CHAPTER XVII

. Cut-offs.--Ditching and Shooting.--Mississippi Changes.--A

Wild Night.--Swearing and Guessing.--Stephen in Debt.--He Confuses his Creditors.--He makes a New Deal.--Will Pay them Alphabetically.

## CHAPTER XVIII . Sharp Schooling.--Shadows.--I am Inspected.--Where did

you get them Shoes?--Pull her Down.--I want to kill Brown.--I try to run her.--I am Complimented.

## CHAPTER XIX . A Question of Veracity.--A Little Unpleasantness.--I have

an Audience with the Captain.--Mr. Brown Retires.

## CHAPTER XX . I become a Passenger.--We hear the News.--A Thunderous

Crash.--They Stand to their Posts.--In the Blazing Sun.--A Grewsome Spectacle.--His Hour has Struck.

## CHAPTER XXI . I get my License.--The War Begins.--I become a

Jack-of-all-trades.

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