Chapter I: Front Matter

Tom, Dick, and Harriet

Tom, Dick, and Harriet

By
Ralph Henry Barbour

Author of “The Crimson Sweater,” “The Half-Back,”
“For the Honor of the School,” etc.

With Illustrations
By C. M. Relyea

New York
The Century Co.
1907

Copyright, 1907, by
THE CENTURY CO.

THE DE VINNE PRESS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A MEETING ON THE ICE 3
II DICK SOMES IS PERSONALLY CONDUCTED 18
III THE BRAND FROM THE BURNING 32
IV THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT SCHEME 52
V THE F. H. S. I. S. HOLDS A MEETING 75
VI ON THE ICE AND THROUGH 94
VII HARRY EVENS OLD SCORES 107
VIII THE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY HAS A SETBACK 130
IX ON THE TRAIL 147
X FOILED! 160
XI THE ADVENTURES OF ESTRELLA 177
XII THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED 200
XIII THE _BOREAS_ TAKES THE ICE 223
XIV THE DOCTOR INTERVENES 242
XV THE RACE OF THE ICE-BOATS 259
XVI FORMING THE TRACK TEAM 275
XVII THE TREASURY IS LOOTED 289
XVIII THE SOCIETY AWAITS RESULTS 308
XIX METHUSELAH SUBSCRIBES TO THE FUND 319
XX GOSSIP AND A MEETING 331
XXI MR. KEARNEY MAKES AN OFFER 342
XXII FERRY HILL VS. HAMMOND 358

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

At the finish _Frontispiece_

PAGE

“‘Hello,’ he said. ‘Break your strap?’” 7

“‘Where do I live, do you suppose?’ he asked” 41

The imaginary letter 47

A meeting of the Ferry Hill School Improvement Society 71

“‘Mama, you mustn’t see!’ she cried. ‘It’s a secret!’” 77

“Harry caught her sweater by the end of one sleeve and tossed
it toward him” 111

“There was a full attendance of the Improvement Society” 123

“‘I’m Sherlock Holmes’” 149

“They scuttled hurriedly to the side of the road and subsided
in the bushes” 167

“‘That’s the Insane Asylum’” 193

“‘Ah, there!’” 209

The launching 231

“A half-mile away was the finish line” 271

Work out of doors 291

“‘It’s gone,’ wailed Harry” 305

“‘And something else, too!’” 381

TOM, DICK, AND HARRIET