[THEY PERFECTED THEMSELVES IN THE USE OF THE RIFLE AND THE BAYONET.]
[“TREASON! TREASON!” CAME THE CRIES FROM ALL OVER THE HALL.]
[NED AND JERRY, HURRYING OVER SAW THE CORPORAL HOLDING PUG KENNEDY.]
[“WE’LL SLIDE DOWN AND GRAB ’EM,” SAID JERRY.]

NED, BOB AND JERRY IN THE ARMY

[CHAPTER I]
THE FIRE ALARM

“You’re going, aren’t you, Ned?”

“Surest thing you know!”

“Will you be there, Bob?”

“Of course, Jerry. It ought to be quite a meeting, I should say.”

“You said something!” exclaimed Ned Slade, with an air of conviction. “Things will whoop up in great shape. Why, there hasn’t been so much excitement in Cresville since I can remember.”