Front matter

See Transcriber’s Note at end of text.

TOM THATCHER’S FORTUNE

CHAPTER Page

I. AN OLD LETTER. 5

II. THE YOUNG RIVALS. 11

III. THE RACE ON ROUND POND. 14

IV. A FALSE FRIEND. 24

V. DARIUS DARKE. 31

VI. ENDS IN A FIRE. 38

VII. THE MIDNIGHT FIRE. 45

VIII. THE BARN LOFT. 50

IX. AN UNEXPECTED CHARGE. 55

X. IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT. 59

XI. A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE. 66

XII. TOM’S JOURNEY. 71

XIII. A CHEAP OVERCOAT. 78

XIV. THE TRAMP TRANSFORMED. 84

XV. THE TRAGEDY AT ROCKY GULCH. 91

XVI. TOM’S VISIT TO PEARL STREET. 97

XVII. TOM GAINS A VICTORY. 103

XVIII. DO THE DEAD LIVE? 108

XIX. TOM STARTS ON HIS JOURNEY. 113

XX. A HOTEL ACQUAINTANCE. 116

XXI. TOM’S NEW EMPLOYER. 120

XXII. A ROUGH DIAMOND. 126

XXIII. PETER BRUSH, THE HUNTER. 131

XXIV. MR. BURNETT BEATS A RETREAT. 135

XXV. A SOLITARY WALK. 139

XXVI. PERCY BURNETT UNMASKS. 143

XXVII. A FRIEND IN NEED. 148

XXVIII. HOW PETER BRUSH CAME TO THE RESCUE. 153

XXIX. THE PACIFIC TRAIL. 159

XXX. THE MAN WITHOUT A SCALP. 163

XXXI. TWO NEW COMRADES. 166

XXXII. A STARTLING SIGHT. 171

XXXIII. TAKEN CAPTIVE. 175

XXXIV. TWO POWWOWS. 179

XXXV. HOW TOM PASSED THE NIGHT. 183

XXXVI. TOM’S DEADLY PERIL. 186

XXXVII. THE INDIANS ADOPT TOM. 192

XXXVIII. THREE MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY. 197

XXXIX. THE CABIN AT ROCKY GULCH. 201

XL. TOM FINDS HIMSELF RICH. 208

XLI. TOM AND THE GRIZZLY. 213

XLII. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE. 219

XLIII. TOM COMES INTO A FORTUNE. 224

XLIV. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. 228

XLV. HOW THINGS WENT ON AT HOME. 233

XLVI. MRS. THATCHER LOSES HER NEW HOME. 238

XLVII. A DOUBLE SURPRISE. 244

XLVIII. RETRIBUTION OVERTAKES JOHN SIMPSON. 251

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. BY WILLIAM BENNET. 259

THAT BELL! BY PAUL BLAKE. 269

At a glance, Tom saw the bear watching the man crouching among the branches. [Page 217.]

Tom Thatcher’s Fortune.

By Horatio Alger, Jr.,

Author of

“Joe’s Luck,” “Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy,” “Ragged Dick,” “Tom Temple’s Career,” “Luck and Pluck,” etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED.

A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 52–58 DUANE STREET, NEW YORK.

Copyright, 1888. By A. L. Burt.

TOM THATCHER’S FORTUNE.

By Horatio Alger, Jr.

TOM THATCHER’S FORTUNE.