Old Mole / Being the Surprising Adventures in England of Herbert Jocelyn Beenham, M.A., Sometime Sixth-Form Master at Thrigsby Grammar School in the County of Lancaster

OLD MOLE
BEING THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND OF HERBERT JOCELYN BEENHAM, M.A., SOMETIME SIXTH-FORM MASTER AT THRIGSBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER
BY GILBERT CANNAN AUTHOR OF “ROUND THE CORNER”
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1917
Copyright, 1914. by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
TO MY WIFE
J’aime les fables des philosophes, je ris de celles des enfants, et je hais celles des imposteurs.
L’INGÉNU.
His star is a strange one! One that leadeth him to fortune by the path of frowns! to greatness by the aid of thwackings!
THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT

I PRELUDE