Chapter I: Front Matter

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.

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

XVI. MR. CHIPPERTON KEEPS PERFECTLY COOL 204

XVII. WHAT BOY HAS DONE, BOY MAY DO 217

XVIII. I WAKE UP MR. CHIPPERTON 229

XIX. THE LIFE-RAFT 241

XX. THE RUSSIAN BARK 252

XXI. THE TRIP OF THE TUG 263

XXII. LOOKING AHEAD 274

XXIII. UNCLE CHIPPERTON'S DINNER 285

XXIV. THE STORY ENDS 296

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_Page._
"BANG! BANG! BANG!--SEVEN TIMES." (_Frontispiece._)

"SHE SEIZED ME BY BOTH HANDS" 10

THE VESSEL IS OFF 17

SCOTT AND THE CAPTAIN 19

RECTUS AND THE LEMONS 27

"'HOLD YOUR TONGUE!' ROARED MR. RANDALL" 32

"RECTUS SHOWED ME THE MAP" 35

"HOW?" 46

"ANOTHER BEAN" 64

"THE GENTLEMAN WAVED HIS HAT TO US" 80

"WHY, HOW DO YOU DO?" 88

"VOY-EZZ VOWS CETT HOMMY ETT SES DUCKS FEMMYS
SEELAH?" 110

"WE SAW HER SLOWLY RISING BENEATH US" 119

"'ALL RIGHT,' SAID GOLIAH, WITH A SMILE" 157

A SMALL DIVE 170

"I WOULDN'T LIKE IT MYSELF" 197

"WE STRUCK OUT TOGETHER FOR THE BOAT" 224

"'KEEP PERFECTLY COOL,' SAID MR. CHIPPERTON" 239

"RECTUS HELPED ME TO FASTEN THE LIFE-PRESERVER" 243

"YOU'RE A REGULAR YOUNG TRUMP" 277

A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.