The Young Surveyor; Or, Jack on the Prairies
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- THE YOUNG SURVEYOR;
- OR,
- JACK ON THE PRAIRIES. BY J. T. TROWBRIDGE
- AUTHOR OF "JACK HAZARD AND HIS FORTUNES," ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
- BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1875. Copyright, 1875. By JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge.
- HOW THE BOYS WENT TO THE RIVER FOR WATER.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE YOUNG SURVEYOR.
- CHAPTER I.
- "NOTHING BUT A BOY."
- CHAPTER II.
- OLD WIGGETT'S SECTION CORNER.
- SETTING THE STAKES.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE HOMEWARD TRACK.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A DEER HUNT, AND HOW IT ENDED.
- JACK AND THE STRANGE YOUTH.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE BOY WITH ONE SUSPENDER.
- UP-HILL WORK.
- CHAPTER VI.
- "LORD BETTERSON'S."
- "LORD BETTERSON."
- CHAPTER VII.
- JACK AT THE "CASTLE."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- HOW VINNIE MADE A JOURNEY.
- CHAPTER IX.
- VINNIE'S ADVENTURE.
- TOO OBLIGING BY HALF.
- CHAPTER X.
- JACK AND VINNIE IN CHICAGO.
- CHAPTER XI.
- JACK'S NEW HOME.
- CHAPTER XII.
- VINNIE'S FUTURE HOME.
- LINK DOESN'T CARE TO BE KISSED.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
- SHOT ON THE WING.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER.
- THE AMIABLE MR. PEAKSLOW.
- CHAPTER XV.
- GOING FOR A WITNESS.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- PEAKSLOW GETS A QUIRK IN HIS HEAD.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- VINNIE MAKES A BEGINNING.
- VINNIE'S STRATAGEM.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- VINNIE'S NEW BROOM.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- LINK'S WOOD-PILE.
- LINK'S WOOD-PILE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- MORE WATER THAN THEY WANTED.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- PEAKSLOW SHOWS HIS HAND.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- THE WOODLAND SPRING.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- JACK'S "BIT OF ENGINEERING."
- TESTING THE LEVEL.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK.
- OLD WIGGETT.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE BATTLE OF THE BOUNDARY FENCE.
- "STOP, OR I'LL SHOOT!"
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- VICTORY.
- RETURNING IN TRIUMPH.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- VINNIE IN THE LION'S DEN.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- AN "EXTRAORDINARY" GIRL.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- ANOTHER HUNT, AND HOW IT ENDED.
- THE END OF THE CHASE.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- JACK'S PRISONER.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- RADCLIFF.
- JACK AND HIS JOLLY PRISONER.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- AN IMPORTANT EVENT.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- MRS. WIGGETT'S "NOON-MARK."
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- THE STRANGE CLOUD.
- THE TORNADO COMING.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- PEAKSLOW IN A TIGHT PLACE.—CECIE.
- PEAKSLOW REAPPEARS.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- "ON THE WAR TRAIL."
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- THE MYSTERY OF A PAIR OF BREECHES.
- FOLLOWING THE WAR TRAIL UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- THE MORNING AFTER.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- FOLLOWING UP THE MYSTERY.
- CHAPTER XL.
- PEAKSLOW'S HOUSE-RAISING.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- CONCLUSION.
- THE WATER QUESTION SETTLED.
- THE END.
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