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A collection of short stories portrays schoolboys navigating athletic contests, campus rituals, and everyday pranks. Each tale centers on sporting events—football, baseball, rowing, and other games—and episodes of initiation, rivalry, and camaraderie, often featuring a newcomer or underdog whose courage or mischief alters group dynamics. Scenes alternate between game action and quiet dorm-room moments, emphasizing team loyalty, personal honor, and the social codes that shape adolescent identity.

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

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON, AND OTHER STORIES FOR BOYS ABOUT BOYS ***

THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON


BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

Each, 12mo, Cloth, Illustrated.


Weatherby’s Inning.
Illustrated in Colors. $1.25 net; postage, 12 cents additional.

Behind the Line.
A Story of School and Football. $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional.

Captain of the Crew.
$1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional.

For the Honor of the School.
A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport. $1.50.

The Half-Back.
A Story of School, Football, and Golf. $1.50.


D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.



THE
ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON

And Other Stories
for Boys about Boys

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF BEHIND THE LINE, WEATHERBY’S INNING,
ON YOUR MARK! ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York
D. Appleton and Company
1904


Copyright, 1904, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published, September, 1904


TO

H. D. R.

IN MEMORY OF THE
WINTER OF ’98-’99


The following stories first appeared in St. Nicholas, The Youth’s Companion, Pearson’s Magazine, and The Brown Book. To the editors of these periodicals the author’s thanks are due for permission to republish the tales.


CONTENTS

PAGE
The Arrival of Jimpson 1
Barclay’s Bonfire 30
Marty Brown—Mascot 42
Parmelee’s “Spread” 75
“No Holding” 96
Class Spirit 117
The Father of a Hero 136
The Hazing of Satterlee 2d 161
A Pair of Poachers 185
Brewster’s Début 209
“Mittens” 234

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    FACING
PAGE
The captain was holding his head. Frontispiece  
Jimpson felt like an outcast, and looked like an Indian.   9
There was one kind of ball that Marty knew all about.   71
“Duty!” frothed Morris.   130
Tom moved the net toward the prey.   198
Ned trotted over the plate into the arms of “Big Jim” Milford.   232