| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Dave and His Past | 1 |
| II. | What Laura Had To Tell | 11 |
| III. | On the Way To School | 21 |
| IV. | The Fun of a Night | 31 |
| V. | What Happened to Nat Poole | 41 |
| VI. | What a Big Snowball Did | 51 |
| VII. | Prisoners in the School | 61 |
| VIII. | A Move in the Dark | 71 |
| IX. | Vera Rockwell | 81 |
| X. | Dave Speaks His Mind | 91 |
| XI. | At the Old Granary | 101 |
| XII. | Gus Plum's Story | 111 |
| XIII. | The Gee Eyes' Initiation | 121 |
| XIV. | In Which Job Haskers Gets Left in the Cold | 131 |
| XV. | What Mike Marcy Had to Tell | 141 |
| XVI. | Something about Lessons | 151 |
| XVII. | Shadow Hamilton's Peril | 161 |
| XVIII. | The Boxing Bout | 171 |
| XIX. | At the Express Office | 181 |
| XX. | A Misunderstanding | 191 |
| XXI. | In Which the Boys Give an Entertainment | 201 |
| XXII. | Forming the Baseball Club | 211 |
| XXIII. | A Great Victory | 221 |
| XXIV. | On Bush Island | 231 |
| XXV. | What an Automobile Did | 241 |
| XXVI. | A Defeat for Oak Hall | 250 |
| XXVII. | Stuck on a Sandbar | 260 |
| XXVIII. | Link Merwell Has His Say | 270 |
| XXIX. | Dave Makes up His Mind | 280 |
| XXX. | Dave Takes the Law in His Own Hands | 289 |
| XXXI. | More Victories—Conclusion | 298 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| The big touring car shot past the carryall (page 249) | Frontispiece |
| The big snowball hit the craft and bowled it over, (missing) | 52 |
| "It's a shame to make you eat without a fork, Phil" | 74 |
| "Now to Jackson's Gully with him!" | 124 |
| Dave pointed out the form of the sleep-walker, (missing) | 164 |
| Down went the back part, letting him fall most unexpectedly | 208 |
| "Well, you can row if you want to," sneered Poole | 232 |
| Raising his oar, he hit the bully a blow on the shoulder | 274 |