THE BOAT CLUB

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I. THE FOURTH OF JULY COMING 19

II. THE WIDOW WESTON 32

III. A DISAPPOINTED BOY 47

IV. THE FOURTH OF JULY 60

V. THE CLUB BOAT 77

VI. THE EMBARKATION 89

VII. GIVE WAY TOGETHER 102

VIII. THE SECOND LESSON 116

IX. THE STOLEN WALLET 138

X. TONY'S CASE 152

XI. THE BOAT-HOUSE 166

XII. THE FIRST MEETING IN ZEPHYR HALL 180

XIII. THE THUNDERBOLT 194

XIV. THE COLLISION 207

XV. CENTRE ISLAND 221

XVI. THE GEOGRAPHY OF WOOD LAKE 236

XVII. OVERBOARD 251

XVIII. TIM BUNKER 268

XIX. THE TRIAL OF TONY 280

XX. THE STRANGER 294

XXI. THE CONCLUSION 308



CHAPTER I

THE FOURTH OF JULY COMING


"How much money have you got, Frank?" asked Charles Hardy of his friend
Frank Sedley.

"Four dollars and seventy-five cents."

"That is more than twice as much as I have. Won't you have a glorious
time?"

It was the evening of the third of July, and the two boys were counting
the money they had saved for Independence. Captain Sedley, the father
of Frank, had promised to take him and his friend to Boston to attend
the celebration; and they had long looked forward to the event with the
liveliest anticipations of pleasure.

"I don't know, Charley," replied Frank Sedley, as he slid the money
into his purse; "I was thinking of something else."

"What, Frank?"