Captain Chap, or, The Rolling Stones

Excerpt: ?It is true that some of the boys did not study very much during this extension Of the vacation, but then it must be remembered that those who expect boys to do always everything that is right are very apt to be disappointed. Philip Berkeley, who lived with. His uncle, Mr. Godfrey Berkeley, at Hyson Hall, On the banks Of one of Pennsylvania''s most beautiful rivers, had studied a good deal since the time when his vacation should have ended, for he was a boy naturally inclined to that sort Of thing, and he had, besides, the example Of his uncle - who was hard at work studying law - continually be fore his eyes. But his two most particular friends, Chapman Webster and Phineas Poole, did not subject their school-books to any great amount of wear and tear.