On Guard: Mark Mallory's Celebration

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Transcriber's Note: Lieut. Frederick Garrison is a pseudonym used by Upton Sinclair.
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

A letter for me, did you say?
The speaker was a tall, handsome lad, a plebe at the West Point Military Academy. At the moment he was gazing inquiringly out of the tent door at a small orderly.
The boy handed him an envelope, and the other glanced at it.
Cadet Mark Mallory, West Point, N. Y., was the address.