INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS.

THE RUNAWAY.

CHAPTER I. RODNEY UNHAPPY IN A GOOD HOME. I

CHAPTER II. REVOLVING AND RESOLVING. C

CHAPTER III. RODNEY IN NEW YORK. O

CHAPTER IV. RODNEY FINDS A PATRON. L

CHAPTER V. RODNEY IN PHILADELPHIA. Y

CHAPTER VI. THE PUNISHMENT BEGINS. B

CHAPTER VII. THE WATCH-HOUSE.

CHAPTER VIII. RODNEY IN JAIL. S

CHAPTER IX. THE DUNGEON. T

CHAPTER X. THE HOSPITAL. U

CHAPTER XI. THE TRIAL. J

CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION. H

THE RUNAWAY;

OR, THE

ADVENTURES OF RODNEY ROVERTON.

"He cast his bundle on his back, and went,
He knew not whither, nor for what intent;
So stole our vagrant from his warm retreat,
To rove a prowler, and be deemed a cheat."

Crabbe.

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