A Jolly Fellowship   By: Frank Richard Stockton (1834-1902)

FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS

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A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP

BY

FRANK R. STOCKTON

AUTHOR OF "RUDDER GRANGE," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1901

Copyright, 1880, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY, NEW YORK.

This story is told by Will Gordon, a young fellow about sixteen years old, who saw for himself everything worth seeing in the course of the events he relates, and so knows much more about them than any one who would have to depend upon hearsay. Will is a good looking boy, with brown hair and gray eyes, rather large for his age, and very fond of being a leader among his young companions. Whether or not he is good at that sort of thing, you can judge from the story he tells.

CONTENTS.

Chapter. Page.

I. WE MAKE A START 1

II. GOING BACK WITH THE PILOT 16

III. RECTUS OPENS HIS EYES 29

IV. TO THE RESCUE 43

V. STORMING SAN MARCO 56

VI. THE GIRL ON THE BEACH 69

VII. MR. CHIPPERTON 88

VIII. THE STEAM BOAT IN THE FOREST 100

IX. THE THREE GRAY BEANS 116

X. THE QUEEN ON THE DOOR STEP 128

XI. REGAL PROJECTS 140

XII. RECTUS LOSES RANK 154

XIII. THE CORONATION 166

XIV. A HOT CHASE 178

XV. A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME 191