CONTENTS THOMAS JEFFERSON A CHARACTER SKETCH By Edward Ellis THOMAS JEFFERSON. (1743-1826), By G. Mercer Adam THOMAS JEFFERSON'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS—1801. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, By Isidore A. Zacharias. ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JEFFERSON. JEFFERSON'S BRIDAL JOURNEY. WOULD MAKE NO PROMISES FOR THE PRESIDENCY. JEFFERSON AS AN INVENTOR. JEFFERSON AND THE JOCKEY. JEFFERSON AND PATRICK HENRY. WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON. INFLUENCE OF PROF. SMALL ON JEFFERSON. JEFFERSON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. THE FINANCIAL DIARY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. HORSE BACK RIDING TO INAUGURATION. COST OF SERVANTS, ETC. WOULD TAKE NO PRESENTS. INDOLENCE. TITLES OF HONOR AND OFFICE. THE TERM OF THE PRESIDENCY. THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND LAWYERS. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. JEFFERSON AND THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. JEFFERSON AND BENEDICT ARNOLD. A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. ARISTOCRACY OF MIND. EVIL YOUTHFUL COMPANIONS. READ LITTLE FICTION. NEITHER ORATOR NOR GOOD TALKER. SELF-CONTROL. THE INFLUENCE OF JEFFERSON'S SISTER. JEFFERSON A DOCTRINAIRE. RECONCILIATION WITH JOHN ADAMS. NEGRO COLONIZATION. EDUCATING AMERICAN BOYS ABROAD. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. SAYINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON MARRIAGE. EDITORS AND NEWSPAPERS. TEN CANONS FOR PRACTICAL LIFE. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON. THE STORY OF JEFFERSON FOR A SCHOOL OR CLUB PROGRAMME. QUESTONS FOR REVIEW. BLBLIOGRAPHY. IN THE PECOS COUNTRY By Lieutenant R. H. Jayne [pseudonym of Edward Sylvester Ellis] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A WARNING CHAPTER II. A BRIEF CONFERENCE CHAPTER III. FRED GOES ON GUARD CHAPTER IV. FACING LONE WOLF CHAPTER V. THE APACHES ARE COMING CHAPTER VI. THE APACHE ATTACK CHAPTER VII. IN A TREE CHAPTER VIII. THE SWOOP OF THE APACHE CHAPTER IX. IN LONE WOLF'S CLUTCHES CHAPTER X. TWO OLD ENEMIES CHAPTER XI. HOT QUARTERS CHAPTER XII. THE YOUNG CAPTIVE CHAPTER XIII. THE ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER XIV. THE STRANGE CAMP CHAPTER XV. A LEAP FOR LIBERTY CHAPTER XVI. THE RECONNOISSANCE CHAPTER XVII. FORAGING FOR FOOD CHAPTER XVIII. ALONE IN THE RAVINE CHAPTER XIX. THE MYSTERIOUS PURSUER CHAPTER XX. AN UNCOMFORTABLE LODGING CHAPTER XXI. A TERRIBLE NIGHT CHAPTER XXII. LOST CHAPTER XXIII. A PERILOUS PASSAGE CHAPTER XXIV. A TERRIBLE BED CHAPTER XXV. WITHIN THE EARTH CHAPTER XXVI. A WELCOME VISITOR CHAPTER XXVII. A SUBTERRANEAN CAMP-FIRE CHAPTER XXVIII. THE EXPLORING TOUR CHAPTER XXIX. A MYSTERY CHAPTER XXX. DISCUSSIONS AND PLANS CHAPTER XXXI. AN EXCHANGE OF SHOTS CHAPTER XXXII. FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARKNESS CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT THE FOOTSTEPS MEANT THE LOST TRAIL By Edward S. Ellis