182

CHAPTER XVIII.
IN WHICH PHIL FIGHTS THE INDIANS ON THE ISLAND. 193

CHAPTER XIX.
IN WHICH PHIL CONDUCTS THE RAFT TO THE LANDING,
AND MORGAN FIRES THE BIG GUN. 204

CHAPTER XX.
IN WHICH PHIL WITNESSES THE OPENING OF THE BATTLE
WITH THE INDIANS. 215

CHAPTER XXI.
IN WHICH PHIL SEES THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR. 226

CHAPTER XXII.
IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB. 236

CHAPTER XXIII.
IN WHICH PHIL'S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN IS FULLY SET FORTH. 247

CHAPTER XXIV.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS FRIENDS EXAMINE THE CONTENTS
OF THE CHEST. 257

CHAPTER XXV.
IN WHICH PHIL ATTENDS TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE FARM. 268

CHAPTER XXVI.
IN WHICH PHIL, WITH HIS FORTUNE AS A FARMER, BIDS
FAREWELL TO FIELD AND FOREST. 278

FIELD AND FOREST;

OR,

THE FORTUNES OF A FARMER.

CHAPTER I.

IN WHICH PHIL COMES HOME WITH PLENTY OF FISH.

"Hollo, Phil!"

That was the name to which I answered, especially when it was spoken as
decidedly as on the present occasion.

"I'm coming," I replied, at the top of my lungs.

I had been a-fishing in a stream which flowed into the Missouri about a
mile above my home. I had been very successful, and had as many fish as
I could carry. I was gathering them up, after I had fastened my bateau
to the stake, and intended to convey them to the Castle, as our log hut
was rather facetiously called by its owner.

"Phil! Phil!" repeated the voice above the bluff of the river.

It was Matt Rockwood who called; and as he was the only master and
guardian I had ever known, I always obeyed him--when I could not help
doing so. His tones were more imperative than before, and I proceeded
with greater haste to gather up my fish, stringing them upon some
willow twigs I had just cut for the purpose.

Crack went a rifle. The sound startled me, and, dropping my fish, I ran
up the steep bank of the river to the summit of the bluff on which the
Castle was located.

"What's the matter?" I asked, when I reached the spot by the side of
the house where Matt stood.

"Don't you see?" he replied, raising his rifle again, and taking aim.

I looked in the direction towards which his weapon was direc