CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  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

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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  I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT 71

  I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THERE 150

  TIM SEIZED AN OAR 217

  YOU MUST COME WITH ME 279

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