for Winter Interrupted--The
Welcome Boat 77

CHAPTER VIII.
The Love-letter--Discussion--A Quick Ride--Too Late--Violence
and Death 89

CHAPTER IX.
Bloody Jim's Advantages--The Fainting Captive--The Tragic
Quarrel--Outwitted at Last--The Refuge 100

CHAPTER X.
The Kidnapper's Surprise--On the Wrong Track--Bloody Jim's
Capture--The Rotten Plank 108

CHAPTER XI.
Harmless Conspiracy--The Ghost--The Wife Murderer--Tippling
and Tattling--Misrepresentations 119

CHAPTER XII.
The Cottage in the Grove--The Disguise--Back to
Health--Impatience--Searching the Box--Antoinette
La Clair's Story 129

CHAPTER XIII.
Twofold Agony--Dr. Goodrich's Promise--Home Again--Lilly
Foot--The Convalescent--The Neighborhood Wedding--News from
Chimney Rock--The Sherman Family at the West 146

CHAPTER XIV.
Rough Roads--The Happy Bridegroom--Jacob Mentor's
Experience--Fairy Knoll--A Joyful Meeting 160

CHAPTER XV.
Busy Preparations and the Climax--The Lovers--Tom Tinknor's
Discovery--General Rejoicings--The Idol Defaced 170

CHAPTER XVI.
Painful Recollections--The Last Boat of the Season--Ruffled
Plumes--Reconciliation 181

CHAPTER XVII.
Winter Sports--The Doctor's Visits--Preparations for New
Year's Day--A Discussion 189

CHAPTER XVIII.
The New Year's Ball--A Check to Festivity--The Midnight
Ride--Death in the Old Brown House 201

CHAPTER XIX.
Neighborly Sympathy--Little Wolf's Bosom Friend A
Disappointed Lover 215

CHAPTER XX.
A Weight of Sorrow--Marrying a Drunkard--Suspense 227

CHAPTER XXI.
Daddy's Diplomacy--A Passage at Arms--Fannie Green--A
Catastrophe 235

CHAPTER XXII.
The Rescue 248

CHAPTER XXIII.
An Indian Messenger--Frozen to Death 260

CHAPTER XXIV.
A Crisis--Pride and Folly