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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...

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. ...

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Left Tackle ThayerRalph Henry Barbour Left Tackle Thayer CHAPTER I A NEW BOY AND AN OLD ONE A boy in a blue serge suit sat on the second tier of seats of an otherwise empty grand-stand and, with his straw hat pulled well over his eyes, watched the progress of a horse-drawn mower about a field. Th...

The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and GolfRalph Henry Barbour The Half-Back CHAPTER I. THE BOY IN THE STRAW HAT "How's craps, Country?""Shut up, Bart! he may hear you.""What if he does, ninny? I want him to. Say, Spinach!""Do you suppose he's going to try and play football, Bart?""Not h...

Right End EmersonRalph Henry Barbour Right End Emerson CHAPTER I A TIP TO THE WAITER A very gaudy red automobile whirled up the circling drive that led to the white-pillared portico of the big hotel at Pine Harbor, announced its approach with a wheezy groan of the horn and came to a sudden stop b...

Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the HighwayFour Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway TO THE READER Many of you who followed the adventures of Nelson, Dan, Bob, and Tom, as narrated in a previous story, Four in Camp, have very kindly professed a willingnes...

Center Rush RowlandRalph Henry Barbour Center Rush Rowland CHAPTER I ROWLAND ARRIVES “Say, where’s this school located?”The speaker removed a straw hat, rather the worse for wear, and mopped a damp forehead, while a youngster with a freckled face, who was engaged in lowering an awning in front of...