Пелам Гренвилл Вудхаус (P. G. Wodehouse)MIKE
A PUBLIC SCHOOL STORY
BY
P. G. WODEHOUSE
AUTHOR OF "THE GOLD BAT," "A PREFECT'S UNCLE," ETC.
CONTAINING TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY
T. M. R. WHITWELL
LONDON 1909
“ARE YOU THE M. JACKSON THEN WHO HAD AN AVERAGE OF FIFTY ONE POINT NOUGHT THREE LAST YEAR”
[Dedication] TO ALAN DURAND
CONTENTS | |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | MIKE |
| II. | THE JOURNEY DOWN |
| III. | MIKE FINDS A FRIENDLY NATIVE |
| IV. | AT THE NETS |
| V. | REVELRY BY NIGHT |
| VI. | IN WHICH A TIGHT CORNER IS EVADED |
| VII. | IN WHICH MIKE IS DISCUSSED |
| VIII. | A ROW WITH THE TOWN |
| IX. | BEFORE THE STORM |
| X. | THE GREAT PICNIC |
| XI. | THE CONCLUSION OF THE PICNIC |
| XII. | MIKE GETS HIS CHANCE |
| XIII. | THE M.C.C. MATCH |
| XIV. | A SLIGHT IMBROGLIO |
| XV. | MIKE CREATES A VACANCY |
| XVI. | AN EXPERT EXAMINATION |
| XVII. | ANOTHER VACANCY |
| XVIII. | BOB HAS NEWS TO IMPART |
| XIX. | MIKE GOES TO SLEEP AGAIN |
| XX. | THE TEAM IS FILLED UP |
| XXI. | MARJORY THE FRANK |
| XXII. | WYATT IS REMINDED OF AN ENGAGEMENT |
| XXIII. | A SURPRISE FOR MR. APPLEBY |
| XXIV. | CAUGHT |
| XXV. | MARCHING ORDERS |
| XXVI. | THE AFTERMATH |
| XXVII. | THE RIPTON MATCH |
| XXVIII. | MIKE WINS HOME |
| XXIX. | WYATT AGAIN |
| XXX. | MR. JACKSON MAKES UP HIS MIND |
| XXXI. | SEDLEIGH |
| XXXII. | PSMITH |
| XXXIII. | STAKING OUT A CLAIM |
| XXXIV. | GUERILLA WARFARE |
| XXXV. | UNPLEASANTNESS IN THE SMALL HOURS |
| XXXVI. | ADAIR |
| XXXVII. | MIKE FINDS OCCUPATION |
| XXXVIII. | THE FIRE BRIGADE MEETING |
| XXXIX. | ACHILLES LEAVES HIS TENT |
| XL. | THE MATCH WITH DOWNING’S |
| XLI. | THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF JELLICOE |
| XLII. | JELLICOE GOES ON THE SICK-LIST |
| XLIII. | MIKE RECEIVES A COMMISSION |
| XLIV. | AND FULFILS IT |
| XLV. | PURSUIT |
| XLVI. | THE DECORATION OF SAMMY |
| XLVII. | MR. DOWNING ON THE SCENT |
| XLVIII. | THE SLEUTH-HOUND |
| XLIX. | A CHECK |
| L. | THE DESTROYER OF EVIDENCE |
| LI. | MAINLY ABOUT BOOTS |
| LII. | ON THE TRAIL AGAIN |
| LIII. | THE KETTLE METHOD |
| LIV. | ADAIR HAS A WORD WITH MIKE |
| LV. | CLEARING THE AIR |
| LVI. | IN WHICH PEACE IS DECLARED |
| LVII. | MR. DOWNING MOVES |
| LVIII. | THE ARTIST CLAIMS HIS WORK |
| LIX. | SEDLEIGH v. WRYKYN |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | |
BY T. M. R. WHITWELL | |
| * | “ARE YOU THE M. JACKSON, THEN, WHO HAD AN AVERAGE OF FIFTY-ONE POINT NOUGHT THREE LAST YEAR?” |
| * | THE DARK WATERS WERE LASHED INTO A MAELSTROM |
| * | “DON’T LAUGH, YOU GRINNING APE” |
| * | “DO—YOU—SEE, YOU FRIGHTFUL KID?” |
| * | “WHAT’S ALL THIS ABOUT JIMMY WYATT?” |
| * | MIKE AND THE BALL ARRIVED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY |
| * | “WHAT THE DICKENS ARE YOU DOING HERE?” |
| * | PSMITH SEIZED AND EMPTIED JELLICOE’S JUG OVER SPILLER |
| * | “WHY DID YOU SAY YOU DIDN’T PLAY CRICKET?” HE ASKED |