FREAKS OF FORTUNE is the fourth of the serial stories published in OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. It was written in response to a great number of calls for a sequel to THE STARRY FLAG. The author was pleased to learn that Levi Fairfield had made so pleasant an impression upon his young friends, and the gratifying reception extended to him in the present story, as it appeared in the Magazine, was quite as flattering to the writer as to Levi himself. When a good boy, like the hero of The Starry Flag, is regarded with so much kindly interest by our boys and girls, it is convincing evidence that they have the capacity to appreciate noble conduct, daring deeds, and a true life.