The Boys of Columbia High in Track Athletics

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I Distance Runners[ 1]
II Held by the Enemy[ 11]
III The Gypsy Caravan[ 22]
IV A Mystery of the Wagon[ 33]
V On the Campus Green[ 44]
VI Making Plans[ 53]
VII The Benefits of Discipline[ 62]
VIII Lanky’s Pride Conquers[ 71]
IX Among the Nomads of the Road[ 80]
X The Bunch from Bellport[ 89]
XI Almost a Riot[ 98]
XII A Popular Boy[ 106]
XIII On the Harrapin[ 115]
XIV Lanky Finds His Chance[ 124]
XV An Accident Betrays Rufus[ 133]
XVI Lanky Becomes a “Barker”[ 144]
XVII The Gypsy Queen’s Move[ 153]
XVIII Finding Out[ 162]
XIX The Great Day[ 171]
XX Clifford’s New Hope[ 180]
XXI What Happened to Bones[ 189]
XXII Columbia’s Last Chance[ 198]
XXIII The End of the Long Run[ 207]
XXIV When the Message Came[ 215]
XXV The Stolen Child[ 224]

THE
BOYS OF COLUMBIA HIGH
IN TRACK ATHLETICS

CHAPTER I
DISTANCE RUNNERS

“Our last year at good old Columbia High, fellows!”

“I just hate to think of it, Lanky!”

“We’ve had some great times during these four years, for a fact; and college can never take the place of this school. And what fierce battles we’ve had on the diamond and gridiron with our rivals of Clifford and Bellport! I’ll be mighty sorry to leave the old school behind.”