CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH ERNEST GETS AN IDEA 67 CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH ERNEST HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. TOM THORNTON 78 CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH ERNEST VISITS HIS UNCLE'S LIBRARY 89 CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH ERNEST, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RETREAT, FALLS INTO A TRAP 100 CHAPTER X. IN WHICH ERNEST STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW FOR LIBERTY 111 CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH ERNEST MAKES GOOD HIS RETREAT FROM THE COTTAGE 122 CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH ERNEST OBTAINS SOME VALUABLE LETTERS 132 CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH ERNEST LEAVES PARKVILLE, AND TAKES THE TRAIN FOR THE EASTWARD 144 CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ERNEST WONDERS WHAT TOM THORNTON WILL DO, AND FINDS OUT 155 CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH ERNEST FACES THE ENEMY 166 CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH ERNEST MAKES A LANDING ON THE HUDSON 177 CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH ERNEST OUTFLANKS TOM THORNTON 189 CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH ERNEST CALLS ON SEVERAL LORAINES 200 CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH ERNEST STARTS FOR MADISON PLACE WITH KATE 211 CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH ERNEST STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW, AND TOM THORNTON HAS A BAD FALL 221 CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH ERNEST VISITS MADISON PLACE 232 CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH ERNEST MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF E. DUNKSWELL 243 CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS THAT E. DUNKSWELL IS A DISAGREEABLE ROOM-MATE 254 CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH ERNEST LANDS AT CROOKHAVEN, AND PROCEEDS TO LONDON 265 CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH ERNEST VISITS STONY STRATFORD, AND E. DUNKSWELL COMES TO GRIEF 276 CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH ERNEST RETURNS TO PARKVILLE WITH HIS MOTHER, AND THE STORY ENDS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ADIENO 289 SEEK AND FIND; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A SMART BOY. CHAPTER I. IN WHICH ERNEST THORNTON BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS KATE LORAINE. "WE are getting a capital breeze over here," said my friend Bob Hale, who was seated at my side in the Splash. "There is always plenty of wind over here when it comes from the north-west," I replied.