THE YOUNG SURVEYOR;

OR,

JACK ON THE PRAIRIES.

BY J. T. TROWBRIDGE

AUTHOR OF "JACK HAZARD AND HIS FORTUNES," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,
Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co.
1875.

Copyright, 1875.
By JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.

University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co.,
Cambridge.

HOW THE BOYS WENT TO THE RIVER FOR WATER.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. "Nothing but a Boy"
CHAPTER II. Old Wiggett's Section Corner
CHAPTER III. The Homeward Track
CHAPTER IV. A Deer Hunt, and how it ended
CHAPTER V. The Boy with One Suspender
CHAPTER VI. "Lord Betterson's"
CHAPTER VII. Jack at the "Castle"
CHAPTER VIII. How Vinnie made a Journey
CHAPTER IX. Vinnie's Adventure
CHAPTER X. Jack and Vinnie in Chicago
CHAPTER XI. Jack's New Home
CHAPTER XII. Vinnie's Future Home
CHAPTER XIII. Why Jack did not fire at the Prairie Chicken
CHAPTER XIV. Snowfoot's New Owner
CHAPTER XV. Going for a Witness
CHAPTER XVI. Peakslow gets a Quirk in his Head
CHAPTER XVII. Vinnie makes a Beginning
CHAPTER XVIII. Vinnie's new Broom
CHAPTER XIX. Link's Wood-Pile
CHAPTER XX. More Water than they wanted
CHAPTER XXI. Peakslow shows his Hand
CHAPTER XXII. The Woodland Spring
CHAPTER XXIII. Jack's "Bit of Engineering"
CHAPTER XXIV. Preparing for the Attack
CHAPTER XXV. The Battle of the Boundary Fence
CHAPTER XXVI. Victory
CHAPTER XXVII. Vinnie in the Lion's Den
CHAPTER XXVIII. An "Extraordinary" Girl
CHAPTER XXIX. Another Hunt, and how it ended
CHAPTER XXX. Jack's Prisoner
CHAPTER XXXI. Radcliff
CHAPTER XXXII. An