Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck; Or, Working to Clear His Name

on your nose? I mean full of water. The p

'm not going

e. I used to be pret

want to be

balancing water pitchers may not be an accomplishment taught in all schools, still ther

th his new chum. The matron and monitor had been interviewed, and Mrs. Bl

s he is, too," she confided to her husb

so," said Mr. Blackford. "I wish al

nto the chums' room at that moment, perhap

nce it on his nose, while Tom, rather fearing how the experiment woul

spoke Tom, though he could not help

?" deman

because it

tated on that account there'd be no experts. Give

rathe

hy

aid it w

tead of my nose. On second thought it's a little too heavy for t

it with his two hands, bending his head back, and then, when he thought he had it where h

eyes from the vessel of water. "Talk ab

I gues

uested Jack. "I'm going to

r do it!" pr

'll get the cha

his head carefully held still, the pitcher did not tilt enoug

Tom, but his warn

grasp it in time. A moment later there was a heavy crash, pieces of

was a grim silenc

'll be j

m laughed in spite of himself, for

dly approaching f

spered the lu

happened?" demanded the voice of

," replied Tom, grabbing the clean towels, and

ne hurt? May

lowing his chum's exampl

saw the water, the drenched boys, a

eplied Jack calmly, mop

added Tom. "W

needlessly interrupted Jack. "W

ng her hands in despair. "I was afraid som

ng," replied Jack gravely. "And the

ed, it was an accident, and you needn't pay," said the matr

uckily there is a wooden ceiling below, or the plaster woul

and the two went to bed early, as they were rather tired. There was very little excitement in the school that night.

ctor, and Doctor Meredith himself, had their hands full. Opus Manor filled with a laughing, chattering crowd, and Tom was glad he ha

t right!" d

ntance of several lads. On one side of them roomed Bert Wilson, to whom Tom and Jack at

k, after their first lecture, when both he and Tom f

assent

ht," declared Bert. "I wonde

ared Jack. "I don

," sai

w Seniors, had arrived. Bruce Bennington was among the miss

ght our hero, and he felt some regret, for he had form

self and his chum. "I'm just aching to get into a boat, and I understand there ar

t you sen

n't you think the Lati

He's fierce. I guess Reddy Burke wa

en here a few weeks. Here's a short cut to the river," suggested

private grounds. One of the pr

"He won't mind, I guess. I lik

m with you,"

glittering river just beyond a fringe of trees, and they were glad of the

d a summer house, vine-encumbered, on the

ou going?" w

iver," re

you to go

on

mer house, a man he at once recognized as Prof

pass. If I find you doing it again I shall take sterner measures. Go back the way you came, and don't come here again. Ah, I see that you are E

e chums, who, though abashed, were no

er house. He had a glimpse of the face, and it was that of Bruce Benning

guess his trouble isn't over yet. I wonder if th