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first of September found the boys all at home again, after their summer fun and wanderings. Phil had been visiting his grandmother in Vermont; Sam had gone with his family to Newport, where his boyish soul was  greatly tried by their attempts to live in a truly  fashionable manner; Bert had been in Western  New York, visiting some farmer friends, who  feasted him on milk and honey, and let him go  fishing and ride the horses bareback, to his  heart’s content; while poor Ted was left to pine  at home. But every joy has its accompanying sorrow, and glad as they were to be together  once more, the immediate prospect of school  was a cause for mourning. To Fred, it seemed strange to hear the other five boys bemoaning  their fate, when he so wished he could go back  into school again, and he could scarcely realize  that only lately he had shared their feelings.