CHAPTER XIV. Rough Roads--The Happy Bridegroom--Jacob Mentor's Experience--Fairy Knoll--A Joyful Meeting 160 CHAPTER XV. Busy Preparations and the Climax--The Lovers--Tom Tinknor's Discovery--General Rejoicings--The Idol Defaced 170 CHAPTER XVI. Painful Recollections--The Last Boat of the Season--Ruffled Plumes--Reconciliation 181 CHAPTER XVII. Winter Sports--The Doctor's Visits--Preparations for New Year's Day--A Discussion 189 CHAPTER XVIII. The New Year's Ball--A Check to Festivity--The Midnight Ride--Death in the Old Brown House 201 CHAPTER XIX. Neighborly Sympathy--Little Wolf's Bosom Friend A Disappointed Lover 215 CHAPTER XX. A Weight of Sorrow--Marrying a Drunkard--Suspense 227 CHAPTER XXI. Daddy's Diplomacy--A Passage at Arms--Fannie Green--A Catastrophe 235 CHAPTER XXII. The Rescue 248 CHAPTER XXIII. An Indian Messenger--Frozen to Death 260 CHAPTER XXIV. A Crisis--Pride and Folly 271 CHAPTER XXV. The Sleighing Party--Clara Hastings--Mother and Son 280 CHAPTER XXVI. Letter Writing--Daddy's Nocturnal Labors and early Walk 294 CHAPTER XXVII. Doing and Getting Good--Wycoff's Reform 308 CHAPTER XXVIII. Daddy's Soliloqy--A Beer-Soaker--A Knock-Down Argument--A Present for Little Wolf 323 CHAPTER XXIX. A Chapter of Accidents and Deliverances 333 CHAPTER XXX. Another Saloon Scene--The Bridal Trousseau--The Lovely Nurse 341 CHAPTER XXXI. Threats--Little Wolf and Black Hawk--Tragic Death of Hank Glutter 354 CHAPTER XXXII. The May Day Weddings--Miss Orrecta Lippincott's Surprise--How Old Lovers Behave 367 CHAPTER XXXIII. The Old Brown House Deserted--The Pearl and Diamond Ring--Mr. and Mrs. Marsden's Conjectures 380 CHAPTER XXXIV. A Trip to California--Jumping Overboard--The Grand Supper and what Came of it--The Captain's Little Daughter 393 CHAPTER XXXV. A Visit to Mrs. Sherman's Room--Daddy and his New Spouse--Ominous Signs 408 CHAPTER XXXVI. More News from Little Wolf--Tom Tinknor's Testimony 415 CHAPTER XXXVII. Another Death in the Old Brown House 423 CHAPTER XXXVIII. Daddy's Temperance Lecture 430