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XII. One of my Letters to my Mother, in which I tell of many Things and especially of a Mystery which greatly puzzles and alarms me.   105 XIII. Some Talk at Breakfast, and various other Family Affairs: with Notes on the Weather, and a sight of Something to the Northwest.   115 XIV. I have an exciting Hunt and get some Game, which I bring Home with a vast deal of Labor, only to lose Part of it in a startling Manner: together with a Dream and an Awakening.   128 XV. The mysterious Fire, and Something further about my wretched State of Terror: with an Account of my great System of Tunnels and famous Fire Stronghold.   141 XVI. Telling of how Pike and his Gang come and of what Kaiser and I do to get ready for them: together with the Way we meet them.   153 XVII. The Fight, and not much else: except a little Happening at the End which startles me greatly.   162 XVIII. After the Fight: also a true Account of the great Blizzard: with how I go to sleep in the Stronghold and am awakened before Morning.   171 XIX. I find out who my Visitor is: with Something about him, but with more about the Chinook which came out of the Northwest: together with what I do with the Powder, and how I again wake up suddenly.   185 XX. What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.   203 XXI. After the Explosion: some cheerful Talk with the Thieves, and a strange but welcome Message out of the Storm.   210 XXII. The last Chapter, but a good Deal in it: a free Lodging for the Night, with a little Speech by Mr. Clerkinwell: then, how Kaiser and I take a long Journey, and how we never go that Way again.   220

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ILLUSTRATIONS

KAISER AND I FIGHTING THE TIMBER-WOLVES	Frontispiece
READING THE OUTLAWS’ LETTER, DECEMBER SIXTEENTH	30
MY FAMILY AND I AT A MEAL, TRACK’S END	56
MAP OF TRACK’S END	64