CHAPTER I.--In Love with a Dutchman. CHAPTER II.--An Explosion. CHAPTER III.--A Farewell. CHAPTER IV.--A Counter-Irritant. CHAPTER V.--At the Castle. CHAPTER VI.--The Backwoods Philosopher. CHAPTER VII.--Within and Without. CHAPTER VIII.--Figgers won't Lie. CHAPTER IX.--The New Singing-Master. CHAPTER X.--An Offer of Help. CHAPTER XI.--The Coon-dog Argument. CHAPTER XII.--Two Mistakes. CHAPTER XIII.--The Spider Spins. CHAPTER XIV.--The Spider's Web. CHAPTER XV.--The Web Broken. CHAPTER XVI.--Jonas Expounds the Subject. CHAPTER XVII.--The Wrong Pew. CHAPTER XVIII.--The Encounter. CHAPTER XIX.--The Mother. CHAPTER XX.--The Steam-Doctor. CHAPTER XXI.--The Hawk in a New Part. CHAPTER XXII.--Jonas Expresses his Opinion on Dutchmen. CHAPTER XXIII.--Somethin' Ludikerous. CHAPTER XXIV.--The Giant Great-heart. CHAPTER XXV.--A Chapter of Betweens. CHAPTER XXVI.--A Nice Little Game. CHAPTER XXVII.--The Result of an Evening with Gentlemen. CHAPTER XXVIII.--Waking up an Ugly Customer. CHAPTER XXIX.--August and Norman. CHAPTER XXX.--Aground. CHAPTER XXXI.--Cynthy Ann's Sacrifice. CHAPTER XXXII.--Julia's Enterprise. CHAPTER XXXIII.--The Secret Stairway. CHAPTER XXXIV.--The Interview. CHAPTER XXXV.--Getting Ready for the End. CHAPTER XXXVI.--The Sin of Sanctimony. CHAPTER XXXVII.--The Deluge. CHAPTER XXXVIII.--Scaring a Hawk. CHAPTER XXXIX.--Jonas takes an Appeal. CHAPTER XL.--Selling out. CHAPTER XLI.--The Last Day and What Happened in it. CHAPTER XLII.--For Ever and Ever. CHAPTER XLIII.--The Midnight Alarm. CHAPTER XLIV.--Squaring Accounts. CHAPTER XLV.--New Plans. CHAPTER XLVI.--The Shiveree. * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS. BY FRANK BEARD The Backwoods Philosopher Taking an Observation A Talk with a Plowman A little rustle brought her to consciousness Gottlieb The Castle The Sedilium at the Castle "Look at me" "Don't be oncharitable, Jonas" The Hawk "Tell that to Jule" Tempted "Now I hate you" At Cynthy's Door Cynthy Ann had often said in class-meeting that temptations abounded on every hand Jonas Julia sat down in mortification "Good-by!" The Mother's Blessing Corn-Sweats and Calamus "Fire! Murder! Help!" Norman Anderson Somethin' Ludikerous To the Rescue A Nice Little Game The Mud-Clerk Waking up an Ugly Customer Cynthy Ann's Sacrifice A Pastoral Visit Brother Goshorn "Say them words over again" "I want to buy your place" THE END OF THE WORLD. * * * * * CHAPTER I. IN LOVE WITH A DUTCHMAN. "I don't believe that you'd care a cent if she did marry a Dutchman! She might as well as to marry some white folks I know."