a great public meeting in Sevenoaks, the burning in effigy
of Mr. Belcher, and that gentleman's interview with a reporter

CHAPTER XV.

Which tells about Mrs. Dillingham's Christmas and the New Year's
Reception at the Palgrave Mansion

CHAPTER XVI.

Which gives an account of a voluntary and an involuntary visit of Sam
Yates to Number Nine

CHAPTER XVII.

In which Jim constructs two happy-Davids, raises his hotel, and dismisses
Sam Yates

CHAPTER XVIII.

In which Mrs. Dillingham makes some important discoveries, but fails to
reveal them to the reader

CHAPTER XIX.

In which Mr. Belcher becomes President of the Crooked Valley Railroad,
with large "Terminal facilities," and makes an adventure into a
long-meditated crime

CHAPTER XX.

In which "the little woman" announces her engagement to Jim Fenton
and receives the congratulations of her friends

CHAPTER XXI.

In which Jim gets the furniture into his house, and Mike Conlin gets
another installment of advice into Jim

CHAPTER XXII.

In which Jim gets married, the new hotel receives its mistress, and
Benedict confers a power of attorney

CHAPTER XXIII.

In which Mr. Belcher expresses his determination to become a "founder,"
but drops his noun in fear of a little verb of the same name

CHAPTER XXIV.

Wherein the General leaps the bounds of law, finds himself in a new
world, and becomes the victim of his friends without knowing it

CHAPTER XXV.

In which the General goes through a great many trials, and meets at last
the one he has so long anticipated

CHAPTER XXVI.

In which the case of "Benedict _vs._ Belcher" finds itself in court, an
interesting question of identity is settled, and a mysterious
disappearance takes place

CHAPTER XXVII.

In which Phipps is not to be found, and the General is called upon to do
his own lying

CHAPTER XXVIII.

In which a heavenly witness appears who cannot be cross-examined, and
before which the defense utterly breaks down

CHAPTER XXIX.

Wherein Mr. Belcher, having exhibited his dirty record, shows a clean
pair of heels

CHAPTER XXX.

Which gives the history of an anniversary, presents a tableau, and drops
the curtain

CHAPTER I.

WHICH TELLS ABOUT SEVENOAKS, AND HOW MISS BUTTERWORTH PASSED ONE OF HER
EVENINGS.

Everybody has seen Sevenoaks, or a hundred towns so much like it, in