PREFACE

In this book I have endeavored to relate the story of a boy's early experiences in college life—a boy who was neither unnaturally good nor preternaturally bad, wholesome, earnest, impulsive, making just such mistakes as a normal boy would make, and yet earnest, sincere, and healthy. We all have known just such boys and are grateful that they are neither uncommon nor unknown.

Perhaps it may add a little to the interest of this tale if it is stated that many of the events described in it actually occurred. I have not tagged a "moral" upon it, for if the story itself shall not bear its own moral, then the addition will not add to it.

Everett T. Tomlinson.

Elizabeth, New Jersey.

CONTENTS

  1. [The Opening Term]
  2. [Peter John's Arrival]
  3. [New Friends and New Experiences]
  4. [A Cloud of Witnesses]
  5. [Unsought Attentions]
  6. [A Race in the Darkness]
  7. [Splinter's Questions]
  8. [The Parade]
  9. [The Walk with Mott]
  10. [A Visitor]
  11. [The Perpetual Problem]
  12. [The Meet]
  13. [Wagner's Advice]
  14. [The Advice Followed]
  15. [A Reversed Decision]
  16. [Telegrams]
  17. [Peter John's Downfall]
  18. [An Alarming Report]
  19. [A Rare Interview]
  20. [A Crisis]
  21. [The Examination]
  22. [A Fresh Excitement]
  23. [The Rush to Coventry Center]
  24. [The Mystery of the Canes]
  25. [On the Trail]
  26. [St. Patrick's Day]
  27. [Conclusion]