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  THE HERO OF GARSIDE SCHOOL

  by

  J. HARWOOD PANTING

  Author of "Clive of Clair College," "The Two Runaways," etc.

  With Original Illustrations

  LondonFrederick Warne & Co., Ltd.and New York(All rights reserved)

  Printed In Great Britain

  FALCON WAS DEAD.... TO MAKE GOOD HIS ESCAPE, NO TIME MUSTBE LOST.]

  CONTENTS

  I THE MOTHER'S PRAYER

  II THE MESSAGE

  III THE CRY OF THE PSALMIST

  IV SHADOWS OF THE EVENING

  V THE LITTLE HUNCHBACK

  VI HARRY MONCRIEF ARRIVES AT GARSIDE

  VII A BAD COMMENCEMENT FOR THE TERM

  VIII FOR THE SAKE OF A CHUM

  IX GOOD ADVICE

  X TORN FROM THE BLACK BOOK

  XI FOR THE HONOUR OF THE FORM

  XII THE FORUM

  XIII A CHALLENGE FROM ST. BEDE'S

  XIV THE CHAMPION OF HIS FORM

  XV WHAT HAPPENED AT THE SAND-PIT

  XVI "HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LEPER"

  XVII THE "GARGOYLE RECORD"

  XVIII PAUL WRITES A LETTER

  XIX THE SCHOOL OF ADVERSITY

  XX WYNDHAM AGAIN TO THE RESCUE

  XXI THE CHASM WIDENS

  XXII HATCHING A PLOT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT

  XXIII THE LAST BOND OF FRIENDSHIP

  XXIV THE RAFT ON THE RIVER

  XXV ON A VOYAGE OF ADVENTURE

  XXVI WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RAFT

  XXVII THE OLD FLAG

  XXVIII HIBBERT ASKS STRANGE QUESTIONS

  XXIX AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR ARRIVES AT GARSIDE

  XXX HIBBERT FINISHES HIS STORY

  XXXI A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

  XXXII HOW THE OLD FLAG WAS TAKEN FROM GARSIDE

  XXXIII FRIEND AND FOE

  XXXIV THE MYSTIC ORDER OF BEETLES

  XXXV A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY

  XXXVI THE "FOX-HOLE"

  XXXVII THE LETTERS AT THE TUCK-SHOP

  XXXVIII "FORGIVE, AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN"

  XXXIX THE MISSING FLAG

  XL HOW THE FLAG FOUND ITS WAY BACK TO THE TURRET

  XLI FRIENDS IN COUNCIL

  XLII UNEXPECTED TIDINGS

  XLIII THE STORM BREAKS

  XLIV IN THE GARDEN

  XLV HOW THE VOTE WAS CARRIED

  XLVI WATERMAN DOES A STRANGE THING

  XLVII IN THE FOX'S HOLE

  XLVIII THE BURNING SHIP

  XLIX THE PETITION--WHAT BEFELL IT

  L FOUND OUT

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  FALCON WAS DEAD.... TO MAKE GOOD HIS ESCAPE, NO TIME MUST BE LOST.

  "'I AM MR. MONCRIEF,' SAID THAT GENTLEMAN, STEPPING FORWARD."

  "AS ILL-LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, HIBBERT RAN FULL TILT AGAINST MR. WEEVIL,JUST AS HE REACHED THE OUTER DOOR."

  "SLIGHTLY RAISING HIMSELF FROM HIS POSITION ON THE ROOF, CRICK LIFTEDTHE FLAGSTAFF FROM ITS SOCKET, AND DREW IT QUICKLY BENEATH THETRAP-DOOR."

  "THE BOY WAS KNEELING BESIDE HIM,--IT WAS MONCRIEF MINOR.... 'ARE YOUALL RIGHT?' CAME IN A WHISPER FROM THE BOY."

  THE HERO OF GARSIDE SCHOOL