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]