PREFACE
PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE.
I.
SQUIRE NEWCOME.
II.
PAUL PRESCOTT'S HOME.
III.
PAUL'S BRILLIANT PROSPECTS.
IV.
LIFE IN A NEW PHASE.
V.
A CRISIS.
VI.
PAUL'S DETERMINATION
VII.
PAUL BEGINS HIS JOURNEY.
VIII.
A FRIEND IN NEED.
IX.
A CLOUD IN THE MUDGE HORIZON.
X.
MR. MUDGE MEETS HIS MATCH.
XI.
WAYSIDE GOSSIP.
XII.
ON THE BRINK OF DISCOVERY.
XIII.
PAUL REACHES THE CITY.
XIV.
A STRANGE BED-CHAMBER.
XV.
A TURN OF FORTUNE.
XVI.
YOUNG STUPID.
XVII.
BEN'S PRACTICAL JOKE.
XVIII.
MORE ABOUT BEN.
XIX.
MRS. MUDGE'S DISCOMFITURE.
XX.
PAUL OBTAINS A SITUATION.
XXI.
SMITH AND THOMPSON'S YOUNG MAN.
XXII.
MR. BENTON'S ADVENTURE.
XXIII.
PAUL LOSES HIS SITUATION AND GAINS A FRIEND.
XXIV.
PAUL CALLS ON MRS. DANFORTH.
XXV.
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
XXVI.
A VULGAR RELATION.
XXVII.
MR. MUDGE'S FRIGHT.
XXVIII.
HOW BEN GOT HOME.
XXIX.
DAWKINS IN DIFFICULTIES.
XXX.
A TRAP IS LAID FOR PAUL.
XXXI.
CONVICTED OF THEFT.
XXXII.
RIGHT TRIUMPHANT.
XXXIII.
PAUL REDEEMS HIS PLEDGE.
XXXIV.
HOW PAUL GOES BACK TO WRENVILLE.
XXXV.
CONCLUSION.