XVIII. THE HEAD PREFECTSHIP 232 XIX. THE RESULT OF THE PROTEST 250 XX. FINCH’S HOUR 267 XXI. SELF-SACRIFICE 284 XXII. THE CHAPEL 294 XXIII. THE LAST TERM 306 ILLUSTRATIONS “Don’t have a fit, Deering, it’s only Maclaren” _Page 99_ _Frontispiece_ Map of Deal School ix FACING PAGE Like a flash he slipped off his coat and cast it full in Chapin’s face 22 “After due consideration Captain Maclaren and I have decided to play Deering at left end in to-morrow’s game.” 50 Tony dodged ... and raced on with a clear field 158 He opened the drawers and thrust malicious disturbing hands among the contents 210 Tony was putting his questions now rapidly and with intention for he had become suspicious 254 With terrible effort he got to the surface again 292 “You will certainly be coming up to college next year?” 306 “Tall, eager, a face to remember, A flush that could change as the day; A spirit that knew not December, That brightened the sunshine of May” Fresh breezes blow and touch their favorite hill, The waters quiver in the mellow light, Wafts Paradise her fragrance o’er the marsh, The Campus gleams with crimson and with white. Fair banners flutter in the flowing winds, And hopes are gleaming from the eyes of youth; Old songs, from hearts that throb with loyal blood, Arise, and echo with the ring of truth. Bright laughter, merry shouts attune the air, And over all the place is cast the gleam That early summer lends unto the hours, The passing hours that flow as doth a dream. Fleet eager boys the base attain; the ball In ambient air speeds like a fleeing bird; Swift hands and sure arrest its vagrant flight, As from a hundred throats hurrahs are heard. Dear scenes! as pensive through them wandering, The shadows lengthen in the slanting light; Mists float across the golden campus, gleam As light of stars in stilly depths of night. Then faces in the wreathes of mist appear, Dear faces that we loved in long ago Shine brightly; voices murmur in the air, Beloved voices that we used to know. Fades far the dreamy present, fades the day, With its enduring hopes and passing fears; Old Boys surround us; and the heart is glad For all the friendliness of vanished years. DEERING OF DEAL CHAPTER I DEAL SCHOOL