+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ NEW POPULAR BOOKS FOR BOYS. Uniform in size with this Volume. _By H. ESCOTT INMAN._ DAVID CHESTER'S MOTTO-- "HONOUR BRIGHT." With 16 Original Illustrations. LOYAL AND TRUE. With 16 Original Illustrations. THE SECOND FORM MASTER OF ST. CYRIL'S. With 16 Original Illustrations. _By J. HARWOOD PANTING._ CLIVE OF CLAIR COLLEGE. With 16 Original Illustrations by RAYMOND POTTER. THE HERO OF GARSIDE SCHOOL. With 16 Original Illustrations by ERNEST HASSELDINE. _By M. B. MANWELL._ THE BOYS OF MONKS HAROLD. With 16 Original Illustrations. _By S. WALKEY._ KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES. With numerous Illustrations by PAUL HARDY. _By EDGAR PICKERING._ THE CRUISE OF THE ANGEL. With Original Illustrations by LANCELOT SPEED. _By the REV. ERIC LISLE._ UNDER HONOUR'S FLAG. With Original Illustrations by G. H. EVISON. LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE & CO. AND NEW YORK. UNDER HONOUR'S FLAG [Illustration: "FORGETFUL OF ALL PRECAUTION ELGERT STRUCK A SAVAGE BLOW AT HIM." _Frontispiece._ [_see p. 257._] Under Honour's Flag By the REV. ERIC LISLE WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY G. H. EVISON. [Illustration: Logo] LONDON FREDERICK WARNE & CO AND NEW YORK (_All rights reserved_) BUTLER & TANNER THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS FROME AND LONDON CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A STRANGE AFFAIR 1 II A CRUEL IMPLICATION 15 III MR. ST. CLIVE PROVES HIMSELF A TRUE FRIEND 25 IV RALPH'S FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL 35 V MAKING THINGS STRAIGHT 45 VI AN EARLY MORNING SPIN 55 VII HORACE ELGERT GOES A LITTLE TOO FAR 65 VIII A MYSTERIOUS MIDNIGHT VISITOR 75 IX ALTOGETHER BEYOND EXPLANATION 84 X COUNSELS AND PROMISES 94 XI GOING IN FOR GRINDING 103 XII THE STOLEN BANKNOTE 113 XIII DIVIDED OPINIONS 122 XIV BY THE RIVER SIDE 131 XV THE LOST POCKET-BOOK 140 XVI THINGS LOOK BLACK FOR RALPH 150 XVII THE PLOT THAT FAILED 159 XVIII WHERE THE BANKNOTE WENT 168 XIX THE LAME HORSE ONCE MORE 177 XX TO MR. ST. CLIVE'S 186 XXI A HOUSE OF REFUGE 195 XXII AN AFTERNOON RAMBLE 204 XXIII THE RUIN AND THE LONELY HOUSE 213