CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Expelling a Pupil]1
II.[The Wrong Slide]9
III.[A Queer Character]15
IV.[A Hut in the Woods]22
V.[The Challenge]30
VI.[A Great Game of Ball]38
VII.[Alice has a Chance]47
VIII.[The Strange Boatman]52
IX.[A Plot Against Bart]59
X.[A Cow in School]67
XI.[Honoring the Seniors]73
XII.[Frank’s Queer Letter]82
XIII.[Sandy on Guard]89
XIV.[Peculiar Operations]96
XV.[Ned Stops a Panic]104
XVI.[A River Trip]111
XVII.[The Tramp’s Headquarters]116
XVIII.[A Night Scare]123
XIX.[The Farmer and the Bull]130
XX.[Followed by Sandy]137
XXI.[At the Fair]143
XXII.[Up in a Balloon]149
XXIII.[Above the Clouds]157
XXIV.[Into the River]164
XXV.[Captured]175
XXVI.[Planning to Escape]183
XXVII.[The Escape]192
XXVIII.[The Pursuit]199
XXIX.[An Unexpected Meeting]208
XXX.[Striking Oil—Conclusion]215

THE HEROES OF THE SCHOOL

CHAPTER I

EXPELLING A PUPIL

“What are you looking so glum about this morning, Stumpy?” asked Ned Wilding as he greeted his chum, Fenn Masterson, otherwise known as “Stumpy” because of his short, stout figure. “Haven’t you got your lessons, or are you going to be expelled?”

“I’m not to be expelled but some one else is, Ned.”