COPYRIGHT 1910
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

TO MY NEPHEWS
WELD ARNOLD
AND
ALLEN WILLIAMS CLARK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I[The New Boy.]
II[Dave Ellis Breaks a Record.]
III[Dick and Jim Go On a Shooting Trip.]
IV[The Shooting Trip's Unexpected Ending.]
V[Duncan McDonald.]
VI[A Question of Right and Wrong.]
VII[A Battle Royal.]
VIII[On Diamond and River.]
IX[Foul Play.]
X[The Pentathlon.]

DICK RANDALL

DICK RANDALL

CHAPTER I

[THE NEW BOY]

Fall term at Fenton Academy had begun. Dick Randall came slowly down the dormitory steps, then stopped and stood hesitating, as if doubtful which way to turn. Uncertainty, indeed, was uppermost in his mind. He felt confused and out of place in his new surroundings, like a stranger in a strange land.