Brake up; Or, the young peacemakers

About this eBook

Author

Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897

Title

Brake up : or, the young peacemakers

Original Publication

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869.

Credits

Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Steamboats -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77372

Release Date

November 30, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.BRAKE UP; OR, THE YOUNG PEACEMAKERS.
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PREFACE.
8. 8.CONTENTS.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. COLONEL WIMPLETON WON’T HAVE IT.
10. 10.CHAPTER II BRAKE UP!
11. 11.CHAPTER III. MR. NICHOLAS VAN WOLTER.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. A GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY.
13. 13.CHAPTER V. ROMANCE AND REALITY.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. A DISCOMFITED ASPIRANT.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. COLONEL WIMPLETON DROPS THE REINS.
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. SECRETS FOR TWO.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. THE TIPSY MAGNATE.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. TOM WALTON EXPRESSES HIS OPINION.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. A GENEROUS TIPPLER.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII. ANOTHER CALAMITY.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. “THE OCCURRENCES OF YESTERDAY.”
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. A TEMPTING OFFER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. THE UCAYGA IN TROUBLE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. AN ACT OF COURTESY.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHECK.
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. COLONEL WIMPLETON HUMILIATED.
28. 28.CHAPTER XX. A NIGHT TRIP TO HITACA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ROAD.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXII. SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII. THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV. THE MAGNATES JOIN HANDS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXV. MORE SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI. IN HONOR OF THE RECONCILIATION.
35. 35.Transcriber’s Notes

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