CHAPTER I. Night in the Highlands of the Hudson — Kirkwood and the rich Miser
— Paul Tatnall — The Hawk and pet Rabbit — The Fight — Duncan
Powell — The Maid of Rock Hall — The “Gazelle” — The
Storm — An Adventure on the Hudson — The Danger and Rescue
— Paul and the Beauty of Rock Hall.
CHAPTER II. Duncan Powell's daring Leap — The Interview and its Result — The
Appearance of Paul Tatnall and the Deception of the Maiden —
Jealousy awakened — Paul declares his Passion — Its Reception —
The extraordinary Character of Catharine Ogilvie — Paul is bewildered
— A parting Scene — She flees, and he returns to his Boat.
CHAPTER III. The Meeting between Paul and Duncan — The Prize — Their Parting
— Paul's noble Determination — Catharine Ogilvie at Rock Hall —
Her Soliloquy — Her Interview with her Father — A Mystery of
Murder — The thrilling Tale related by the Father — the Gipsy and
her Lover — The Flight — The Crime — The Priest and his Penitent
— The Doom and the Victim — Superstition of the Penitent —
The dreadful End of the Gipsy-Mother — The Heir of Kirkwood's
Visit.
CHAPTER IV. Our hero Paul's Voyage down the Hudson — His Arrival in New York,
and his Experience of the obliging Character of a Hackney-Coachman
— He finds his Uncle's Office — Character of Job Haskell, his
Uncle — A Sketch of an every-day Hypocrite — Paul's Reception
by his Uncle — His Spirit — His subsequent Career for two Years,
and his downward Course — A Quarrel — He quits his Uncle.
CHAPTER V. The “River Rovers' Club” — The newly-elected Coxswain — The
lawless Resolutions of the Band — Paul's Character — His Daring
and Tact — Duncan Powell reappears upon the Scene — A Cadet
— His Dissipation — His Resignation — He comes to Town — A
Jew Banker — His Lodgings — A New-York gambling Saloon —
Duncan plays deep — His heavy Losses and Notes of Hand — The
Heir gets a Letter from his Father, ordering him Home — An interesting
Miscellaneous Correspondence — Contemplates a Visit to the
Jew.
CHAPTER VI. Jacob Goldschnapp in his House — Description of that Gentleman —
Ruth Goldschnapp, the pretty Jewess — The Jew's Drawing-Rooms
— Duncan Powell takes Tea with his Banker — Believes himself in
Love with Ruth — His private Interview with the Money-Lender
— A Summary of a Spendthrift's Drafts — The Perplexity of the
Heir — A proposed Meeting at the Bank, and Duncan's triumphant
Success.
CHAPTER VII. The Spendthrift is surprised by a Visit from his Father — Mr. Powell is
at length reconciled to his Son — They dine together — Duncan
invites Jacob Goldschnapp — The Dinner — Sundry unpleasant
Reminiscences of the Jew destroys the Commissary's Appetite —
The Alarm of the Miser — The Quarrel between the Jew and the
Commissary — The Power of Jacob Goldschnapp over him — Duncan's
Surprise — The Success of the Money-Lender — The Jew
pays the Money extorted from the Father to the Spendthrift.
CHAPTER VIII. The Pawn-Broker's Shop, and Paul Tatnall — The Jew and the Heir
have an Interview — Duncan hears with Horror the Refusal of Jacob
to advance him further — The Jew's Oath — The utter Despair
of the Spendthrift — Jacob kindles a Ray of Hope — He proposes
that Duncan marry Ruth — Duncan consents — The Jew determines
upon a Course to serve Him — His Voyage to Kirkwood —
The Ghost and the Miser — The Will — The Attorney and the Attack
— The Jew's Defeat.
CHAPTER IX. The Jew gains Admittance to Kirkwood — The Terror and Rage of the
Commissary — The Jew's Policy exposed — The Miser refuses to
yield — He is menaced with Betrayal — A fearful Catastrophe —
The Jew's Retreat — The Christian Widow — Jacob becomes an
Eaves-Dropper — The converted Gipsy — The Death of Paul's
Mother — The Effect of the whole Scene upon the Jew.
CHAPTER X. The Spendthrift at the Jew's — His Flirtation with the pretty Ruth — Its
Interruption, and a Change in Affairs takes place — Duncan and the
Money-Lender in his “Office” — He details the fatal Issue of his
Trip to Kirkwood — Duncan is overwhelmed with Despair — The
Jew proves himself to have neither Care nor Heart for his Victim —
Duncan projects a Plan for the Recovery of the Will — Carries it
into Execution — A Scene in his Chambers — Defeat of his Purpose
through the Boldness of the Attorney.
CHAPTER XI. The downward Course of the disinherited Heir — He gradually sinks to
the lowest State of Vice and Degradation — His Companions —
Scene in a Pot-Cellar near Five-Points — Paul Tatnall — His Escape
and Flight — The End of the River Rovers' Club — A Plot for
robbing the Jew — They proceed on their Expedition.
CHAPTER XII. The Burglars effect an Entrance into the Jew's Dwelling — The Chamber
of Ruth — Duncan discovers her asleep — Bears her off — The
Burglars' Rage at finding no Money — The Alarm — Duncan quits
Ruth, to hasten to his Comrades — The Entrance of the Money-Lender,
with a Blunderbuss — The Fate of the Spendthrift — The
Safety of the Jewess — Flight of the Burglars — Paul Tatnall's Return
to the Highlands — His Mother's Grave — Catharine Ogilvie.
or the Gipsy — The Denouement.
