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[Illustration: THE ADVENTURE WITH THE BASKET OF COIN.]
AUTHOR OF “JACK HAZARD AND HIS FORTUNES,” “LAWRENCE’S ADVENTURES,” “COUPON BONDS,” ETC.
BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 1872.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
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CHAPTER PAGE I. THE THUNDER-SQUALL 7 II. WHAT JACK FOUND IN THE LOG 13 III. “TREASURE-TROVE” 19 IV. IN WHICH JACK COUNTS HIS CHICKENS 28 V. WAITING FOR THE DEACON 32 VI. “ABOUT THAT HALF-DOLLAR” 36 VII. HOW JACK WENT FOR HIS TREASURE 41 VIII. JACK AND THE SQUIRE 49 IX. THE SQUIRE’S PERPLEXITY AND JACK’S STRATAGEM 58 X. “THE HUSWICK TRIBE” 65 XI. THE “COURT” AND THE “VERDICT” 70 XII. HOW HOD’S TROUSERS WENT TO THE SQUIRE’S HOUSE 78 XIII. HOW JACK RESCUED LION, BUT MISSED THE TREASURE 82 XIV. SQUIRE PETERNOT AT HOME 89 XV. JACK AND THE HUSWICK BOYS 96 XVI. HOW JACK CALLED AT THE SQUIRE’S 104 XVII. HOW JACK TOOK TO HIS HEELS 111 XVIII. HOW THE HEELS WENT HOME WITHOUT SHOES AND STOCKINGS 116 XIX. HOW JACK WAS INVITED TO RIDE 122 XX. HOW THE SHOES AND STOCKINGS CAME HOME 128 XXI. JACK IN DISGRACE 135 XXII. JACK AND THE JOLLY CONSTABLE 143 XXIII. BEFORE JUDGE GARTY 150 XXIV. THE PRISONER’S CUP OF MILK 157 XXV. JACK’S PRISONERS 160 XXVI. THE OWNER OF THE POTATO PATCH, AND HIS DOG 167 XXVII. THE RACE, AND HOW IT ENDED 174 XXVIII. THE SEARCH, AND HOW IT ENDED 179 XXIX. THE CULVERT AND THE CORNFIELD 187 XXX. JACK BREAKFASTS AND RECEIVES A VISITOR 194 XXXI. TEA WITH AUNT PATSY 201 XXXII. A STARLIGHT WALK WITH ANNIE FELTON 208 XXXIII. A STRANGE CALL AT A STRANGE HOUR OF THE NIGHT 216 XXXIV. HOW JACK WON A BET, AND RETURNED A FAVOR 221 XXXV. AT MR. CHATFORD’S GATE 227 XXXVI. THE “RIDE” CONTINUED 234 XXXVII. ONE OF THE DEACON’S BLUNDERS 239 XXXVIII. THE DEACON’S DIPLOMACY 246 XXXIX. A TURN OF FORTUNE 251 XL. THE SQUIRE’S TRIUMPH 257 XLI. HOW IT ALL ENDED 264