A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story

CONTENTS.

Preface		XI.
Chapter.		Page.
I.	The Story Opened	17
II.	Will’s Lucky Blunder	23
III.	Will’s Native Village	33
IV.	The Heroes of this History	39
V.	An Unpleasant Ride for Will	44
VI.	Steve’s Retaliation	54
VII.	The Young Moralist.—A Clever Scheme	66
VIII.	George Comes Out Ahead	75
IX.	“Three Wise Men Went to Sea in a Bowl.”	88
X.	The “Bowl” Comes to Grief	96
XI.	A Talented Lecturer	106
XII.	An Extraordinary Mad Dog	112
XIII.	The Six go to a Picnic	126
XIV.	Disaster Rather Than Fun	137
XV.	A Lesson in Ballooning	149
XVI.	Unheard-of Adventures with Balloons	156
XVII.	They Prepare to “Giantize”	163
XVIII.	The Cousins See More Than They Bargained for	169
XIX.	Within and Without the Demon’s Cave	178
XX.	A Glorious Triumph	186
XXI.	Uncle Dick Himself Again	197
XXII.	Uncle Dick Evolves His Story	204
XXIII.	The Sage’s Experiment	212
XXIV.	The Sage Unearths a Treasure	220
XXV.	The Bitten Boy Takes Revenge	229
XXVI.	Bob’s Downfall	240
XXVII.	They Propose to Turn the Tables	245
XXVIII.	The Tables Turned with a Vengeance	251
XXIX.	A Horrible Plot.—The Haunted House	260
XXX.	The Blunderer at Work Again	271
XXXI.	Will Mends His Ways	276
XXXII.	The Arch-Plotter Arrives	282
XXXIII.	“A Lesson in French”	287
XXXIV.	Henry Takes His Bearings.—A Stampede	298
XXXV.	Marmaduke Grasps the Situation	307
XXXVI.	To the Rescue!	319
XXXVII.	Marmaduke Struggles with Romance	325
XXXVIII.	The Startlers Themselves are Startled	335
XXXIX.	Repentant Plotters.—The Heroes Re-united	342
XL.	The Heroes Figure as Hunters	Clyx.com