The Turner Twins

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Barbour Ralph Henry. The Turner Twins

CHAPTER I – INTRODUCES A PAIR OF HEROES

CHAPTER II – THE GIRL IN THE WHITE MIDDY

CHAPTER III – CAKES AND ALE

CHAPTER IV – KEWPIE STARTS SOMETHING

CHAPTER V – IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY

CHAPTER VI – NED IS FIRM

CHAPTER VII – HIGH SCHOOL ACCEPTS DEFEAT

CHAPTER VIII – IN THE MISER’S HOUSE

CHAPTER IX – LAURIE HEARS NEWS

CHAPTER X – POLLY ENTERTAINS

CHAPTER XI – NED SPEAKS OUT

CHAPTER XII – THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS

CHAPTER XIII – NED GETS INTO THE GAME

CHAPTER XIV – THE FETE

CHAPTER XV – NED HAS AN IDEA

CHAPTER XVI – POLLY TELLS A SPOOK STORY

CHAPTER XVII – LAURIE MAKES A PROTEST

CHAPTER XVIII – BEFORE THE BATTLE

CHAPTER XIX – NED IS MISSING

CHAPTER XX – FOR THE HONOR OF THE TURNERS

CHAPTER XXI – THE UNDERSTUDY

CHAPTER XXII – THE BOYS MAKE A PRESENT

CHAPTER XXIII – THE SECRET PASSAGE

CHAPTER XXIV – A MERRY CHRISTMAS

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When Doctor John Hyde Hillman started a modest school for boys, on the bank of the Hudson River, at Orstead, the town barely crept to the one brick building that contained dormitory and recitation-rooms. But that was nearly twenty years ago, and to-day the place is no longer isolated, but stands well inside the residence section of the village. There are four buildings, occupying most of an unusually large block. School Hall, four stories in height, is a red-brick, slate-roofed edifice, whose unloveliness has been mercifully hidden by ivy. It faces Summit Street and contains the class-rooms, the offices, and, at one end, the principal’s quarters. Flanking it are the two dormitories, East Hall and West Hall. These, while of brick too, are modern and far more attractive. Each contains sleeping-rooms to accommodate forty students, two masters’ studies, a recreation-hall, dining-room, kitchen, and service-rooms. Behind East Hall is the gymnasium, a picturesque structure of random-set stone, gray stucco, and much glass. Here, besides the gymnasium proper, is an auditorium of good size, a modest swimming-tank, locker-room and baths, and a commodious office presided over by Mr. Wells, the physical director. From the gymnasium steps one looks across an attractive, well-kept quadrangle of shaded turf, vegetable and flower gardens, and tennis-courts.

Doctor Hillman occupies an apartment at the west end of the School Hall, gained from the building by way of the school offices, and from without by way of a wide porch, vine screened in summer and glassed in winter, an outdoor living-room where, on seasonable Friday afternoons, the doctor’s maiden sister, Miss Tabitha, who keeps house for him, serves weak tea and layer-cake to all comers. Miss Tabitha, I regret to say, is known among the boys as “Tabby,” with, however, no more intention of disrespect than in alluding to the doctor as “Johnny.” Miss Tabitha’s thin body holds a warm heart, and her somewhat stern countenance belies her kindly ways.

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“Iced tea, please, and lots of lemon.”

A very stout boy, sitting across the table, sniggered, and then, encountering Ned’s inquiring regard, said, “Guess you think you’re in the Waldorf!”

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