SEEK AND FIND

CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I. PAGE
IN WHICH ERNEST THORNTON BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS
KATE LORAINE 11

CHAPTER II.
IN WHICH ERNEST LISTENS TO THE STORY OF MISS KATE LORAINE 22

CHAPTER III.
IN WHICH ERNEST CALLS UPON MRS. LORAINE 33

CHAPTER IV.
IN WHICH ERNEST RELEASES THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN FROM HER
PRISON 44

CHAPTER V.
IN WHICH ERNEST IS AWAKENED BY A LOUD KNOCKING 56

CHAPTER VI.
IN WHICH ERNEST GETS AN IDEA 67

CHAPTER VII.
IN WHICH ERNEST HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. TOM THORNTON 78

CHAPTER VIII.
IN WHICH ERNEST VISITS HIS UNCLE'S LIBRARY 89

CHAPTER IX.
IN WHICH ERNEST, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RETREAT, FALLS
INTO A TRAP 100

CHAPTER X.
IN WHICH ERNEST STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW FOR LIBERTY 111

CHAPTER XI.
IN WHICH ERNEST MAKES GOOD HIS RETREAT FROM THE COTTAGE 122

CHAPTER XII.
IN WHICH ERNEST OBTAINS SOME VALUABLE LETTERS 132

CHAPTER XIII.
IN WHICH ERNEST LEAVES PARKVILLE, AND TAKES THE
TRAIN FOR THE EASTWARD 144

CHAPTER XIV.
IN WHICH ERNEST WONDERS WHAT TOM THORNTON WILL DO,
AND FINDS OUT 155

CHAPTER XV.
IN WHICH ERNEST FACES THE ENEMY 166

CHAPTER XVI.
IN WHICH ERNEST MAKES A LANDING ON THE HUDSON 177

CHAPTER XVII.
IN WHICH ERNEST OUTFLANKS TOM THORNTON 189

CHAPTER XVIII.
IN WHICH ERNEST CALLS ON SEVERAL LORAINES 200

CHAPTER XIX.
IN WHICH ERNEST STARTS FOR MADISON PLACE WITH KATE 211

CHAPTER XX.
IN WHICH ERNEST STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW, AND TOM THORNTON
HAS A BAD FALL 221

CHAPTER XXI.
IN WHICH ERNEST VISITS MADISON PLACE 232

CHAPTER XXII.
IN WHICH ERNEST MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF E. DUNKSWELL 243

CHAPTER XXIII.
IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS THAT E. DUNKSWELL IS A DISAGREEABLE
ROOM-MATE 254

CHAPTER XXIV.
IN WHICH ERNEST LANDS AT CROOKHAVEN, AND PROCEEDS TO LONDON 265

CHAPTER XXV.
IN WHICH ERNEST VISITS STONY STRATFORD, AND E. DUNKSWELL
COMES TO GRIEF 276

CHAPTER XXVI.
IN WHICH ERNEST RETURNS TO PARKVILLE WITH HIS MOTHER,
AND THE STORY ENDS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ADIENO 289




SEEK AND FIND;

OR,

THE ADVENTURES OF A SMART BOY.




CHAPTER I.

IN WHICH ERNEST THORNTON BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS KATE LORAINE.


"WE are getting a capital breeze over here," said my friend Bob Hale,
who was seated at my side in the Splash.

"There is always plenty of wind over here when it comes from the
north-west," I replied.

It was one of the last days of May, and the weather, which had been
chilly and disagreeable during the preceding week, was warm and
pleasant. I had been to school, as usual, in my boat, and was taking Bob
out for a sail, intending to land him at Parkville before dark, and
return to the cottage of my uncle beyond the town. I had made one long
stretch with the wind on the beam, nearly over to Cannondale; in fact,
the water was beginning to shoal off the point half a mile to the
northward and eastward of that town.

Along the shore of the lake for two or three miles, on each side of
Cannondale, were many beautiful residences, occupied by wealthy people,
who were attracted to the locality by the pleasant but not picturesque
scenery. It was a delightful region for a summer sojourn, though many of
the people were permanent residents.

"Well, Bob, we must come about or get aground," I continued. "Where
shall we go now?"