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CLINTON AND HIS HOME.

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Description of Brookdale--The house where Clinton lived--Specimens of his ingenuity--His habit of finding out how to do things--Annie--Clinton's mother--Keeping ducks--Clinton's poultry--Keeping accounts--His profits--Obstinate Specky--Ducks bad mothers--The duck-house--No school--Studying at home--Clinton at work--A mysterious "but," 13

JERRY AND OSCAR.

Digging a duck-pond--Bantering--A talk about work--Going to the pond--Clinton's hesitation--Afraid of being laughed at--Ridicule--He yields--Bathing--A merry time--Unpleasant thoughts--A sail proposed--Clinton's remonstrance--His return home--His companions' sport--Aground--Laughing at mischief--Character of Jerry and Oscar--Dangers ahead, 30

TEMPTATION.

The little ducks--Their house and pond--Their first ducking--An exciting scene--The beautiful and the ridiculous--Winter wheat--Hard work--A welcome proposal--The Cross-Roads--Clinton's errand--Oscar and Jerry--Gunning--The closed store--Another successful temptation--The river--The Falls--The wood-road--The cigars--Temptation again--Why Clinton yielded--A new sensation--Starting for home--Another new sensation, not so pleasant--Arrival home--Sickness--Telling half the truth--Parental sympathy--What conscience said--Good-night, 43

CRIME.

The icicle--How evil habits are formed--Stealing pears--Discovery and flight--A call from Mr. Upham--A serious matter--A talk about punishment--The culprits discovered--The flogging of Oscar and Jerry--Its effects--Fire in the woods--Mr. Upham's loss--His suspicions--The warrant--Arrest of Oscar and Jerry--Mr. Preston's feelings--Arrival at Squire Walcott's--A dreary hour, 61

THE EXAMINATION.

The Justice of the Peace--Oscar's arraignment--His feelings--The Squire's advice--Reading of the complaint--Oscar's plea--The witnesses--Mr. Preston's opinion of the evidence--Decision reserved--Jerry's examination--His confession--Oscar's recall--His surprise--Bonds required, but not obtained--Oscar and the constable--A sad journey--The jail--The registry--Oscar's cell--His supper--His father's arrival at Brookdale--The case settled--Release from jail, 73

JERRY AND CLINTON.

Mr. Preston's absence--Jerry's conduct--The rabbits--Disobedience--Its results--Fate of the rabbits--Lonesomeness of Jerry--His secret intimacy with Clinton--A dull scholar--Playing truant--A bad predicament--A plan of escape--Clinton to be a party--His objections--The real one not given--Coaxing and entreaty--Indecision--Tampering with sin--The forged excuse--Its success, 87

DISCLOSURES.

How to conquer a hard lesson--Can and can't--An important lesson--Clinton's great mistake--His miserable position--The social party--Master Eaton and Mrs. Preston--Inquiries about Jerry--Unpleasant discoveries--A mystery--Suspicions--Foreboding of evil--Clinton's guilt betrayed--Shame and grief--A request--The confession--Master Eaton's opinion of the case--His advice--Jerry's perplexity, 101

CONFESSION.

A peep at Clinton's home--A talk about him--His return from school--Sober looks--Whittling--Story of a whittler--Clinton unburdens his mind--Parental admonitions--A father's prayer--Clinton's punishment--A lighter heart, 115

THE RUNAWAY.

A visit from Mrs. Preston--Jerry's theft and departure--His mother's grief--Mr. Davenport's advice--He starts in pursuit--His return--Feelings towards Jerry--Temptation not to be courted, 125

THE JOURNEY.

A long walk--The tavern--The bar-room--Jerry questioned--A good supper--Sleep--An early call--The stage ride--Waterville--The depot--A long ride by railroad--Thoughts of home--Portland--Travelling by night--Arrival at Boston--Baggage checks--Carriages--Bare ground--Haymarket Square by gas-light--Hunting up quarters--The Hotel clerk--Jerry booked--A lofty bed-room, 132

BOSTON.

