P.G. Wodehouse wrote short stories and novels. He also wrote plays and musical lyrics. In this tale two boys at a fictional school tar and feather a statue of a local Member of Parliament. They get away with this prank. Trevor has taken a gold bat trinket from another boy and it turns up missing. Throughout the events during the school term the boys try to discover the whereabouts of the bat. A secret society called The League has mysteriously appeared at school.