XXII. Being jolly under creditable Circumstances.-Songs, Medleys, Choruses, Cheers, Laughter, Speeches, Responses.-The Mud again.-Hard and fast.-What'll you do now, my Boy? XXIII. A wild Undertaking.-A Race for Life.-The lost Boot.-The Quicksands.-The Isle of Safety.-The Mud Gulch.-Crossing the Abyss of Mud.-Bruce's Doldrum.-Two forlorn Figures.-Rapturous Welcome.-Speech by the Grand Panjandrum. THE BOYS OF GRAND PRÉ SCHOOL The “B. O. W. C.” Series By Prof. James De Mille Illustrated 1871 THE SIX VOLUMES OF THE “B. O. W. C” SERIES. 1. THE “B. O. W. C.” 2. THE BOYS OF GRAND PRÉ SCHOOL. 3. LOST IN THE FOG. 4. FIRE IN THE WOODS. 5. PICKED UP ADRIFT. 6. THE TREASURE OF THE SEAS. CONTENTS THE BOYS OF GRAND PRÉ SCHOOL I. The Camp in the Woods.-Weapons of War.-An Interruption.-An old Friend.-A Mineral Bod.-Tremendous Excitement.--Captain Corbet on the Rampage.-A Pot of Gold. II. The Old French Orchard.-The French Acadians.-The ruined Houses.-Captain Corbet in the Cellar.-Mysterious Movements.-The Mineral Bod-Where is the Pot of Cold?-Excitement.-Plans, Projects, and Proposals. III. A Deed of Darkness.-The Money-diggers.-The dim Forest and the Midnight Scene.-Incantation assisted by Caesar, the Latin Grammar, and Euclid.-Sudden, startling, and terrific Interruption.-Flight of the "B. O. W. C."-They rally again. IV. The Wonders of the upper Air.-Mr. Long calls upon the Boys for Help.-All Hands at hard Labor.-Captain Corbet on a Fence.-The Antelope comes to Grief.-Captain Corbet in the Grasp of the Law. Mr. Long to the Rescue. V. A most mysterious Sound in a most mysterious Place.-What is it?-General Panic.-The adventurous Explorers.-They are baffled.-Is Pat at the Bottom of it?-Bart takes his Life in his Hand, and goes alone to encounter the Mystery of the Garret. VI. The great, the famous, and the never-to-be-forgotten Trial.-Captain Corbet hauled up before the Bar of Rhadamanthus.-Town and Gown.-Attitude of the gallant Captain.-The sympathizing Townsmen.-Old Zeke and his Bat.-Mr. Long's eloquent Oration, ending in the Apotheosis of Captain Corbet's Baby. (For meaning of above word-Apotheosis-see Dictionary.) VII. The Valley of the Gasper eaux.-Invading the Enemy's Territory.-Defiance.-Returning Home to find their own Territory invaded.-The Camp.-The missing Ones.-Where are they?-The Gaspereaugians? VIII. Bart and Solomon fall into an Ambush, and after a desperate Resistance are made Prisoners.-Bonds and Imprisonment.-Bruce and the Gaspereau-gians.-A Challenge, a Conflict, and a Victory.-Immense Sensation among the Spectators.-The Prisoners burst their Bonds.-Their Flight.-Recovery of the Spoils of War. IX. A Banquet begun, but suddenly interrupted.-The far-off Boar.-Off in Search of it.-Keeping Watch at the old French Orchard.-Another Boar, and another Chase.-Soliloquies of Solomon.-Sudden, amazing, paralyzing, and utterly confounding Discovery.-One deep, dark, dread Mystery stands revealed in a familiar but absurd Form.