Harper's Round Table, August 4, 1896

August 1896. The bicycle is barely a decade old, still a marvel, and for a boy named Bingham Bradfield, it is the key to an adventure that will test his grit and his devotion to his brother. Tom lies sick abed, but the biggest baseball game of the year is playing out at Princeton, and someone has to bring him the score. Bingham pedals twenty-five miles of rough roads, chasing a storm that threatens to soak the whole afternoon. This is not just about a game. It is about a boy proving that distance and weather are no match for brotherhood. Harper's Round Table was the magazine in every American household with children, and this issue captures exactly why: adventure that builds character, sportsmanship that matters, and the quiet heroism of ordinary boys doing extraordinary things for the people they love. For readers who want to step into a world where a bicycle ride was an act of courage.