BENTON’S VENTURE
[“‘This is Saturday and we ought to have a half-holiday’”]
BENTON’S
VENTURE
BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF “AROUND THE END,” “CHANGE SIGNALS,”
“FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1914
Copyright, 1914, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
TO
SELINDA
ONE OF THE THREE BEST