Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation
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1. Introductory material2. CHAPTER I. THE "CHUMS."3. CHAPTER II. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.4. CHAPTER III. THE CABIN OF THE MOONLIGHTERS.5. CHAPTER IV. A REGULAR SIEGE.6. CHAPTER V. BOB'S SCHEME.7. CHAPTER VI TORPEDOING AN OIL-WELL.8. CHAPTER VII. MR. NEWCOMBE'S CERTAINTY.9. CHAPTER VIII. NEW QUARTERS.10. CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT DRIVE OF THE TORPEDO WAGON.11. CHAPTER X. THE RETURN.12. CHAPTER XI. THE STORM IN THE VALLEY.13. CHAPTER XII. THE CONFLAGRATION.14. CHAPTER XIII. A FRUITLESS SEARCH.15. CHAPTER XIV. THE PURSUIT.16. CHAPTER XV. THE ARREST.17. CHAPTER XVI. PLEADING FOR LIBERTY.18. CHAPTER XVII. NEAR NEIGHBORS.19. CHAPTER XVIII. IN A TRAP.20. CHAPTER XIX. CLOSE QUARTERS.21. CHAPTER XX. A SOUVENIR OF THE THIEVES.22. CHAPTER XXI. PROSPECTING.23. CHAPTER XXII. A CRUEL DEED.24. CHAPTER XXIII. THE TOWN ORDINANCE.25. CHAPTER XXIV. BOB'S INDUSTRY.26. CHAPTER XXV. THE WORK BEGUN.27. CHAPTER XXVI. DRILLING AN OIL WELL.28. CHAPTER XXVII. "THE HARNETT."29. CHAPTER XXVIII. RED ROCK.30. CHAPTER XXIX. THE EXAMINATION.31. CHAPTER XXX. LEGAL MOONLIGHTERS.32. CHAPTER XXXI. THE SHOT.33. CHAPTER XXXII. MASSIE'S SCHEME.34. CHAPTER XXXIII. HOLDING POSSESSION.35. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MISSING WITNESS.36. CHAPTER XXXV. MASSIE'S FAILURE.