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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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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

BUNNY PAYTON PATROL LEADER
BI JONES ASSISTANT PATROL LEADER
NAP MEEKER NO. 3
SPECS MCGREW NO. 4
S. S. ZANE NO. 5
ROUNDY MAGOON NO. 6
JUMP HENDERSON NO. 7
. . . . NO. 8

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