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                      _The_ SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL




BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

Each 12mo, Cloth.

  The Spirit of the School.
    Illustrated in Colors. $1.50.

  Four Afloat.
    Illustrated in Colors. $1.50.

  Four Afoot.
    Illustrated in Colors. $1.50.

  Four in Camp.
    Illustrated in Colors. $1.50.

  On Your Mark.
    Illustrated in Colors. $1.50.

  The Arrival of Jimpson.
    Illustrated. $1.50.

  Weatherby’s Inning.
    Illustrated in Colors. $1.50.

  Behind the Line.
    Illustrated. $1.50.

  Captain of the Crew.
    Illustrated. $1.50.

  For the Honor of the School.
    Illustrated. $1.50.

  The Half-Back.
    Illustrated. $1.50.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.




[Illustration: “A more harmless youth it would have been hard to find.”]




                                 _The_
                                SPIRIT
                             OF THE SCHOOL

                          RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

           Author of “The Half-Back,” “Weatherby’s Inning,”
                         “On Your Mark,” etc.


                            [Illustration]


                        D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
                               NEW YORK
                                 1907




                          Copyright, 1907, by
                          PERRY MASON COMPANY


                          Copyright, 1907, by
                        D. APPLETON AND COMPANY


_Published, September, 1907_




                                  TO

                          JOSEPH SHERMAN FORD




CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                                         PAGE
     I.--AN OLD AC