STANLEY BUXTON;

OR,

THE SCHOOLFELLOWS.

"While guile is guiltless, and life's business play,
Friendships are formed, that never know decay."

BY

THE AUTHOR OF "ANNALS OF THE PARISH,"
"LAWRIE TODD," &c. &c.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,

NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,

Dorset Street, Fleet Street.

STANLEY BUXTON;

OR,

THE SCHOOLFELLOWS.

CHAPTER I.

BUXTON, on leaving his friends, returned immediately to his chambers, where he had scarcely seated himself, when, much to his amazement, Mr. Scrutiner came in.

"You will be surprised," said he, "that I have come here at this hour, but I have been dining in the city, and could not pass without calling, so much have I been vexed by what took place last night. His Lordship, my soft-headed cousin, spoke certainly with even less discretion than I thought he possessed; and the General, though the best-intentioned