The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about Boys

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Barbour Ralph Henry. The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about Boys

THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON

I. THE DEPARTURE

II. A LETTER

III. THE “ARRIVAL”

BARCLAY’S BONFIRE

MARTY BROWN – MASCOT

PARMELEE’S “SPREAD”

“NO HOLDING”

CLASS SPIRIT

THE FATHER OF A HERO

THE HAZING OF SATTERLEE 2d

A PAIR OF POACHERS

BREWSTER’S DÉBUT

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II

III

“MITTENS”

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The rain fell in a steady, remorseless drizzle upon the rain-coats and umbrellas of the throng that blocked the sidewalks and overflowed on to the car-tracks; but the fires of patriotism were unquenchable, and a thousand voices arose to the leaden sky in a fierce clamor of intense enthusiasm. It had rained all night. The streets ran water, and the spouts emptied their tides between the feet of the cheerers. The lumbering cars, their crimson sides glistening, clanged their way carefully through the crowds, and lent a dash of color to the scene. The back of Grays loomed cheerless and bleak through the drizzle, and beyond, the college yard lay deserted. In store windows the placards were hidden behind the blurred and misty panes, and farther up the avenue, the tattered red flag above Foster’s hung limp and dripping.

Under the leafless elm, the barge, filled to overflowing with departing heroes, stood ready for its start to Boston. On the steps, bareheaded and umbrellaless, stood Benham, ’95, who, with outstretched and waving arms, was tempting the throng into ever greater vocal excesses.

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And so that youth, had he but known it, received a cheer, after all. But he didn’t know it – at least, not until long afterward, when cheers meant so much less to him.

Harvard’s quarter had given place to a substitute, and her left guard had retired injured. Yale had fared no better, possibly worse, since her crack full-back had been forced to yield to a somewhat inferior sub. And now the hands on the score-board turned again, and only ten minutes remained.

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