NED ON THE RAFT

XXVII THE OLD FLAG

XXVIII HIBBERT ASKS STRANGE QUESTIONS

XXIX AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR ARRIVES AT GARSIDE

XXX HIBBERT FINISHES HIS STORY

XXXI A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

XXXII HOW THE OLD FLAG WAS TAKEN FROM GARSIDE

XXXIII FRIEND AND FOE

XXXIV THE MYSTIC ORDER OF BEETLES

XXXV A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY

XXXVI THE "FOX-HOLE"

XXXVII THE LETTERS AT THE TUCK-SHOP

XXXVIII "FORGIVE, AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN"

XXXIX THE MISSING FLAG

XL HOW THE FLAG FOUND ITS WAY BACK TO THE TURRET

XLI FRIENDS IN COUNCIL

XLII UNEXPECTED TIDINGS

XLIII THE STORM BREAKS

XLIV IN THE GARDEN

XLV HOW THE VOTE WAS CARRIED

XLVI WATERMAN DOES A STRANGE THING

XLVII IN THE FOX'S HOLE

XLVIII THE BURNING SHIP

XLIX THE PETITION--WHAT BEFELL IT

L FOUND OUT

ILLUSTRATIONS

FALCON WAS DEAD.... TO MAKE GOOD HIS ESCAPE, NO TIME MUST BE LOST.

"'I AM MR. MONCRIEF,' SAID THAT GENTLEMAN, STEPPING FORWARD."

"AS ILL-LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, HIBBERT RAN FULL TILT AGAINST MR. WEEVIL,
JUST AS HE REACHED THE OUTER DOOR."

"SLIGHTLY RAISING HIMSELF FROM HIS POSITION ON THE ROOF, CRICK LIFTED
THE FLAGSTAFF FROM ITS SOCKET, AND DREW IT QUICKLY BENEATH THE
TRAP-DOOR."

"THE BOY WAS KNEELING BESIDE HIM,--IT WAS MONCRIEF MINOR.... 'ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?' CAME IN A WHISPER FROM THE BOY."

THE HERO OF GARSIDE SCHOOL

CHAPTER I

THE MOTHER'S PRAYER

"God grant that it may never happen, Paul; God grant that England may
never be invaded, that her foes may never land upon our shores."

And the lips of Mrs. Percival moved in silent prayer. Paul regarded the
loved face of his mother for a minute or two thoughtfully, as though he
were longing to put to her many questions, but dared not. At length he
said, breaking the silence:

"Did father ever speak of it?"

It was one of the greatest griefs of Paul's life that he had never known
his father. He had been a captain in the Navy, but was unfortunately cut
off in the prime of his career by a brave attempt to save the life of a
man who had flung himself overboard. The man was saved, but Captain
Percival was drowned, leaving a widow and son to lament his loss. Paul
at that time was only a year old, so that it was not till the years went
on he understood the greatness of his loss. Often and often his thoughts
turned t