It had no other name, and it needed none, being the only one in the neighborhood.

The elder lads got it up, and the younger were occasionally admitted if they behaved well.

Tommy and Demi were honorary members, but were always obliged to retire unpleasantly early, owing to circumstances over which they had no control.

The proceedings of this club were somewhat peculiar, for it met at all sorts of places and hours, had all manner of queer ceremonies and amusements, and now and then was broken up tempestuously, only to be re-established, however, on a firmer basis.
Rainy evenings the members met in the schoolroom, and passed the time in games: chess, morris, backgammon, fencing matches, recitations, debates, or dramatic performances of a darkly tragical nature.

In summer the barn was the rendezvous, and what went on there no uninitiated mortal knows.