H. D. R.

IN MEMORY OF THE
WINTER OF ’98-’99


The following stories first appeared in St. Nicholas, The Youth’s Companion, Pearson’s Magazine, and The Brown Book. To the editors of these periodicals the author’s thanks are due for permission to republish the tales.


CONTENTS

PAGE
[The Arrival of Jimpson]1
[Barclay’s Bonfire]30
[Marty Brown—Mascot]42
[Parmelee’s “Spread”]75
[“No Holding”]96
[Class Spirit]117
[The Father of a Hero]136
[The Hazing of Satterlee 2d]161
[A Pair of Poachers]185
[Brewster’s Début]209
[“Mittens”]234

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE
[The captain was holding his head.]Frontispiece
[Jimpson felt like an outcast, and looked like an Indian.] 9
[There was one kind of ball that Marty knew all about.] 71
[“Duty!” frothed Morris.] 130
[Tom moved the net toward the prey.] 198
[Ned trotted over the plate into the arms of “Big Jim” Milford.] 232