CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I. TROUBLESOME TIMES IN KENTUCKY

  CHAPTER II. SOMETHING ABOUT THE LYON FAMILY

  CHAPTER III. A NORTHERN FAMILY IN KENTUCKY

  CHAPTER IV. THE ARRIVAL AND WELCOME AT RIVERLAWN

  CHAPTER V. THE DISTRESS OF MRS. TITUS LYON

  CHAPTER VI. THE NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE CREEK

  CHAPTER VII. A STORMY INTERVIEW ON THE BRIDGE

  CHAPTER VIII. AN OVERWHELMING ARGUMENT

  CHAPTER IX. A MOST UNREASONABLE BROTHER

  CHAPTER X. THE SINK-CAVERN NEAR BAR CREEK

  CHAPTER XI. AROUSED TO THE SOLEMN DUTY OF THE HOUR

  CHAPTER XII. THE NIGHT EXPEDITION IN THE MAGNOLIA

  CHAPTER XIII. AT THE HEAD WATERS OF BAR CREEK

  CHAPTER XIV. THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE ARMS

  CHAPTER XV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT BEDFORD

  CHAPTER XVI. THE UNION MEETING AT BIG BEND

  CHAPTER XVII. THE EJECTION OF THE NOISY RUFFIANS

  CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEMAND OF CAPTAIN TITUS LYON

  CHAPTER XIX. THE CONFERENCE IN FORT BEDFORD

  CHAPTER XX. THE APPROACH OF THE RUFFIAN FORCES

  CHAPTER XXI. THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES

  CHAPTER XXII. THE FIRST SHOT FROM FORT BEDFORD

  CHAPTER XXIII. THE PARTY ATTACKED IN THE CROSS-CUT

  CHAPTER XXIV. THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE RUFFIANS

  CHAPTER XXV. THE GRATITUDE OF TWO FAIR MAIDENS

  CHAPTER XXVI. THE SKIRMISH ON THE NEW ROAD

  CHAPTER XXVII. AN UNEXPLAINED GATHERING ON THE ROAD

  CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RESULT OF THE FLANK MOVEMENT

  CHAPTER XXIX. THE HUMILIATING RETREAT OF THE RUFFIANS

  CHAPTER XXX. LEVI BEDFORD AND HIS PRISONER

  CHAPTER XXXI. DR. FALKIRK VISITS RIVERLAWN

  CHAPTER XXXII. THE ARRIVAL OF THE RECRUITING OFFICER

  CHAPTER XXXIII. ONE AGAINST THREE ON THE ROAD

  CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FIRE THAT WAS STARTED AT RIVERLAWN

  CHAPTER XXXV. A BATTLE IN PROSPECT ON THE CREEK

  CHAPTER XXXVI. THE SECOND BATTLE OF RIVERLAWN

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "THE OVERSEER ELEVATED HIS RIFLE"

  "THEN YOU MEAN I AM DRUNK"

  "HE GRAPPLED WITH THE FELLOW"

  "I HAD TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO HIT THE LADY"

  "IT WON'T GO OFF AGAIN UNTIL YOU LOAD IT"

  "STOP, BOY! SHOUTED THE MAN"

  "THE BOYS CLIMBED A BIG TREE TO OBTAIN A BETTER VIEW"

  BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER