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  THE BOY SCOUTS OF LAKEVILLE HIGH

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  BY LESLIE W. QUIRK

  The Wellworth College Series

  THE FOURTH DOWN THE FRESHMAN EIGHT THE THIRD STRIKE ICE-BOAT NUMBER ONE

  The Boy Scouts Series

  THE BOY SCOUTS OF BLACK EAGLE PATROL THE BOY SCOUTS ON CRUSADE THE BOY SCOUTS OF LAKEVILLE HIGH

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  "Sit tight," he called, "and I'll have you out in ajiffy."FRONTISPIECE. _See page 96._]

  THE BOY SCOUTS OF LAKEVILLE HIGH

  by

  LESLIE W. QUIRK

  With Illustrations by William Kirkpatrick

  Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1930

  Copyright, 1920,By Little, Brown, and Company.

  All rights reserved

  Printed in the United States of America

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I THE NEW BOY 1

  II TRACK TROUBLE 14

  III THE RELAY RACE 23

  IV SCHOOL ELECTIONS 32

  V NOBODY 40

  VI BEFORE THE WIND 49

  VII TWO YARDS TO GO 59

  VIII THE PEACE PICNIC 74

  IX THE TENDERFOOT 87

  X HALLOWE'EN 100

  XI THE TOUCHDOWN 111

  XII THE ICY HILL 124

  XIII APRON STRINGS 137

  XIV THE LAST GOAL 150

  XV AN ALARM OF FIRE 164

  XVI ALONG THE FLOOR 174

  XVII TOUCH AND GO 184

  XVIII DEAD WIRES 194

  XIX ON THE HANDCAR 203

  XX BUSTED! 212

  XXI BORROWERS' LUCK 222

  XXII ONE CAR AND THREE COWS 234

  XXIII LOST: ONE BASEBALL TEAM 244

  XXIV MOLLY INSISTS 255

  XXV SUBSTITUTES' DAY 260

  XXVI THE TWENTY-FIFTH BOY 290

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "SIT TIGHT," HE CALLED, "AND I'LL HAVE YOU OUT IN A JIFFY" _Frontispiece_

  JUST AS HE REACHED A POINT A FOOT OR TWO SHORT OF BUNNY, HE TRIPPED SUDDENLY AND FELL PAGE 27

  TO HIS LEFT, BEARING DOWN UPON HIM, WAS A GREAT MONSTER OF IRON AND STEEL " 135

  ABOVE THE CLATTER-CLATTER OF THE HAND CAR, A VOICE SHOUTED FROM BELOW " 207

  THE BOY SCOUTS OF LAKEVILLE HIGH

  THE BLACK EAGLE PATROL

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  THE BOY SCOUTS OF LAKEVILLE HIGH