result of being accused of the burglary, and has Mr Merevale and other housemasters send their prefects to search for him. Charteris and Tony learn from Biffen that Jim went to MacArthur's home. They find and rescue Jim, who fell in a quarry on his way back. Barrett decides to admit that he saw the trophies, but changes his mind when he sees they have been returned and awarded to Welch. Charteris and his friends stay up late to finish the special issue of The Glow Worm. It sells well, earning Jim his pound, though Jim forgot to write anything for the issue. Characters Students at St Austin's: Tony Graham, a prefect in Merevale's House at St Austin's and cousin of Jim and Allen Thomson Jim Thomson, the brother of Allen Thomson and a prefect in Merevale's House J. George Welch, a student who shares a study with Charteris in Merevale's Charteris, a prefect in Merevale's nicknamed "the Alderman" who edits the unofficial monthly school magazine, The Glow Worm Barrett, a collector of bird eggs who shares a study with Reade in Philpott's House Plunkett, the unpopular head of Ward's House who shares a study with Vaughan and Dallas, and whom they jokingly call "the Mutual Friend" Robert MacArthur, a day-boy nicknamed "the Babe" Jackson, a contributor to The Glow Worm in Dawson's House Reginald Robinson, Tony Graham's fag in Merevale's House St Austin's staff and other characters: Biffen, the ground-man at St Austin's Mr John Thompson, the master of the Sixth form Mr Merevale, a housemaster at St Austin's, coaches the House rugby and cricket The Rev. Herbert Perceval, M.A., the headmaster of St. Austin's College Sir Alfred Venner, M.P., the owner of Badgwick Hall and nearby land Detective Inspector Roberts, a detective from Scotland Yard Stokes, an odd-job worker, farmhand, and poacher Publication history The story was originally published as a serial in Public School Magazine, with illustrations by R. Noel Pocock. The serial commenced in January 1902 and the second part appeared in the February 1902 issue, but when the magazine ceased publication in March that year, the remainder of the plot was summarised at the end of the third part of the serial, in the form of a letter from one of the characters, Jim Thomson, to his brother Allen. Jim's statements in the letter are not entirely consistent with the ending of the novel. For