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Ralph Barbour

Left End EdwardsRalph Henry Barbour Left End Edwards CHAPTER I FATHERS AND SONS "Dad, what does 'Mens sana in corpore sano' mean?"Mr. Edwards slightly lowered his Sunday paper and over the top of it frowned abstractedly at the boy on the window-seat. "Eh?" he asked. "What was that?""'Mens sana in...

The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other StoriesRalph Henry Barbour The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories THE NEW BOY AT HILLTOP I Hilltop School closed its fall term with just ninety-five students; it opened again two weeks later, on the third of January, with ninety-six; and thereby hangs this tal...

The Lilac GirlRalph Henry Barbour The Lilac Girl OVER THE TIPS OF THE SPRAYS SHE SHOT A GLANCE AT WADEI Two men were sitting beside a camp-fire at Saddle Pass, a shallow notch in the lower end of the Sangre de Cristo Range in southern Colorado. Although it was the middle of June and summer had co...

Four in Camp: A Story of Summer Adventures in the New Hampshire WoodsFour in Camp: A Story of Summer Adventures in the New Hampshire Woods TOTHE CHIEF, COUNCILLORS ANDFELLOWS OF SHERWOODFORESTCHAPTER I INTRODUCES NELSON TILFORD, AND WITNESSES HIS ARRIVAL AT CAMP CHICORA “That’s Chicora over there...

The Adventure Club AfloatRalph Henry Barbour The Adventure Club Afloat CHAPTER I HOW IT STARTED The Adventure Club had its inception, one evening toward the last of June, in Number 17 Sumner Hall, which is the oldest, most vine-hidden and most hallowed of the seven dormitories of Dexter Academy. ...

The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about BoysRalph Henry Barbour The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about Boys THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON I THE DEPARTURE The rain fell in a steady, remorseless drizzle upon the rain-coats and umbrellas of the throng that blocked the sid...

On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and AthleticsOn Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics CHAPTER I THE WINNER OF THE MILE “All out for the mile!”Myer, clerk of the course, stuck his head inside the dressing-tent and bawled the command in a voice already made hoarse by his afternoon’...

Left Half HarmonRalph Henry Barbour Left Half Harmon CHAPTER I THE THREE GUARDSMEN At a few minutes past three o’clock on a particularly warm afternoon in late September of last year three boys removed themselves and their luggage from the top of a Fifth Avenue stage in New York City and set fort...

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Captain of the CrewRalph Henry Barbour Captain of the Crew INTRODUCTIONIn this, as in the two preceding volumes of the series – The Half-Back and For the Honor of the School – an attempt is made to show that athletics rightly indulged in is beneficial to the average boy and is an aid rather than ...