33IV.In which a Long Jump is Taken,49V.Dr. Cary Returns from the War, and Takes an Inventory of Stock,56VI.A Broken Soldier Comes Home from War,63VII.The Cary Conference,78VIII.Mr. Hiram Still Tells how to Bridle a Shy Horse, and Captain Allen lays down His Hoe,86IX.Mr. Jonadab Leech turns up with a Carpet-bag and Opens His Bureau,96X.The Provost Makes His First Move,107XI.The Provost Catches a Tartar, and Captain Middleton Seeks the Consolations of Religion,118XII.Captain Allen takes the Oath of Allegiance and Jacquelin Gray loses His Buttons and some Old Papers,139XIII.Steve Allen learns Miss Thomasia’s Secret and Forswears Cards,155XIV.Leech Secures an Order and Loses it,162XV.Captain Middleton has a Test of Peace, and is Ordered West,175XVI.The New Troop Meets the Enemy,186XVII.Jacquelin Gray goes on a Long Voyage and Red Rock passes out of His Hands,195XVIII.Leech as a Statesman and Dr. Cary as a Collector of Bills,207XIX.Hiram Still Collects His Debts,216XX.Leech looks Higher and gets a Fall,228XXI.Dr. Cary meets an Old College Mate and learns that the Athenians also practise Hospitality,241XXII.Jacquelin Gray comes Home and Claims a Graveyard,252XXIII.Two New Residents come to the County,264XXIV.The Travellers are Entertained in a Farmhouse,280XXV.The Trick-Doctor,289XXVI.Major Welch and Ruth Become Residents,294XXVII.Hiram Still gets a Legal Opinion and Captain Allen Climbs for Cherries,301XXVIII.Mrs. Welch Arrives and gives Her first Lesson in Enterprise,320XXIX.Mrs. Welch Enters the Harvest,330XXX.Some of the Grain Mrs. Welch Reaped,347XXXI.Jacquelin Gray Learns that He is a Fool, and Steve Astonishes Major Welch,365XXXII.A Cut Direct and a Rejected Address,385XXXIII.Blair Cary Saves a Rival School,398XXXIV.Leech and Still make a Move, and two Women Check them,410XXXV.Captain Allen finds Rupert and Breaks the Law,422XXXVI.Mr. Still Offers a Compromise, and a Bluff,436XXXVII.In which it is Shown that, in a Trial, Counsel may ask one Question too many,455XXXVIII.In which Mr. Leech Springs a Trap with much Success,472XXXIX.Captain Allen claims the Reward Leech Offered,500XL.Jacquelin Gray and Andy Stamper pay an Old Debt,512XLI.Dr. Cary Writes a Letter to an Old Friend,521XLII.Captain Allen Surrenders,528XLIII.Miss Welch Hears a Piece of News,538XLIV.Middleton Revisits Red Rock, and an Old Soldier lays down His Arms,544XLV.Captain Allen has an Unexpected Visitor,559XLVI.The Old Lawyer Declines to Surprise the Court, and Surprises Leech,572XLVII.Some of the Threads are Tied,579