Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mutual Improvement Association, January 1927
Fiction, Short Story
Skeeters is a boy who is always causing trouble. He lives with Mr. Trimble, who runs the school and doesn't like Skeeters. A new schoolteacher, Ralph Lowe, joins the school, and he works to befriend Skeeters despite the boy's wariness. On Halloween, Skeeters skips the Boy Scout hike Mr. Lowe leads to instead play a prank at the school. He is caught by Mr. Trimble, who accidentally starts a fire trying to catch him. Mr. Lowe pays for the damages but loses his job, and Skeeters runs away when he finds out. However, on his way out of town, he sees Mr. Trimble's daughter drowning and nearly dies rescuing her. Mr. Lowe manages to save Skeeters life, and Mr. Trimble agrees to give Mr. Lowe his job back.