Work and Win: Fred Fearnot's Pluck, or His Race to Save a Life

# Fred Fearnot's Pluck

This issue features the opening of "His Race to Save a Life" by Hal Standish, a serialized adventure story centered on Fred Fearnot, the son of Judge Fearnot of New York. In Chapter I, the judge discusses Fred's future prospects with him and his mother, encouraging the ambitious young man to pursue education and experience while traveling and enjoying himself. After the holidays, bored with New York's conventional entertainments, Fred writes to his friend Terry Olcott in Fredonia, joking about their mutual idleness. Terry replies in kind, mentioning a skating tournament on the frozen lake and alludes to a girl Fred saved the previous summer. Fred decides to travel to Fredonia to participate in the tournament. Upon arriving, he is warmly greeted by Terry and Terry's sister Evelyn, with whom he exchanges witty banter about their appearances.