The Chums of Scranton High

ever seen Hugh Morgan angry, though there was a report that on a certain occasion he had stopped to give old Garry Owen the truckman a piece of his m

he had been subdued by the arguments which Hugh hurled at him, a

nce so much depended on good health. He lived with his mother and smaller sister. His father had been dead some years now, b

r Hugh, and among them were such fellows as Nick Lang and Leon Disney. They pretended to dislike him because he had no "nerve," which was only another metho

only surmise what it might be. The general consensus of opinion was that possibly at some time in his younger years, Hugh may have shown signs of an ungovernable temper, and his wi

ow the eager boys had left their lofty perch, and gath

t addition to the group, "great news

ebbe even decided on the lucky candidates who'll have a chance to s

liberations have closed, and presently there will be a general call issued for a full meeting, at which their report is to be r

hose of us who are unfortunate enough to get le

sh I had as much chance as you and Hugh here of making the nine. But then we must put faith in our committee, and believe they'll select the ones they firmly bel

inued Hugh, looking around at the eager faces of his chums,

h! Don't ye see we're just dying

th Allandale and Belleville

ended with a programme being laid out that is to be rigidly adhered to. Two weeks from tomorrow, Saturday, we will find ourselves up against Belleville; and on the following Saturday it's to be Allandale. Those two

hat's an awful short time to get settled down into our best stride. Allandale will have a terrible bulg

of looking solemn at times, in spite of his blue eyes, red hair and mottled face. "An Allandale

g the candidates who've been selected to appear on the athletic field after school every day, and keep hust

by then, and everybody notified to come out to the meeting. Then beginning on next Monday afternoon, hard practice

h the team as he promi

young man, who had gained quite some fame as an athlete while at Princeton, and was well fi

pleasure in trying to build up a winnin

to be the consensus of opinion; though Nick was seen to allow his u

, and made to apologize for some rude remark he had thrown out heedlessly in his rough way. It could hardly be expected that Nick would ever have a

r-time will be around before long; so, for on

drift of conversation circling around the one great subject-the meeting to be called for Saturday night in the school, at which the report of the com

le chaps, who, while engaging in the customary rough and tumble sports of boys with red blood in their veins, still seemed able to keep himself always tidy and neat. No one ever knew how he did it, and a f

issioned me to do for her," Hugh suddenly exclaimed.

her la

ur fetching us that good news, it wasn't to be wondered that you let such a little thin

g ready is sent abroad through the queer old lady, who, they say, once used to queen it at the court of Louis Napoleon. She's over eighty years of age now, but quite rich, I've been told. And if you've never been in her house you'd be interested in seeing how she liv

all the rest of the Scranton boys as an all-round athlete, barring none. Some

care. Presently he came to a large house. It was rather dingy on the outside, but Hugh, who had often been indoors, knew there was some elegant old mahogany

ose enormous old silver-plated knockers, that used to be the fashion fifty or sixty years

yo' walk on back to de library, honey, an' dar you'll find her, sewin' li

he assured her as he st

a big chair. The table was covered with material for all sorts of bandages, and such things as are urgently needed wherever hideo

use something very strange has happened, and perhaps you might be able