No Moss: or, The Career of a Rolling Stone

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Castlemon Harry. No Moss: or, The Career of a Rolling Stone

CHAPTER I. FIRE QUARTERS

CHAPTER II. SAM BARTON'S HARBORING PLACE

CHAPTER III. A NEW PLAN

CHAPTER IV. TOM IN TROUBLE

CHAPTER V. ATKINS REFUSES DUTY

CHAPTER VI. THE GOVERNOR'S STRATEGY

CHAPTER VII. THE GOVERNOR STORMS THE REBELS

CHAPTER VIII. CROSSING THE SHOALS

CHAPTER IX. JOHNNY HARDING'S VISITORS

CHAPTER X. A STRANGE ENCOUNTER

CHAPTER XI. TOM'S SPLENDID IDEA

CHAPTER XII. HOW IT RESULTED

CHAPTER XIII. CRUSOE AFLOAT AGAIN

CHAPTER XIV. THE PHANTOM SCHOONER

CHAPTER XV. TOM HAS ANOTHER IDEA

CHAPTER XVI. JOHNNY IS MISTAKEN FOR AN ENEMY

CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE AT THE BRIDGE

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROBBERS ARE PUNISHED

CHAPTER XIX. THE ARMY AND NAVY

CHAPTER XX. A CHAPTER OF INCIDENTS

CHAPTER XXI. CONCLUSION

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Tom Newcombe seemed to possess, in a remarkable degree, the faculty of creating a disturbance wherever he went, and his re-appearance in the village was the signal for a general commotion. Johnny Harding came in for a share of the trouble, and was the hero of an adventure that gained him an enviable reputation in Newport. In order that the reader may understand how it came about, we must go back and describe some events with which he is not acquainted.

For two weeks after the Spartan sailed with the fisher-boy on board, Tom Newcombe led a most miserable life. His father took especial care that every moment of his time, from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon, should be occupied with some business or another, and, in Tom's estimation, this was the very worst punishment that could be inflicted upon him. In addition to that, the law against going outside the gate after dark was rigidly enforced; and thus Tom was thrown upon his own resources for recreation.

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"You couldn't, but I can, 'cause I know where the path is. You see, I am an old fox, an' I've got two holes to my burrow. If Mr. Grimes an' Bobby Jennings find out where I am, an' come here with a boat to ketch me, they'll see me goin' up them rocks like a goat; an' if they come down the path – which they aint no ways likely to do – I'll take to my boat. Come with me now, Muley, an' I'll show you something."

Tom followed the governor around the cabin, past the spring in which was the water-melon Sam had spoken of, and which he said they would eat when they came down, and presently found himself standing at the foot of a narrow, winding fissure, that led to the top of the cliff. This was one of the holes to Sam's "burrow" – the path of which he had spoken. It proved to be very steep and slippery, and, before they had accomplished half the distance to the summit, Tom was obliged to sit down and recover his breath. The second time he stopped, he found before him a yawning chasm which extended across the path, and seemed to check their farther progress.

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