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MARK COMES TO TOWN. Mr. Timothy O’Flaherty was a tramp. That was the plain unvarnished statement of the case. Mr. O’Flaherty would have called himself a knight of the road, and a comic editor would h…
BURGLAR HUNTING. It was an uncanny business wandering about a dark house at night; it is especially so if it be a strange house and if one knows for certain that there is a desperate burglar creeping…
CHAUNCEY HAS AN IDEA. Three more utterly discouraged and disgusted plebes than our friends would be hard to manufacture. There wasn’t a ray of hope, any more than a ray of light to illumine that dark…
BACK AGAIN. The sergeant had gotten over his anger, but he meant to be consistent, all the same. If this was another one of those “bloated aristocrats” he’d better look out for trouble, that was all.…
A CHALLENGE. “Hey, there, wake up!” “Um—um. Don’t bother me.” “Wow! Git up, man——” “Say, Texas, didn’t I tell you I wanted to sleep this hour? Haven’t I been awake now two nights in succession helpin…
“I HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE A COWARD.” Something which happened immediately after Fischer left the tent effectually drove from Mark’s mind all ideas of fights and first classmen. It was the blessed lon…
MARK, THE COWARD. The taunting of which Mark spoke with such grim and quiet determination was soon to begin; in fact, he was not destined to lie down for that night of rest without a taste of it. He …
A TEST OF COURAGE. The story of the sacred geese that saved the city of Rome is known to every schoolboy. Not so long ago the classic Parson, of the Banded Seven, told of a spider who saved the life …
THE FRUITS OF VICTORY. Grace Fuller was safe then, and everybody knew it. But somehow that crowd did not give a single cheer; in fact, every one seemed to have forgotten that she and Fischer were the…
