Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 55080-h.htm or 55080-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55080/55080-h/55080-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55080/55080-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/worstboy00habbiala Illustration: "A NAUTICAL EXPEDITION." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORST BOY IN TOWN by JOHN HABBERTON Author of "Barton Experiment," "Other People's Children," etc., etc. New York G. P. Putnam's Sons, 182 Fifth Avenue 1880 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO VERY BAD BOYS, AND TO THE FINE OLD FELLOWS WHO ONCE WERE CALLED VERY BAD BOYS, THIS BOOK IS SYMPATHETICALLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. ------- CHAPTER I—A NAUTICAL EXPEDITION II—A CORNER IN WHISKEY III—INJURY AND RESTITUTION IV—SHARP AXES AND SHARPER WITS V—EXPERIMENTS IN GRAVITATION VI—THOUGHTS OF REFORM VII—IN TROUBLE AGAIN VIII—FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE IX—THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE X—YOUNG AMERICA IN POLITICS XI—A QUIET LITTLE GAME XII—SWEET SOLACE XIII—THE BOY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID XIV—PAYING FOR A SPREE XV—RUNNING AWAY XVI—LOSING A REPUTATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER I. A NAUTICAL EXPEDITION. "You're the worst boy in town!"