GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK


Copyright, 1917, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.


[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
I[ROWLAND ARRIVES]1
II[A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE]17
III[GETTING SETTLED]36
IV[FOUND—A ROOMMATE]48
V[SCHOOL BEGINS]61
VI[THE ENEMY CALLS]78
VII[THE FIGHT]94
VIII[IRA DECLINES AN INVITATION]108
IX[AN ULTIMATUM]126
X[ON THE FOURTH SQUAD]140
XI[IRA RENEWS AN ACQUAINTANCE]157
XII[IN THE LINE-UP]169
XIII[A CONFERENCE]182
XIV[HARD KNOCKS]196
XV[PARKINSON HAS A CHANGE OF HEART]211
XVI[IRA PLANS]224
XVII[THROUGH THE ENEMY’S LINE]234
XVIII[“OLD EARNEST”]251
XIX[CALLERS]264
XX[BEFORE THE GAME]278
XXI[PARKINSON SCORES]288
XXII[COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES]297

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Ira Felt the Blood Pouring into His Cheeks As He Jumped to His Feet] (Page 304)Frontispiece
FACING
PAGE
[“The Coat Slips Off Right Easy”]14
[More Circling Then, Each Watching the Other Warily]98
[“I Want to Tell a Story,” He Said]220