In which Clarence Esmond places himself in the hands of the Bright-eyed Goddess of Adventure, and entrusted by that Deity to the care of a Butcher's Boy

In which the Steamer St. Paul and a tramp lend their aid to the Bright-eyed Goddess

In which Clarence and his companion, the Butcher's Boy, discourse, according to their respective lights, on poetry and other subjects, ending with a swim that was never taken and the singing of Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay for the last time

In which Clarence Esmond, alone and deserted, tries to pray; and his parents defer their trip to the Coast

In which Ben, the gypsy, associates himself with the Bright-eyed Goddess in carrying out her will upon Master Clarence Esmond, and that young gentleman finds himself a captive

In which Clarence meets Dora, learns much of his gypsy companion, fights Ezra, and is sung to slumber

In which the strange tale of Dora, another victim of the Bright-eyed Goddess, is told to Clarence

In which Clarence enters upon his career as a gypsy, and makes himself a disciple of Dora

In which Clarence gets some further knowledge of a shrine, which has much to do with the most important events of this veracious narrative, and pays back the gypsy, Pete, with compound interest

In which Clarence engages in a swimming race, and to the consternation of Dora disappears in the waters of the Mississippi

In which John Rieler, of Campion College, greatly daring, goes swimming alone, finds a companion, and acts in such a manner as to bring to Campion College the strangest, oddest boy visitor that ever entered its portals

In which Clarence relieves the reader of all possible doubts concerning his ability as a trencherman, and the Reverend Rector of Campion reads disastrous news

In which Clarence as the guest of Campion College makes an ineffectual effort to bow out the Bright-eyed Goddess of Adventure