صفحة 1
THE
ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON
And Other Stories
for Boys about Boys
BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF BEHIND THE LINE, WEATHERBY’S INNING,
ON YOUR MARK! ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York
D. Appleton and Company
1904
Copyright, 1904, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published, September, 1904
TO
H. D. R.
IN MEMORY OF THE
WINTER OF ’98-’99
The following stories first appeared in St. Nicholas, The Youth’s Companion, Pearson’s Magazine, and The Brown Book. To the editors of these periodicals the author’s thanks are due for permission to republish the tales.
CONTENTS
PAGE The Arrival of Jimpson 1 Barclay’s Bonfire 30 Marty Brown—Mascot 42 Parmelee’s “Spread” 75 “No Holding” 96 Class Spirit 117 The Father of a Hero 136 The Hazing of Satterlee 2d 161 A Pair of Poachers 185 Brewster’s Début 209 “Mittens” 234
صفحة 2
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACINGPAGE The captain was holding his head. Frontispiece Jimpson felt like an outcast, and looked like an Indian. 9 There was one kind of ball that Marty knew all about. 71 “Duty!” frothed Morris. 130 Tom moved the net toward the prey. 198 Ned trotted over the plate into the arms of “Big Jim” Milford. 232