Chapter I: Front Matter

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Transcriber's note:

"Lieut. Frederick Garrison" is a pseudonym used by Upton
Sinclair.

ON GUARD

Or

Mark Mallory's Celebration

by

LIEUT. FREDERICK GARRISON, U. S. A.

Author of "Off for West Point," "A West Point Treasure," "A Cadet's Honor," etc.

Philadelphia David Mckay, Publisher 610 South Washington Square

Copyright, 1903 By Street & Smith

On Guard

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--A Letter from a "Furlough Man" 7
II.--Mark's Idea 15
III.--A New Ally 22
IV.--A Surprise for the Seven 31
V.--The Scheme Succeeds 36
VI.--What Mark Overheard 46
VII.--Mark's Counterplot 57
VIII.--The Attack on Mark 65
IX.--Three Discomfited Yearlings 74
X.--Texas Runs Amuck 80
XI.--Texas Raids West Point 91
XII.--The Cause of a Friend 103
XIII.--The Reformation of Texas 110
XIV.--A Plot of the Yearlings 118
XV.--The Plebes Plot, Too 128
XVI.--Setting the Trap 133
XVII.--The Result at the Hop 141
XVIII.--A Strange Announcement 149
XIX.--Texas Turns Highwayman 160
XX.--Two Midnight Prowlers 167
XXI.--Benny is Exposed 178
XXII.--Mark Receives a Committee 183
XXIII.--A Fight, and Other Things 199
XXIV.--Six to the Rescue 208
XXV.--Mark in the Hospital 216
XXVI.--Texas Has an Interview 224
XXVII.--A Plot to Beat "the General" 232
XXVIII.--"Bull" Finds an Ally 241
XXIX.--Strange Conduct 250
XXX.--A Surprise for Murray 256
XXXI.--The Plot Succeeds 265
XXXII.--Triumph--Conclusion 277

ON GUARD.