Illustrated

PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY


Copyright, 1911, by
Howard E. Altemus


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.A Squad-room Misunderstanding[7]
II.On the Great Summer Hike[29]
III.Soldier Hal Marches as a Prisoner[47]
IV.The Joking Scout[54]
V.The Corporal With the Sheepish Grin[65]
VI.Raynes Finds a Patriotic Ally[77]
VII.Bears and Other Troubles[90]
VIII.In the Midst of the "Hostiles"[97]
IX.Planning for the Night Attack[103]
X.Trappers and Trapped[113]
XI.That C Company Corporal Eats Crow[119]
XII.The Call to Deadly Work[130]
XIII.The Appointment With Supreme Danger[138]
XIV.Meeting Blick in Earnest[145]
XV.The Battle of Their Lives[155]
XVI.Captain Cortland "Makes a Speech"[162]
XVII.Rounding Up the Missing Leave Men[171]
XVIII.Dowley Eggs On a Catspaw[184]
XIX.A Dispute in the Guard House[192]
XX.Promotion Flies in the Air[202]
XXI.The Price of Being a Man[211]
XXII.Two Young Corporals Send Out the "C. Q. D."[227]
XXIII.The Wind Changes Its Course and Blows[235]
XXIV.Conclusion[246]

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