WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY
G. H. EVISON.

LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO
AND NEW YORK
(All rights reserved)


Butler & Tanner
The Selwood Printing Works
Frome and London


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I A Strange Affair[1]
II A Cruel Implication[15]
III Mr. St. Clive proves himself a True Friend[25]
IV Ralph's First Day at School[35]
V Making Things Straight[45]
VI An Early Morning Spin[55]
VII Horace Elgert Goes a little Too Far[65]
VIII A Mysterious Midnight Visitor[75]
IX Altogether Beyond Explanation[84]
X Counsels and Promises[94]
XI Going in for Grinding[103]
XII The Stolen Banknote[113]
XIII Divided Opinions[122]
XIV By the River Side[131]
XV The Lost Pocket-Book[140]
XVI Things look Black for Ralph[150]
XVII The Plot that Failed[159]
XVIII Where the Banknote Went[168]
XIX The Lame Horse once more[177]
XX To Mr. St. Clive's[186]
XXI A House of Refuge[195]
XXII An Afternoon Ramble[204]
XXIII The Ruin and the Lonely House[213]
XXIV For the Sake of Revenge[222]
XXV Just in Time[231]
XXVI Tom Warren Speaks His Mind[240]
XXVII In the Dead of the Night[249]
XXVIII The Next Day[259]
XXIX What Tinkle and Green Caught[268]
XXX What Detained Ralph Rexworth[277]
XXXI The Tables are Turned[286]
XXXII Flogged and Expelled[294]
XXXIII Conclusion[303]