Chapter I: Front Matter

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TOM TAYLOR
AT WEST POINT

Or

The Old Army Officer’s Secret

BY
FRANK V. WEBSTER

AUTHOR OF “ONLY A FARM BOY,” “BOB THE CASTAWAY,” “AIRSHIP
ANDY,” “DARRY, THE LIFE-SAVER,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY FRANK V. WEBSTER

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

ONLY A FARM BOY
TOM, THE TELEPHONE BOY
THE BOY FROM THE RANCH
THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER
BOB, THE CASTAWAY
THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE
THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS
THE BOY PILOT OF THE LAKES
THE TWO BOY GOLD MINERS
JACK, THE RUNAWAY
COMRADES OF THE SADDLE
THE BOYS OF BELLWOOD SCHOOL
THE HIGH SCHOOL RIVALS
BOB CHESTER’S GRIT
AIRSHIP ANDY
DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER
DICK, THE BANK BOY
BEN HARDY’S FLYING MACHINE
THE BOYS OF THE WIRELESS
HARRY WATSON’S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS
THE BOY SCOUTS OF LENOX
TOM TAYLOR AT WEST POINT
COWBOY DAVE
THE BOYS OF THE BATTLESHIP
JACK OF THE PONY EXPRESS

_Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York_

Copyright, 1915, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

TOM TAYLOR AT WEST POINT

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. WONDERFUL NEWS 1

II. THE EXAMINATION 13

III. ANXIOUS DAYS 21

IV. SUCCESS 29

V. AN ATTACK 35

VI. OFF TO WEST POINT 43

VII. GETTING READY 49

VIII. A SLIDE FOR LIFE 60

IX. CAPTAIN HAWKESBURY 69

X. ANTICIPATION 76

XI. A LARK 83

XII. TOM’S REFUSAL 91

XIII. ACROSS THE RIVER 97

XIV. AN EXPLOSION 103

XV. HARD WORK 110

XVI. ON FURLOUGH 118

XVII. A QUARREL 127

XVIII. BACK AT WEST POINT 138

XIX. UNHORSED 146

XX. IN THE HOSPITAL 155

XXI. THE CLUE 164

XXII. IN GARRISON 174

XXIII. DISCOVERED 182

XXIV. RESTITUTION 190

XXV. GRADUATION 199

TOM TAYLOR AT WEST POINT