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CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[The First Scrimmage]1
II.[The Rabbit and the Duke]12
III.[Cotton Tries Football]28
IV.[At Sound View]45
V.[Lost in the Fog]57
VI.[The Rescue]64
VII.[Gerald Maps a Campaign]79
VIII.[Cotton Makes a Wager]93
IX.[Harry Scents a Mystery]107
X.[The Spy]123
XI.[Broadwood is Foiled]138
XII.[Cotton Meets a Friend]150
XIII.[The Duke Starts Something]160
XIV.[Kirk Exacts a Promise]177
XV.[The News Predicts Defeat]190
XVI.[Cotton Writes a Letter]200
XVII.[A Fumble]209
XVIII.[Kendall Goes Back]220
XIX.[9-6]229
XX.[Harry Remembers]241
XXI.[Kendall Makes a Speech]254
XXII.[Two Sheets of Buff Paper]267
XXIII.[“No Goal!”]278
XXIV.[Around the End]290
XXV.[Kendall is Mistaken]299
XXVI.[Gerald is Surprised]312

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
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[“To the right, off the port bow of the launch, a hulking shadow took shape.” ] Frontispiece
[“The boy dropped to the floor and squirmed quickly from sight.”]18
[“‘Hello! Hello! This is Mr. Gibson.... What say?’”]142
[“Something crashed against him, driving the remaining breath from his body.”]296

AROUND THE END