ST 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.

CHAPTER I.

IN WHICH ERNEST THORNTON INTRODUCES HIMSELF.

"Ernest Thornton!" called Mr. Parasyte, the principal of the Parkville
Liberal Institute, in a tone so stern and severe that it was
impossible to mistake his meaning, or not to understand that a t