THE GAYTON
SCHOLARSHIP

A SCHOOL STORY

BY

HERBERT HAYENS

Author of "At the Point of the Sword," "An Emperor's Doom,"
"Clevely Sahib," "Under the Lone Star,"
&c. &c.

THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1904

CONTENTS.

  1. [THE DEANERY CANDIDATES]
  2. [THE CHALLENGE SHIELD]
  3. [A NEWSPAPER PARAGRAPH]
  4. [FURTHER NEWS OF THE "MORNING STAR"]
  5. [JIM STARTS WORK]
  6. [THE EXAMINATION]
  7. ["IT'S ALL MY FAULT"]
  8. ["DID I SAVE HIM?"]
  9. [THE RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION]
  10. [GOING DOWN HILL]
  11. [IS JIM A THIEF?]
  12. [WHERE IS THE MISSING MONEY?]
  13. [AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE]
  14. [CURLY AND COMPANY]
  15. ["WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT"]
  16. [A FRESH START]
  17. [A STARTLING SURPRISE]

THE GAYTON SCHOLARSHIP.

CHAPTER I.