FRANK FAIRLEGH

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A PRIVATE PUPIL

By Frank E. Smedley

With Twenty-Eight Illustrations By George Cruikshank


CHAPTER I	ALL RIGHT! OFF WE GO!
CHAPTER II	LOSS AND GAIN
CHAPTER III	COLD-WATER CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE
CHAPTER IV	THE ADVENTURE OF THE MACINTOSH
CHAPTER V	MAD BESS
CHAPTER VI	LAWLESS GETS THOROUGHLY PUT OUT
CHAPTER VII	THE BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH
CHAPTER VIII	GOOD RESOLUTIONS
CHAPTER IX	A DENOUEMENT
CHAPTER X	THE BOATING PARTY
CHAPTER XI	BREAKERS AHEAD!
CHAPTER XII	DEATH AND CHANGE
CHAPTER XIII	CATCHING A SHRIMP
CHAPTER XIV	THE BALL
CHAPTER XV	RINGING THE CURFEW
CHAPTER XVI	THE ROMAN FATHER
CHAPTER XVII	THE INVISIBLE GIRL
CHAPTER XVIII	THE GAME IN BARSTONE PARK
CHAPTER XIX	TURNING THE TABLES
CHAPTER XX	ALMA MATER
CHAPTER XXI	THE WINE-PARTY
CHAPTER XXII	TAMING A SHREW
CHAPTER XXIII	WHAT HARRY AND I FOUND WHEN LOST
CHAPTER XXIV	HOW OAKLANDS BROKE HIS HORSEWHIP
CHAPTER XXV	THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XXVI	COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS
CHAPTER XXVII	THE DUEL
CHAPTER XXVIII	THE SUBSTANCE OF THE SHADOW
CHAPTER XXIX	THE STRUGGLE IN CHESTERTON MEADOW
CHAPTER XXX	MR. FRAMPTON'S INTRODUCTION TO A TIGER
CHAPTER XXXI	HOW I RISE A DEGREE
CHAPTER XXXII	CATCHING SIGHT OF AN OLD FLAME
CHAPTER XXXIII	WOMAN'S A RIDDLE
CHAPTER XXXIV	THE RIDDLE BAFFLES ME!
CHAPTER XXXV	A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
CHAPTER XXXVI	THE RIDDLE SOLVED
CHAPTER XXXVII	THE FORLORN HOPE
CHAPTER XXXVIII	PACING THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XXXIX	THE COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER XL	LAWLESS'S MATINÉE MUSICALE
CHAPTER XLI	HOW LAWLESS BECAME A LADY'S MAN
CHAPTER XLII	THE MEET AT EVERSLEY GORSE
CHAPTER XLIII	A CHARADE — NOT ALL ACTING
CHAPTER XLIV	CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER XLV	HELPING A LAME DOG OVER A STILE
CHAPTER XLVI	TEARS AND SMILES
CHAPTER XLVII	A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE
CHAPTER XLVIII	PAYING OFF OLD SCORES
CHAPTER XLIX	MR. FRAMPTON MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER L	A RAY OF SUNSHINE
CHAPTER LI	FREDDY COLEMAN FALLS INTO DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER LII	LAWLESS ASTONISHES MR. COLEMAN
CHAPTER LIII	A COMEDY OF ERRORS
CHAPTER LIV	MR. VERNOR MEETS HIS MATCH
CHAPTER LV	THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER LVI	RETRIBUTION
CHAPTER THE LAST	WOO'D AND MARRIED AND

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Page27 —— Caught in a Trap

Page29 —— Ornamenting a Writing Desk

Page44 —— Mad Bess

Page56 —— Lawless Finds his Level

Page79 —— The Doctor Makes a Discovery

Page90 —— The Doctor Expels a Pupil

Page104 ——Frank Rescues Coleman

Page124 ——Fall of the Cadelabrum

Page133 ——Freddy Mystifies the Beadle

Page135 ——Eloping With the Fire-engine

Page167 ——The Wine Party

Page190 ——The Roused Lion

Page216 ——Result of Giving Satisfaction

Page231 ——Fairlegh to the Rescue

Page246 ——Hurrah! Room for the Governor

Page249 ——Shy Young Gentleman

Page253 —— A Mysterious Bonnet

Page266 —— An Unexpected Reverie

Page281 —— The Discovery

Page338 —— Lovers Leap

Page345 —— A Charade Not All Acting

Page382 —— A New Cure for the Heart-ache

Page398 —— A Striking Position

Page418 —— The Reconciliation

Page430 —— Mammon Worship

Page447 —— A Messenger of Evil

Page457 —— The Retribution

Page459 —— The Rescue

THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER

A National Toy

With Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse,

By William Hone

Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

THE JOSS AND HIS FOLLY,

GUY FAWKES

OR, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON

By William Harrison Ainsworth

With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank

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	DEDICATION	iii
	PREFACE	v

	Book the First.
	THE PLOT.

CHAPTER
I.	AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY	1
II.	ORDSALL CAVE	10
III.	ORDSALL HALL	12
IV.	THE SEARCH	26
V.	CHAT MOSS	31
VI.	THE DISINTERMENT	49
VII.	DOCTOR DEE	50
VIII.	THE MAGIC GLASS	56
IX.	THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE	62
X.	THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT	66
XI.	THE PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT WINIFRED'S WELL	71
XII.	THE VISION	83
XIII.	THE CONSPIRATORS	87
XIV.	THE PACKET	98
XV.	THE ELIXIR	105
XVI.	THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER	115
XVII.	THE RENCOUNTER	129
XVIII.	THE EXPLANATION	131
XIX.	THE DISCOVERY	133
XX.	THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL	139

	Book the Second.
	THE DISCOVERY.

I.	THE LANDING OF THE POWDER	147
II.	THE TRAITOR	156
III.	THE ESCAPE PREVENTED	163
IV.	THE MINE	169
V.	THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA	179
VI.	THE CELLAR	187
VII.	THE STAR-CHAMBER	195
VIII.	THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER	198
IX.	THE COUNTERPLOT	212
X.	WHITE WEBBS	220
XI.	THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST	228
XII.	THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER	237
XIII.	THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS	245
XIV.	THE EXAMINATION	255

	Book the Third.
	THE CONSPIRATORS.

I.	HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE	262
II.	SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA	274
III.	HUDDINGTON	278
IV.	HOLBEACH	292
V.	THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION	294
VI.	HAGLEY	304
VII.	VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL	313
VIII.	HENDLIP	319
IX.	WHITEHALL	327
X.	THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM	311
XI.	THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON	332
XII.	THE TRAITOR BETRAYED	336
XIII.	THE TRIAL	341
XIV.	THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA	344
XV.	SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD	347
XVI.	OLD PALACE YARD	352
XVII.	THE LAST EXECUTION	355