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THE RUNAWAY;

OR, THE

ADVENTURES OF RODNEY ROVERTON.

"He cast his bundle on his back, and went,
He knew not whither, nor for what intent;
So stole our vagrant from his warm retreat,
To rove a prowler, and be deemed a cheat."

Crabbe.

APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.

BOSTON:
NEW ENGLAND SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.
W. HEATH, 79 Cornhill.

[Pg 3]Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

William Heath,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Stereotyped by
HOBART & ROBBINS,
Boston.

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INTRODUCTION.

A truthful narrative, not a tale of fiction,is presented in the following chaptersto our readers. All that the imaginationhas contributed to it has been thenames of the actors,—true names havingbeen withheld, lest, perhaps, friendsmight be grieved,—the filling up of thedialogues, in which, while thoughts andsentiments have been remembered, theverbiage that clothed them has been forgotten,and, in a few instances, thegrouping together of incidents that actuallyoccurred at wider intervals than hererepresented, for the sake of the unity ofthe story.

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CONTENTS.

 

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CHAPTER I.

rodney unhappy in a good home7

CHAPTER II.

revolving and resolving18

CHAPTER III.

rodney in new york26

CHAPTER IV.

rodney finds a patron33

CHAPTER V.

rodney in philadelphia44

CHAPTER VI.

the punishment begins53

CHAPTER VII.

the watch-house60

CHAPTER VIII.[Pg 6]

rodney in jail73

CHAPTER IX.

the dungeon88

CHAPTER X.

the hospital99

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