FIELD AND FOREST

CONTENTS.


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CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH PHIL COMES HOME WITH PLENTY OF FISH. 11

CHAPTER II.
IN WHICH PHIL FINDS THE CAMP OF THE INDIANS. 21

CHAPTER III.
IN WHICH PHIL TAKES GOOD CARE OF THE HORSES. 32

CHAPTER IV.
IN WHICH PHIL LOSES AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND. 42

CHAPTER V.
IN WHICH PHIL FOLLOWS KIT CRUNCHER. 53

CHAPTER VI.
IN WHICH PHIL ASSISTS IN THE BUILDING OF A BLOCK HOUSE. 63

CHAPTER VII.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS FRIENDS GUARD THE CASTLE. 74

CHAPTER VIII.
IN WHICH PHIL SEES THE FIRST YOUNG LADY HE EVER SAW. 85

CHAPTER IX.
IN WHICH PHIL HAS A VISITOR AT THE CASTLE. 95

CHAPTER X.
IN WHICH PHIL VISITS PARADISE, AND FIRES AT AN INDIAN. 106

CHAPTER XI.
IN WHICH PHIL ENGAGES IN THE PURSUIT OF THE INDIANS. 116

CHAPTER XII.
IN WHICH PHIL TAKES DELIBERATE AIM AT ONE OF THE
CAPTORS OF ELLA. 127

CHAPTER XIII.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS COMPANION ARRIVE AT THE CABIN
OF KIT CRUNCHER. 138

CHAPTER XIV.
IN WHICH PHIL ROWS THE BARGE UP THE BIG FISH RIVER. 149

CHAPTER XV.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS COMPANIONS START FOR THE CASTLE. 160

CHAPTER XVI.
IN WHICH PHIL ARRIVES AT THE CASTLE. 171

CHAPTER XVII.
IN WHICH PHIL CONDUCTS THE SOLDIERS TO THE LINE
OF DEFENCE. 182

CHAPTER XVIII.
IN WHICH PHIL FIGHTS THE INDIANS ON THE ISLAND. 193

CHAPTER XIX.
IN WHICH PHIL CONDUCTS THE RAFT TO THE LANDING,
AND MORGAN FIRES THE BIG GUN. 204

CHAPTER XX.
IN WHICH PHIL WITNESSES THE OPENING OF THE BATTLE
WITH THE INDIANS. 215

CHAPTER XXI.
IN WHICH PHIL SEES THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR. 226

CHAPTER XXII.
IN WHICH PHIL UNDERTAKES A HEAVY JOB. 236

CHAPTER XXIII.
IN WHICH PHIL'S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN IS FULLY SET FORTH. 247

CHAPTER XXIV.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS FRIENDS EXAMINE THE CONTENTS
OF THE CHEST. 257

CHAPTER XXV.
IN WHICH PHIL ATTENDS TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE FARM. 268

CHAPTER XXVI.
IN WHICH PHIL, WITH HIS FORTUNE AS A FARMER, BIDS
FAREWELL TO FIELD AND FOREST. 278




FIELD AND FOREST;

OR,

THE FORTUNES OF A FARMER.




CHAPTER I.

IN WHICH PHIL COMES HOME WITH PLENTY OF FISH.


"Hollo, Phil!"

That was the name to which I answered, especially when it was spoken as
decidedly as on the present occasion.

"I'm coming," I replied, at the top of my lungs.

I had been a-fishing in a stream which flowed into the Missouri about a
mile above my home. I had been very successful, and had as many fish as
I could carry. I was gathering them up, after I had fastened my bateau
to the stake, and intended to convey them to the Castle, as our log hut
was rather facetiously called by its owner.

"Phil! Phil!" repeated the voice above the bluff of the river.