Old Mole / Being the Surprising Adventures in England of Herbert Jocelyn Beenham, M.A., Sometime Sixth-Form Master at Thrigsby Grammar School in the County of Lancaster

by Gilbert Cannan

OLD MOLE

BEING THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND OF HERBERT JOCELYN BEENHAM, M.A., SOMETIME SIXTH-FORM MASTER AT THRIGSBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER

BY
GILBERT CANNAN
AUTHOR OF “ROUND THE CORNER”

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1917

Copyright, 1914. by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

TO
MY WIFE

J’aime les fables des philosophes, je ris de celles des enfants, et je hais celles des imposteurs.

L’INGÉNU.

CONTENTS

			PAGE
I.	[PRELUDE]		3
II.	[MARRIAGE]		99
III.	[INTERLUDE]		147
IV.	[TOYS]		171
V.	[IN THE SWIM]		203
VI.	[OUT OF IT]		289
VII.	[APPENDIX]		347