Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student Read online

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER I. PAGE IN WHICH ERNEST THORNTON INTRODUCES HIMSELF. 11

  CHAPTER II. IN WHICH THERE IS TROUBLE IN THE PARKVILLE LIBERAL INSTITUTE. 22

  CHAPTER III. IN WHICH ERNEST IS EXPELLED FROM THE PARKVILLE LIBERAL INSTITUTE. 33

  CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH ERNEST SAILS THE SPLASH, AND TAKES A BATH. 44

  CHAPTER V. IN WHICH ERNEST DECLINES A PROPOSITION. 55

  CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS HIS FELLOW-STUDENTS IN OPEN REBELLION. 66

  CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH ERNEST ATTENDS THE TRIAL OF BILL POODLES AND DICK PEARL. 78

  CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH ERNEST VANQUISHES THE SCHOOLMASTER. 89

  CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH ERNEST STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW, AND WINS ANOTHER VICTORY. 100

  CHAPTER X. IN WHICH ERNEST HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS UNCLE. 111

  CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH ERNEST IS DISOWNED AND CAST OUT. 122

  CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH ERNEST RAISES THE SPLASH, AND THERE IS A GENERAL BREAKING AWAY AMONG THE STUDENTS. 132

  CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH ERNEST IS CHOSEN COMMODORE OF THE FLEET. 144

  CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ERNEST IS WAITED UPON BY A DEPUTY SHERIFF. 155

  CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH ERNEST AND THE COMMISSARY VISIT CANNONDALE. 166

  CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH ERNEST CONVEYS THE STUDENTS TO PINE ISLAND. 177

  CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS THERE IS TREASON IN THE CAMP. 188

  CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH ERNEST AND HIS COMPANIONS LAND AT CANNONDALE. 199

  CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH ERNEST AND HIS FRIENDS ARE DISGUSTED WITH MR. PARASYTE'S INGRATITUDE. 211

  CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH ERNEST TAKES THE WHEEL OF THE ADIENO. 222

  CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH ERNEST CONTINUES TO ACT AS PILOT OF THE STEAMER. 233

  CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH ERNEST PILOTS THE ADIENO TO "THE SISTERS." 244

  CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH ERNEST TAKES COMMAND OF THE EXPEDITION. 255

  CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH ERNEST ENGAGES IN AN EXCITING STEAMBOAT RACE. 266

  CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH ERNEST PILOTS THE ADIENO TO PARKVILLE. 277

  CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS A CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE. 287

  BREAKING AWAY;

  OR,

  THE FORTUNES OF A STUDENT.