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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Jack of Both Sides, by Florence Coombe This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War Author: Florence Coombe Illustrator: S. B. Pearse Release Date: January 13, 2007 [EBook #20354] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JACK OF BOTH SIDES *** Produced by Dave Morgan, Paul Stephen, Fox in the Stars and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "IT'S A VERY GOOD THING, MADAM, FOR YOU ... THAT MY FRIEND HERE IS NOT DEAD!" _See page 40_] Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War BY FLORENCE COOMBE Author of "Boys of the Priory School" "A Chum Worth Having" "Her Friend and Mine" &c. _ILLUSTRATED BY S. B. PEARSE_ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND DUBLIN CONTENTS CHAP. I. THE JOKE THAT FAILED 5 II. TOPPIN'S DIVE 16 III. THE CHICKEN AND THE BICYCLE 30 IV. A KNOCK AT THE WINDOW 44 V. THE STORM BREAKS 57 VI. THE MARCH HARE'S REVENGE 71 VII. HANNAH THE HOUSEMAID 85 VIII. JACK'S MAIDEN SPEECH 94 IX. LOST--A NAME 103 JACK OF BOTH SIDES CHAPTER I THE JOKE THAT FAILED "I say, you fellows, look here! What do you think of this? It's our lunch!" "This" was a large basket, lined with a white cloth, at the bottom of which lay nine bread-pills. Nine boys looked down at them in rueful disgust, and then across the school-room to where a larger group stood chuckling mischievously, their hands and mouths filled with tempting, crusty hunches, carved from the loaf according to fancy. Those nine gray, unappetizing pellets represented all that was left of the loaf; and Mason, the boy who first spoke, realizing this, flung the big basket in a burst of indignation at the heads of the opposite clump, one or two of whom were hit. Revenge was prompt. Ere it touched the floor it was hurled back with vigour, but, being dodged successfully, fell harmless to the ground. Mason and seven others were new-comers to Brincliffe Sch
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