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Ethelred Preston; or, The Adventures of a Newcomer

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Ethelred Preston is a story for boys written by Fr. Finn, SJ. The hero, Ethelred, while on his way to college, meets Packy Jarloe, a peddler, who induces him to change places with himself, so that Packy goes to Henrytown College, announcing himself as Ethelred Preston, while Ethelred takes Packy's peddler's pack and sets out on the road to make his fortune There is a mixture of the ludicrous and serious in what follows, but the fraud is finally discovered and Ethelred after much suffering finds himself installed as a regular student and universal favorite at Henrytown College. (From Donahoe's Magazine #37, 1897)

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Chapters

Chapter 1
A Letter from Ethelred's Mamma
13:24
Chapter 2
In Which Things Begin to Go Badly with Earl Meriwether
10:05
Chapter 3
The Story of Earl
12:37
Chapter 4
Master Ethelred Preston
07:30
Chapter 5
In Which Ethelred Proposes to Run Away
18:03
Chapter 6
Ethelred Puts On the Boxing Gloves
09:40
Chapter 7
Ethelred in the Frying Pan
13:23
Chapter 8
In Which Ed Devereux Proposes to Help Ethelred to Run Away
13:45
Chapter 9
In Which Ethelred Finds it Hard to Sleep Undisturbed
15:52
Chapter 10
In Which Earl Meriwether Receives Another Public Abmonition
16:11
Chapter 11
In Which Ethelred Takes More Rope than Devereux Had Counted Upon
07:29
Chapter 12
In Which Ethelred "Gets Religion" and Turns Over a New Leaf
14:03
Chapter 13
In Which Ethelred Becomes More Mysterious and Earl More Heroic
12:55
Chapter 14
In Which Earl Has a Momentous Invterview with Father Noland
15:27
Chapter 15
In Which the Darling Goes into Business and the Midgets into Bankruptcy
27:03
Chapter 16
In Which Eddie Devereux Becomes a Godfather
07:35
Chapter 17
In Which Darling Runs Away in Good Earnest
14:06
Chapter 18
A Memorable Morning
10:30
Chapter 19
Ethelred Preston, Brighton, Albany Villa
06:13
Chapter 20
Why Ethelred Failed to Reach Henryton in Due Time
35:57
Chapter 21
In Which Ethelred Finds the Best of Mothers
06:28
Chapter 22
Chapter the Last
07:41

Ethelred Preston; or, The Adventures of a Newcomer

Chapters

A Letter from Ethelred's Mamma

In Which Things Begin to Go Badly with Earl Meriwether

The Story of Earl

Master Ethelred Preston

In Which Ethelred Proposes to Run Away

Ethelred Puts On the Boxing Gloves

Ethelred in the Frying Pan

In Which Ed Devereux Proposes to Help Ethelred to Run Away

In Which Ethelred Finds it Hard to Sleep Undisturbed

In Which Earl Meriwether Receives Another Public Abmonition

In Which Ethelred Takes More Rope than Devereux Had Counted Upon

In Which Ethelred "Gets Religion" and Turns Over a New Leaf

In Which Ethelred Becomes More Mysterious and Earl More Heroic

In Which Earl Has a Momentous Invterview with Father Noland

In Which the Darling Goes into Business and the Midgets into Bankruptcy

In Which Eddie Devereux Becomes a Godfather

In Which Darling Runs Away in Good Earnest

A Memorable Morning

Ethelred Preston, Brighton, Albany Villa

Why Ethelred Failed to Reach Henryton in Due Time

In Which Ethelred Finds the Best of Mothers

Chapter the Last