MIKE

A PUBLIC SCHOOL STORY

 

BY

 

P. G. Wodehouse

 

Containing Twelve Full-Page Illustratios By

T. M. R. Whitell

London

1909


“ARE YOU THE M. JACKSON THEN WHO HAD AN AVERAGE OF FIFTY ONE POINT NOUGHT THREE LAST YEAR?”


[Dedication]
TO
ALAN DURAND


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY T. M. R. WHITWELL. 6

CHAPTER I.  MIKE. 7

CHAPTER I.  MIKE. 7

CHAPTER II.  THE JOURNEY DOWN.. 11

CHAPTER III.  MIKE FINDS A FRIENDLY NATIVE. 15

CHAPTER IV.  AT THE NETS. 20

CHAPTER V.  REVELRY BY NIGHT. 24

CHAPTER VI.  IN WHICH A TIGHT CORNER IS EVADED.. 30

CHAPTER VII.  IN WHICH MIKE IS DISCUSSED.. 34

CHAPTER VIII.  A ROW WITH THE TOWN.. 39

CHAPTER IX.  BEFORE THE STORM... 44

CHAPTER X.  THE GREAT PICNIC.. 49

CHAPTER XI.  THE CONCLUSION OF THE PICNIC.. 53

CHAPTER XII.  MIKE GETS HIS CHANCE. 58

CHAPTER XIII.  THE M.C.C.  MATCH.. 63

CHAPTER XIV.  A SLIGHT IMBROGLIO.. 69

CHAPTER XV.  MIKE CREATES A VACANCY.. 73

CHAPTER XVI.  AN EXPERT EXAMINATION.. 78

CHAPTER XVII.  ANOTHER VACANCY.. 83

CHAPTER XVIII.  BOB HAS NEWS TO IMPART. 87

CHAPTER XIX.  MIKE GOES TO SLEEP AGAIN.. 91

CHAPTER XX.  THE TEAM IS FILLED UP. 97

CHAPTER XXI.  MARJORY THE FRANK.. 101

CHAPTER XXII.  WYATT IS REMINDED OF AN ENGAGEMENT. 106

CHAPTER XXIII.  A SURPRISE FOR MR. APPLEBY.. 110

CHAPTER XXIV.  CAUGHT. 114

CHAPTER XXV.  MARCHING ORDERS. 118

CHAPTER XXVI.  THE AFTERMATH.. 122

CHAPTER XXVII.  THE RIPTON MATCH.. 126

CHAPTER XXVIII.  MIKE WINS HOME. 130

CHAPTER XXIX.  WYATT AGAIN.. 138

CHAPTER XXX.  MR. JACKSON MAKES UP HIS MIND.. 140

CHAPTER XXXI.  SEDLEIGH.. 145

CHAPTER XXXII.  PSMITH.. 148

CHAPTER XXXIII.  STAKING OUT A CLAIM... 151

CHAPTER XXXIV.  GUERRILLA WARFARE. 156

CHAPTER XXXV.  UNPLEASANTNESS IN THE SMALL HOURS. 161

CHAPTER XXXVI.  ADAIR.. 166

CHAPTER XXXVII.  MIKE FINDS OCCUPATION.. 170

CHAPTER XXXVIII.  THE FIRE BRIGADE MEETING.. 174

CHAPTER XXXIX.  ACHILLES LEAVES HIS TENT. 180

CHAPTER XL.  THE MATCH WITH DOWNING’S. 184

CHAPTER XLI.  THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF JELLICOE. 191

CHAPTER XLII.  JELLICOE GOES ON THE SICK-LIST. 195

CHAPTER XLIII.  MIKE RECEIVES A COMMISSION.. 198

CHAPTER XLIV.  AND FULFILS IT. 202

CHAPTER XLV.  PURSUIT. 206

CHAPTER XLVI.  THE DECORATION OF SAMMY.. 211

CHAPTER XLVII.  MR. DOWNING ON THE SCENT. 214

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE SLEUTH-HOUND.. 219

CHAPTER XLIX.  A CHECK.. 224

CHAPTER L.  THE DESTROYER OF EVIDENCE. 229

CHAPTER LI.  MAINLY ABOUT BOOTS. 234

CHAPTER LII.  ON THE TRAIL AGAIN.. 240

CHAPTER LIII.  THE KETTLE METHOD.. 243

CHAPTER LIV.  ADAIR HAS A WORD WITH MIKE. 248

CHAPTER LV.  CLEARING THE AIR.. 252

CHAPTER LVI.  IN WHICH PEACE IS DECLARED.. 256

CHAPTER LVII.  MR. DOWNING MOVES. 261

CHAPTER LVIII.  THE ARTIST CLAIMS HIS WORK.. 267

CHAPTER LIX.  SEDLEIGH Vs WRYKYN.. 274

 


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY T. M. R. WHITWELL

Illustration: The Dark Waters Were Lashed Into A Maelstrom.. 43

Illustration: “Don’t Laugh, You Grinning Ape!”. 71

Illustration: “Do-You-See, You Frightful Kid?”. 93

Illustration: “What’s All This About Jimmy Wyatt 122

Illustration: Mike And The Ball Arrived Simultaneously. 136

Illustration: “What The Dickens Are You Doing Here?”. 152

Illustration: PSmith Seized And Emptied Jellicoe’s Jug Over Spiller 164