228

XXI THE BARNSTORMERS 242

XXII A SECOND-HAND WAR BABY 254

XXIII RUMORS OF FRAUD 264

XXIV THE AUCTIONEER 275

XXV STUNG 286

XXVI SUBE GOES TO THE MOVIES 298

XXVII TRIAL MERSHUM 309

XXVIII THE TIMBER CRUISER 322

XXIX THE PARTY 334

XXX THE TRUTH 347

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Professional jealousy _Frontispiece_

A great light broke on him 7

The sheriff flashed a light 22

"I ain't done a thing!" 40

"Look how he left me" 57

"Want another haircut?" 67

"Now what does he mean?" 114

"I'll show you!" 131

"See what I've got" 146

He beheld two white figures 171

"Plain and fancy swimming" 178

He would have liked one for a pet 210

The audience was spell-bound 221

"Who's goin' to be the little girl?" 237

"Perhaps I can save your life" 251

"We want to sell all this" 269

The auctioneer paused 278

Piercing shrieks greeted their appearance 319

"My father got it for me" 327

"Put the tray on the table" 344

SUBE CANE

CHAPTER I

BEFORE USING

Astride the ridgepole of his father's stab