ends and enemies, as any lad would. But his
enemies were few, the two principal ones being Sam Heller and Nick
Johnson, and they cordially hated our hero. Tom's chief friend was
Jack Fitch, with whom he roomed, though Bert Wilson, George Abbot, Joe
Rooney, Lew Bentfield, Ed. Ward, Henry Miller and a host of others were
on intimate terms with him. I might also mention Bruce Bennington, a
Senior when Tom reached Elmwood Hall, and with whom Tom soon became
friendly.

Dr. Pliny Meredith was headmaster at Elmwood. He was sometimes called
"Merry" because, as Jack Fitch used to say, he was so glum. But he was
a gentleman. Not so Professor Skeel, who was a taskmaster. It was
against Mr. Skeel that Tom led a revolt because of the professor's
meanness in Latin class.

How the boys went on a strike, how they were made prisoners, how they
escaped in a great storm, burned the effigy of Mr. Skeel at the flag
pole, and how Tom won the strike--all this is set down in the first
volume. There is also told how Tom saved Bruce Bennington from
disgrace, and was the means of Mr. Skeel fleeing in fear of discovery.

In the second book, entitled, "Tom Fairfield at Sea," I told how our
hero learned that the vessel on which his parents were sailing from
Australia had been wrecked. He at once set out to make the long voyage
to try to find some news of them or, if possible, to rescue them.

The steamer on which Tom sailed was wrecked, and he and some sailors,
together with a little boy, floated for some time on a derelict with
which the _Silver Star_ had collided. On the derelict, most
unexpectedly, came Professor Skeel, who was on his way to Honolulu when
the accident happened.

The dreary days of suffering oh the derelict, and in an open boat, the
meanness of Mr. Skeel and how Tom and his companions were finally
rescued, is all set down in the second book of this series. Tom
finally reached Australia and, setting out again, was just in time to
rescue his parents from the savages of one of the South Pacific islands.

Tom reached home in time to go back to school and take his second-year
examinations, which he passed, thus becoming a Sophomore.

Then came the long summer vacation, and as Tom had had enough of travel
he decided to go to the woods. In the third volume, called "Tom
Fairfield in Camp," I told of his experiences in the forest. With him
went Jack Fitch, Bert Wilson and a Briartown lad named Dick Jones.

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