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  THE RIVERPARK REBELLION

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  AUNT HANNAH AND SETH. By James Otis. BLIND BROTHER. By Homer Greene. CAPTAIN'S DOG. By Louis Enault. CAT AND THE CANDLE. By Mary F. Leonard. CAXTON CLUB. By Amos R. Wells. CHILD AND THE TREE. By Bessie K. Ulrich. CHRISTMAS AT DEACON HACKETT'S. By James Otis. CHRISTMAS TREE SCHOLAR. By Francis Bent Dillingham. DADDY DARWIN'S DOVECOT. By Mrs. J. H. Ewing. DAISIES AND DIGGLESES. By Evelyn Raymond. DAYS BEFORE HISTORY. By H. R. Hall. DEAR LITTLE MARCHIONESS. The Story of a Child's Faith and Love. DICK IN THE DESERT. By James Otis. DIVIDED SKATES. By Evelyn Raymond. GOLDEN KEY. By George MacDonald. GOLD THREAD. By Norman MacLeod. HALF A DOZEN THINKING CAPS. By Mary F. Leonard. HOW THE TWINS CAPTURED A HESSIAN. By James Otis. HOW TOMMY SAVED THE BARN. By James Otis. INGLESIDE. By Barbara Yechton. J. COLE. By Emma Gellibrand. JESSICA'S FIRST PRAYER. By Hesba Stretton. KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER. By John Ruskin. LADDIE. By Evelyn Whitaker. LITTLE PETER. By Lucas Malet. LITTLE SUNSHINE'S HOLIDAY. By Miss Mulock. MASTER SUNSHINE. By Mrs. C. F. Fraser. MISS DE PEYSTER'S BOY. By Etheldred B. Barry. MISS TOOTSEY'S MISSION. By Evelyn Whitaker. MOLLY. By Barbara Yechton. MUSICAL JOURNEY OF DOROTHY AND DELIA. By Bradley Gilman. OUR UNCLE THE MAJOR. By James Otis. PAIR OF THEM. By Evelyn Raymond. PLAYGROUND TONI. By Anna Chapin Ray. PLAY LADY. By Ella Farman Pratt. PRINCE PRIGIO. By Andrew Lang. SHORT CRUISE. By James Otis. SMOKY DAYS. By Edward W. Thomson. SNAP DRAGONS. By Mrs. J. H. Ewing. STEPHEN. A Story of the Little Crusaders. By Eva A. Madden. STRAWBERRY HILL. By Mrs. C. F. Fraser. SUNBEAMS AND MOONBEAMS. By Louise R. Baker. TALE OF THE TOW PATH. By Homer Greene. THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS. By Charlotte M. Vaile. TWO AND ONE. By Charlotte M. Vaile. RIVERPARK REBELLION. By Homer Greene. WHISPERING TONGUES. By Homer Greene. WONDER SHIP. By Sophie Swett. WRECK OF THE CIRCUS. By James Otis. YOUNG BOSS. By Edward W. Thomson.

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  "ANYTHING ELSE I CAN GIT FOR YE, YOUNG GENTLEMEN?"]

  THE RIVERPARK REBELLION

  BY HOMER GREENE

  AUTHOR OF "THE BLIND BROTHER," "BURNHAM BREAKER," ETC.

 

  NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. PUBLISHERS

  _Copyright, 1889_, BY PERRY MASON & CO.

  _Copyright, 1892_, BY T. Y. CROWELL & CO.

  This Volume is Reverently Inscribed to the Memory

  OF

  COLONEL OTIS BISBEE,

  _Who, in his lifetime, was Principal of the Riverview Military Academy at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and under whose guidance and instruction, long ago, two happy years were spent_

  BY THE AUTHOR.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE I. A LOSS OF TEMPER 7 II. CHANGING THE RECORD 28 III. AN IMPERTINENT PETITION 49 IV. THE ORDER OF THE BLACK STAR 70 V. A HAPLESS HOLIDAY 89 VI. QUARTERED ON A HAYMOW 109 VII. THE RETURN OF THE FUGITIVES 128 VIII. A GENERAL AMNESTY 148

  THE RIVERPARK REBELLION.