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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

Chapter

Page

• I. An Advertisement 1

• II. Great Excitement 7

• III. Antecedents 21

• IV. Byles Gridley, A. M. 38

• V. The Twins 50

• VI. The Use of Spectacles 54

• VII. Myrtle's Letter. — The Young Men's Pursuit 60

• VIII. Down the River 71

• IX. Mr. Clement Lindsay receives a Letters, and
  begins his Answer 94

• X. Mr. Clement Lindsay finishes his Letter. —
  What came of it 105

• XI. Vexed with a Devil 124

• XII. Skirmishing 143

• XIII. Battle 152

• XIV. Flank Movement 163

• XV. Arrival of Reinforcements 175

• XVI. Victory 183

• XVII. Saint and Sinner 188

• XVIII. The Village Poet 192

• XIX. Susan's Young Man 209

• XX. The Second Meeting 227

• XXI. Madness? 242

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• XXII. A Change of Programme 251

• XXIII. Myrtle Hazard at the City School 259

• XXIV. Mustering of Forces 277

• XXV. The Poet and the Publisher 288

• XXVI. Mrs. Clymer Ketchum's Party 302

• XXVII. Mine and Countermine 319

• XXVIII. Mr. Bradshaw calls on Miss Badlam 324

• XXIX. Mistress Kitty Fagan calls on Master
  Byles Gridley 331

• XXX. Master Byles Gridley calls on Miss Cynthla
  Badlam 338

• XXXI. Master Byles Gridley consults with Jacob
  Penhallow, Esquire 350

• XXXII. Susan Posey's Trial 358

• XXXIII. Just as you expected 367

• XXXIV. Murray Bradshaw plays his last Card 382

• XXXV. The Spotted Paper 393

• XXXVI. Conclusion 405