CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[A New Boy Arrives]3
II.[West House Sits in Judgment]16
III.[A Visit to the Inquisitory]28
IV.[Nicknames and Music]51
V.[Cal is Christened]69
VI.[Cal Settles Down]85
VII.[Homesickness and Gingerbread]102
VIII.[Ned Lays Down the Law]116
IX.[The Ghost in the Orchard]139
X.[The Mystery Deepens]160
XI.[The Missing Money]180
XII.[The Girl Next Door]193
XIII.[In the Hands of the Enemy]217
XIV.[Cal Mutinies]234
XV.[Molly Takes a Hand]250
XVI.[The Pippin Club is Formed]267
XVII.[Cal Buys a Suit]284
XVIII.[A Falling-Out]302
XIX.[The Second Game]315
XX.[Rumors and Excitement]337
XXI.[A Mystery is Explained]354
XXII.[Molly Waves a Flag]366

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Beside Sandy, tripped the Obnoxious Kid, waving triumphantly her red and white banner]Frontispiece
[“Is this West House?” he asked]23
[“Got any other togs in that gripsack of yours?”]35
[“My name’s John Boland. What’s yours?”]41
[“Yo heave ho! When the wind do blow—”]67
[“Please don’t throw me in,” begged Claire]79
[“But, honest, Cal, they won’t do!”]99
[Ned viewed Cal’s costume with misgiving]117
[“Here’s a place where there’s a picket off!”]133
[Panic seized the company]143
[“Good evening. We—we came for the apples”]173
[“Well, it’s gone,” said Ned]183
[“These are ghost apples,” said the girl]199
[“You’re a very horrid, rude boy, Cal”]231
[He stopped and examined the contents of the bundle]243
[Sandy was toiling valiantly, chasing balls on all sides of the court]257
[Presently they were all seated]273
[Cal buys a new suit of clothes]295
[“We’d better settle this right now”]311
[Cal had his first baptism by fire]333
[“Why does the W look so rakish?”]349
[Cal knelt in front of Ned’s bureau and opened the bottom drawer]361

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