CAMP VENTURE
A Story of the Virginia Mountains
by
GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON
Author of "A Carolina Cavalier," "The Last of the Flatboats,"etc., etc.
Illustrated by W. A. McCullough
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCompany1901
Copyright, 1901,by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All Rights Reserved
TOM LEAPED UPON THE MOUNTAINEER'S BACK.]
_CONTENTS_
CHAPTER PAGE
I. On the Mountain Side 11
II. A Picket Shot 30
III. The Doctor's Plans 40
IV. A New Declaration of Independence 46
V. The Building of a Cabin 55
VI. After Supper 71
VII. A "Painter" 78
VIII. The Condition of the Moonshiners 94
IX. A Sunday Discussion 100
X. Beginning Work 108
XI. An Armed Negotiation 115
XII. A Midnight Alarm 122
XIII. A Night of Searching 129
XIV. Tom Gives an Account of Himself 136
XV. Two Shots that Hit 142
XVI. The Doctor Explains 156
XVII. Christmas in Camp Venture 165
XVIII. Parole 175
XIX. A Stress of Circumstances 188
XX. In Perilous Plight 199
XXI. An Enemy to the Rescue 205
XXII. All Night Work 211
XXIII. A Loan Negotiated 224
XXIV. In the High Mountains 232
XXV. A Difficulty 247
XXVI. The Doctor's Talk 254
XXVII. Some Features of the Situation 262
XXVIII. The Capture of Camp Venture 268
XXIX. A Puzzling Situation 285
XXX. A Point of Honor 297
XXXI. Corporal Jenkins's March 301
XXXII. The Lieutenant's Wrath 307
XXXIII. A Homing Prospect 312
XXXIV. In the Hands of the Enemy 317
XXXV. The End of Camp Venture 326
XXXVI. A Start Down the Mountain 332
XXXVII. Down the Mountain 339
XXXVIII. Old King Coal 344
XXXIX. The Doctor Sings 351
XL. Tom's Journey 358
XLI. "His Majesty the King" 366
XLII. In the Service of the King 381
XLIII. The Camp Venture Mining Company 389
XLIV. Little Tom at the End of it All 396
CAMP VENTURE