The Heroes of the School; or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin

"You're right! They did!" exclaimed the chief of police. "They got away from you, and they're here now to prefer charges against you and the other scoundrels. I place you all un...

For a moment the announcement struck such a chill of terror to the hearts of the boys that they did not know what to say. The thought of being more than a mile above the earth w...

"No way at all," replied Bart. "To the trees! If we take a step they'll hear us, and besides, we don't know any more than the man in the moon which way to go. Hide in a tree unt...

Word soon went around that Bart, who was captain of the nine, had decided to accept the challenge which had come to Harry Mathews as manager of the team. The challenge had only...

"Come on, boys! Let's get her out!" cried Bart as he advanced toward the cow. As he did so Mr. Kenton, the language teacher, came down from the platform and advanced upon the an...

"It's a window," he said, "but it's not more than a foot square, and has bars to it. More for ventilation than anything else I guess. It's just above the waterline, for I can he...

The boys tried to learn in which direction the old man had gone, but he was not in sight. They listened to hear if he was tramping through the bushes, but there was not a sound.

It was a good thing the fair came during the vacation season, otherwise there would have been slim classes in the schools of Darewell, judging by the throng of boys and girls at...

"I'll make it one. Don't you fellows get fresh with me. You think because you can run the high school, and the nine, you can boss me but I'll show you that you can't."

Hampered by their shoes and clothing the boys could not make much headway in the water. Fenn, who was not a very good swimmer, was the last to strike out. Bart caught a glimpse...

The next instant a short stout man, with black hair and a blacker moustache, came around the corner of the hut. On his head he wore a little gilt crown.

Frank and Ned began pulling with long steady strokes. The boat with its load was not easy to propel through the water and they knew they could do better by taking it easy than b...

"What are you looking so glum about this morning, Stumpy?" asked Ned Wilding as he greeted his chum, Fenn Masterson, otherwise known as "Stumpy" because of his short, stout figu...

The man seemed to pay no attention to the approach of the boys' boat. He kept on dipping the long pole into the water, shoving it down as far as it would go, and then carefully...

It took considerable explanation to set things straight but it was finally accomplished. The boys told as much of their story as they thought proper, from the time they went up...

Bart went over to the soda fountain and ordered "something for all hands" as he expressed it. Meanwhile Alice remained at Lem's side, holding his wrist down well under the hot w...

Bart again ascended the tree and took a long observation. He reported that the men seemed to be measuring the land with long chains, while one was using an instrument such as su...

"Not much," was the reply. "I don't believe he's camping out at all. I saw some things in a pile on the ground, but they looked more like a lot of instruments than anything a ma...

"That's always the way in a balloon, I've read," spoke Frank. "We can't see ourselves move as there's nothing to judge it by. You can't see the air, and that's what we're moving...

"New York," said Bart, turning the envelope over. "It is from a law firm," he added as he looked at the name in the upper left hand corner. "Wright & Johnson, 11 Pine street."

In the glow the figure of a man could be seen, headed on the run for the little beach, where the boats were tied. As he ran his coat appeared to flap out behind him, the long ta...

"I don't know who they are," he said. "I didn't recognize Captain Needham's voice, but one man was saying: 'It was a great idea, him calling himself the King of Paprica. That mu...

A chorus of laughter broke out among the students. It certainly was mirth-provoking to see that picture in place of the fire and clouds of smoke from the volcano. The class was...

"What are we going to do this vacation?" asked Ned of his three chums, as they assembled the next Monday morning at the boat dock where they had agreed to meet.

Bart passed him a wad. Without stopping to put oil on it Ned lighted the twisted torch. As the flame grew in brightness he held it above his head to cast a glow over the water....

"It takes Fenn to please the girls," retorted Ned, and he dodged to escape a blow Stumpy aimed at him. Then the gong rang for the afternoon session and the pupils went back to t...

"Will ye?" asked the farmer. "That'll be th' thing. I'll fool th' savage critter. This is where I git ahead of ye, Stonewall Jackson," he added, shaking his fist again at the bull.

Standing up on his seat Ned continued to blow the notes. Clear and true they rang out. Twice he gave the call, but before he had begun the second round the audience had calmed d...

The boys thronged from the court and out on the campus. There was a buzz of talk about what had taken place and Sandy came in for a severe "raking over the coals."

The four chums were certainly regarded as the heroes of the school that day, for they had been instrumental in winning a victory that went down in the history of the institution...