Chapter I.—A Private Lesson from a Bull-dog 11
Chapter II.—A Spell Coming 23
Chapter III.—Mirandy, Hank, and Shocky 26
Chapter IV.—Spelling down the Master 39
Chapter V.—The Walk Home 56
Chapter VI.—A Night at Pete Jones's 66
Chapter VII.—Ominous Remarks of Mr. Jones 74
Chapter VIII.—The Struggle in the Dark 77
Chapter IX.—Has God Forgotten Shocky? 81
Chapter X.—The Devil of Silence 85
Chapter XI.—Miss Martha Hawkins 92
Chapter XII.—The Hardshell Preacher 101
Chapter XIII.—A Struggle for the Mastery 109
Chapter XIV.—A Crisis with Bud 115
Chapter XV.—The Church of the Best Licks 121
Chapter XVI.—The Church Militant 126
Chapter XVII.—A Council of War 132
Chapter XVIII.—Odds and Ends 137
Chapter XIX.—Face to Face 141
Chapter XX.—God Remembers Shocky 145
Chapter XXI.—Miss Nancy Sawyer 153
Chapter XXII.—Pancakes 156
Chapter XXIII.—A Charitable Institution 162
Chapter XXIV.—The Good Samaritan 170
Chapter XXV.—Bud Wooing 173
Chapter XXVI.—A Letter and its Consequences 178
Chapter XXVII.—A Loss and a Gain 181
Chapter XXVIII.—The Flight 184
Chapter XXIX.—The Trial 191
Chapter XXX.—“Brother Sodom” 202
Chapter XXXI.—The Trial Concluded 206
Chapter XXXII.—After the Battle 217
Chapter XXXIII.—Into the Light 221
Chapter XXXIV.—“How it Came Out” 224
