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