| Vol. III.—No. 116. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, January 17, 1882. | Copyright, 1882, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
JUST FOR FUN.
BY MATTHEW WHITE, JUN.
Percy Vance was a stranger in the town and a new scholar at the grammarschool. His age was set down in the roll-book as twelve, but judgingfrom his height the girls thought he must be past fifteen, while theboys, after noting the slimness of his figure, the paleness of his face,and the timid look in his great gray eyes, declared he could not be overten.
None of the lads had ever seen him run, and as for playing games, TedHarley affirmed that he "didn't know a marble from a top."
But there was something the new-comer did know, and[Pg 178] that was hislessons; so it was not long before he stood at the head of severalclasses.
"He must study straight along from the time school's out till supper,and I say i