Chapter 11: William Philander Tubbs

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​⁠As my old readers know, Putnam Hall was a handsome structure of brick and stone standing in the center of a large plot of ground, bounded on two sides by cedar woods. To the front was the campus and the wagon road and beyond this a slope leading to the lake. To the rear were rich farm lands, cultivated solely for the benefit of the institution. Besides the school, there were a building fitted up a