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  A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP.

  FRANK R. STOCKTON'S WRITINGS

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  _New Uniform Edition_

  RUDDER GRANGE $1.25 THE LATE MRS. NULL 1.25 ARDIS CLAVERDEN 1.50 THE WATCHMAKER'S WIFE 1.25 THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD 1.25 THE BEE-MAN OF ORN 1.25 THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? 1.25 THE CHRISTMAS WRECK 1.25 AMOS KILBRIGHT 1.25 THE HOUSE OF MARTHA 1.25

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  AFIELD AND AFLOAT. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 THE GIRL AT COBHURST. 12mo 1.50 A STORY-TELLER'S PACK. Illustrated. 12mo 1.50 MRS. CLIFF'S YACHT. _Illustrated._ 12mo 1.50 THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HORN. 12mo 1.50 A CHOSEN FEW. SHORT STORIES. _Cameo Edition_ 1.25 RUDDER GRANGE. _With over 100 Illustrations by A. B. Frost._ 12mo 1.50 POMONA'S TRAVELS. _Illustrated by A. B. Frost._ 12mo 1.50

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  BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

  A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP. Illustrated. 12mo $1.50 THE STORY OF VITEAU. Illustrated. 12mo 1.50 THE TING-A-LING TALES. Illustrated. 12mo 1.00 THE FLOATING PRINCE, and Other Fairy Tales. Illustrated. 4to 1.50 ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FANCY. Illustrated. 4to 1.50 TALES OUT OF SCHOOL. Illustrated. 4to 1.50 PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. Illustrated, square 8vo 2.00 THE CLOCKS OF RONDAINE, and Other Stories, Illustrated, square 8vo 1.50

  "BANG! BANG! BANG!--SEVEN TIMES."

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  A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP

  BY

  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 yearsold, who saw for himself everything worth seeing in the course of theevents he relates, and so knows much more about them than any one whowould have to depend upon hearsay. Will is a good-looking boy, withbrown hair and gray eyes, rather large for his age, and very fond ofbeing a leader among his young companions. Whether or not he is good atthat 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