A fine prospect--What next?--Oscar at sea--Breakfast--The waiters--Crowded streets--Novel sights--An omnibus incident--Shipping--The ferry-boat--People Jerry met--The wharf--No boys wanted--The outward-bound brig--An unexpected chance--Going to sea in a hurry--Jerry's thoughtlessness, 147

THE SAILOR-BOY.

Going down the harbor--The ocean--Jerry's first lesson in nautical duties--Four-footed passengers--Seasickness--Repentings--Bob's trick--Jerry's tormentors--Going to bed--The forecastle--First night at sea--A rough morning-call--Scrubbing decks--Breakfast--Destination of the brig--An "Irishman's hurricane"--Mother Carey's chickens--Routine of work at sea--Iron discipline--A nap at the watch--Insolence cured--Dangerous associates, 158

MARY.

Jerry missed at home--What Mary thought had become of him--A letter--Disappointment--Clinton's visits--The snow-image--A painful contrast--Mary's sickness--The doctor--Strange talk--Delirium--Recognition--Inquiries about Jerry--Mary's vision--The last scene--The burial--Heaven, 174

THE FORESTS.

March--Clinton's good conduct--An excursion proposed--Preparations--The outfit--An early start--Their destination--The forests--Plenty of wood--Its scarcity in Europe--Great stumps--A variety of trees--Their uses--Virtues of birch--Incident in Mr. Davenport's school days--The oil of birch--Curious properties of the birch tree--Uncle Tim's clearing, 186

THE CLEARING.

Uncle Tim's premises--His log house and barn--Dinner--Uncle Tim's account of his settlement in the woods--A table turned into an arm-chair--Splints--Holes in the floor--The river--A sagacious dog--Bill and Jim--The barn--The crops--A great fire-place--Supper--A visit to the river--A talk with the boys--The settle--"I'll try"--Uncle Tim's stories--The three brothers--An alarm--A bad, but laughable predicament--Good done by a bear--Going to bed, 198

THE LOGGERS.

The journey resumed--Dreary scenes--Camping in the woods--Welcome sounds--The loggers' quarters--Mr. Jones--Situation of the camp--Description of the cabins--Their interior--Return of the loggers from work--Supper--Exchange of provisions--Night in the camp--Going to work--The three gangs--Clinton's rambles--Private marks on the logs--Evening stories--Log driving--Jams--How they are started--A fearful scene--Narrow escape--The great boom--How the logs are got out, 215

A TALK IN THE WOODS.

Starting for home--A logger's life--Mr. Davenport's opinion of it--Hard work and small pay--Mr. Jones's history--The two boys--Contrast between their early habits--Henry Jones's fatal error--Its consequences--A moose discovered--Its appearance--Fast travelling--Antlers of the moose--A moose-yard--Hunting moose--A moose at bay--Home again, 232

WORK AND PLAY.

Early spring--A dull season for boys--Clinton in the shop--He makes a settle--The motto--Winter over--Work on the farm--Taking care of the garden--A bargain--Contest with weeds and bugs--Secrets of Clinton's success--Going to the post-office--A boyish dispute--Play-ground rhymes--Their antiquity--The two letters--Curiosity excited--A letter from Jerry--Unpleasant question--Consulting the map, 245

BITTER FRUITS.

Letter from Clinton's uncle--Willie's disappointment--An interesting case--Oscar's career, after his release from jail--Joins a band of juvenile thieves--His arrest--Imprisonment--Denial of guilt--A dark future--Friendly messages--A wag of Bouncer's tail--A bad beginning seldom makes a good ending--Working and thinking--A newspaper--Oscar's conviction and sentence--The Reform School--Its inmates--The four classes--Class of "Truth and Honor"--Daily order of business--Employment--The probability of Oscar's reforming--Clinton's character retrieved--Conclusion, 260

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CLINTON'S HOME FRONTISPIECE.

MAP OF BROOKDALE 14

THE BOAT AGROUND 38

THE FIRE IN THE WOODS 69

OSCAR IN JAIL 84

CLINTON AT THE FIRE-SIDE 117

HAYMARKET SQUARE 143

SEA-SICKNESS 162

THE SNOW IMAGE 177

THE LOG HOUSE 199

THE LOGGERS' CAMP 219

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