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    CONTENTS.
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  • I. OUT IN A STORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
  • II. A MYSTERIOUS CONVERSATION. . . . . . . . . 9
  • III. A HOME IN RUINS . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
  • IV. THE SEARCH FOR THE BLUE BOX. . . . . . . .28
  • V. A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES . . . . . . . . . . .38
  • VI. AN ACCIDENT ON THE LAKE. . . . . . . . . .47
  • VII. BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS. . . . . . . . . . .55
  • VIII. THE TIMID MR. GUSSING. . . . . . . . . .64
  • IX. AN UNFORTUNATE OUTING. . . . . . . . . . .73
  • X. DAVID BALL FROM MONTANA . . . . . . . . . .81
  • XI. A FRUITLESS CHASE. . . . . . . . . . . . .91
  • XII. THE PARTICULARS OF A SWINDLE. . . . . . 101
  • XIII. OFF FOR THE CITY . . . . . . . . . . . 110
  • XIV. A SCENE ON THE TRAIN. . . . . . . . . . 118
  • XV. WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSIAH BEAN . . . . . . 126
  • XVI. A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS . . . . 134
  • XVII. JOE S NEW POSITION . . . . . . . . . . 143
  • XVIII. JOE SHOWS HIS MUSCLE. . . . . . . . . 152
  • XIX. ONE KIND OF A DUEL. . . . . . . . . . . 160
  • XX. ATTACKED IN THE DARK . . . . . . . . . . 169
  • XXI. DAYS AT THE HOTEL . . . . . . . . . . . 178
  • XXII. ABOUT SOME MINING SHARES . . . . . . . 187
  • XXIII. THE FIRE AT THE HOTEL . . . . . . . . 196
  • XXIV. THE BLUE BOX AT LAST . . . . . . . . . 205
  • XXV. JOE VISITS CHICAGO. . . . . . . . . . . 214
  • XXVI. HOW A SATCHEL DISAPPEARED. . . . . . . 223
  • XXVII. JOE MAKES A DISCOVERY . . . . . . . . 232
  • XXVIII. FROM OUT OF A TREE . . . . . . . . . 241
  • XXIX. THE FATE OF TWO EVILDOERS. . . . . . . 249
  • XXX. CONCLUSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258