Had it not been for her energy and judgment the pair would have found it difficult to rear even their one child properly.

The family lived in five rooms over the bookstore.
From the time he first began to go to school it had been plain that Dick Prescott inherited his mother's energy, plus some of his own.

He had been one of the leaders in study, work and mischief, at the Central Grammar School.

It was while in the grammar school that a band of boys had been formed who were popularly known as "Dick & Co." Dick was naturally the head.

The other members of the company were Tom Reade, Dan Dalzell, Harry Hazelton, Greg Holmes and Dave Darrin.