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_*FICTION FOR BOYS*_
*LITTLE RHODY*
_By_ JEAN K. BAIRD
_Illustrated by_ R. G. Vosburgh
At The Hall, a boys' school, there is a set of boys known as the "Union
of States," to which admittance is gained by excelling in some
particular the boys deem worthy of their mettle.
Rush Petriken, a hunchback boy, comes to The Hall, and rooms with
Barnes, the despair of the entire school because of his prowess in
athletics. Petriken idolizes him, and when trouble comes to him, the
poor crippled lad gladly shoulders the blame, and is expelled. But
shortly before the end of the term he returns and is hailed as "little
Rhody," the "capitalest State of all."