TO FRED ERNST SCHMIDT OF MUSCATINE, IOWA THE FAITHFUL COMPANION OF MY BOYHOOD THIS BOOK IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED
Reading edition
CONTENTS
SWATTY
I. THE BIG RIVER
II. MAMIE'S FATHER
III. THE “DIVORCE”
IV. THE STUMP
V. SCRATCH-CAT
VI. THE CARDINAL'S SIGNET RING
VII. THE HAUNTED HOUSE
VIII. WASTED EFFORT
IX. THE MURDERERS
X. SLIM FINNEGAN
XI. “THIEF! THIEF!”
XII. THE RED AVENGERS
XIII. THE ICE GOES OUT
XIV. HERB BESTIRS