Everett T. Tomlinson
Reading edition
M.A. DONOHUE & COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK
1904
PREFACE
In this book I have endeavored to relate the story of a boy's early experiences in college life—a boy who was neither unnaturally good nor preternaturally bad, wholesome, earnest, impulsive, making just such mistakes as a normal boy would make, and yet earnest, sincere, and healthy. We all have known just such boys and are grateful that they are neither uncommon nor unknown.
Perhaps it may add a little to the interest of this tale if it is stated that many of the events described in it actually occurred. I have not tagged a "moral" upon it, for if the story itself shall not bear its own moral, then the addition will not add to it.
Everett T. Tomlinson.
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
CONTENTS
The Opening Term
Peter John's Arrival
New Friends and New Experiences
A Cloud of Witnesses
Unsought Attentions
A Race in the Darkness
Splinter's Questions
The Parade
The Walk with Mott
A Visitor
The Perpetual Problem
The Meet
Wagner's Advice
The Advice Followed
A Reversed Decision
Telegrams
Peter John's Downfall
An Alarming Report
A Rare Interview
A Crisis
The Examination
A Fresh Excitement
The Rush to Coventry Center
The Mystery of the Canes
On the Trail
St. Patrick's Day
Conclusion