Chapter I: Front Matter

THE RIVERPARK REBELLION

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AUNT HANNAH AND SETH. By James Otis.
BLIND BROTHER. By Homer Greene.
CAPTAIN’S DOG. By Louis Énault.
CAT AND THE CANDLE. By Mary F. Leonard.
CAXTON CLUB. By Amos R. Wells.
CHILD AND THE TREE. By Bessie K. Ulrich.
CHRISTMAS AT DEACON HACKETT’S. By James Otis.
CHRISTMAS TREE SCHOLAR. By Francis Bent Dillingham.
DADDY DARWIN’S DOVECOT. By Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
DAISIES AND DIGGLESES. By Evelyn Raymond.
DAYS BEFORE HISTORY. By H. R. Hall.
DEAR LITTLE MARCHIONESS. The Story of a Child’s Faith and Love.
DICK IN THE DESERT. By James Otis.
DIVIDED SKATES. By Evelyn Raymond.
GOLDEN KEY. By George MacDonald.
GOLD THREAD. By Norman MacLeod.
HALF A DOZEN THINKING CAPS. By Mary F. Leonard.
HOW THE TWINS CAPTURED A HESSIAN. By James Otis.
HOW TOMMY SAVED THE BARN. By James Otis.
INGLESIDE. By Barbara Yechton.
J. COLE. By Emma Gellibrand.
JESSICA’S FIRST PRAYER. By Hesba Stretton.
KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER. By John Ruskin.
LADDIE. By Evelyn Whitaker.
LITTLE PETER. By Lucas Malet.
LITTLE SUNSHINE’S HOLIDAY. By Miss Mulock.
MASTER SUNSHINE. By Mrs. C. F. Fraser.
MISS DE PEYSTER’S BOY. By Etheldred B. Barry.
MISS TOOTSEY’S MISSION. By Evelyn Whitaker.
MOLLY. By Barbara Yechton.
MUSICAL JOURNEY OF DOROTHY AND DELIA. By Bradley Gilman.
OUR UNCLE THE MAJOR. By James Otis.
PAIR OF THEM. By Evelyn Raymond.
PLAYGROUND TONI. By Anna Chapin Ray.
PLAY LADY. By Ella Farman Pratt.
PRINCE PRIGIO. By Andrew Lang.
SHORT CRUISE. By James Otis.
SMOKY DAYS. By Edward W. Thomson.
SNAP DRAGONS. By Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
STEPHEN. A Story of the Little Crusaders. By Eva A. Madden.
STRAWBERRY HILL. By Mrs. C. F. Fraser.
SUNBEAMS AND MOONBEAMS. By Louise R. Baker.
TALE OF THE TOW PATH. By Homer Greene.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS. By Charlotte M. Vaile.
TWO AND ONE. By Charlotte M. Vaile.
RIVERPARK REBELLION. By Homer Greene.
WHISPERING TONGUES. By Homer Greene.
WONDER SHIP. By Sophie Swett.
WRECK OF THE CIRCUS. By James Otis.
YOUNG BOSS. By Edward W. Thomson.

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., Publishers,
426-428 West Broadway, New York

THE
RIVERPARK REBELLION

BY
HOMER GREENE

AUTHOR OF “THE BLIND BROTHER,” “BURNHAM
BREAKER,” ETC.

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1889_,
BY PERRY MASON & CO.

_Copyright, 1892_,
BY T. Y. CROWELL & CO.

This Volume is Reverently Inscribed to the Memory

OF

COLONEL OTIS BISBEE,

_Who, in his lifetime, was Principal of the Riverview Military
Academy at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and under whose
guidance and instruction, long ago, two
happy years were spent_

BY THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A LOSS OF TEMPER 7
II. CHANGING THE RECORD 28
III. AN IMPERTINENT PETITION 49
IV. THE ORDER OF THE BLACK STAR 70
V. A HAPLESS HOLIDAY 89
VI. QUARTERED ON A HAYMOW 109
VII. THE RETURN OF THE FUGITIVES 128
VIII. A GENERAL AMNESTY 148

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