Copyright, 1916, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Fudge Is Interrupted]1
II.[The Try-out]11
III.[The Shadow on the Curtain]23
IV.[The Ode to Spring]38
V.[Perry Remembers]50
VI.[The False Mustache]61
VII.[Fudge Revolts]74
VIII.[Lanny Studies Steam Engineering]89
IX.[The New Sign]99
X.[The Borrowed Roller]110
XI.[Gordon Deserts His Post]120
XII.[On Dick’s Porch]130
XIII.[Foiled!]142
XIV.[The Game with Norrisville]152
XV.[The White Scar]166
XVI.[Sears Makes a Suggestion]179
XVII.[The Squad at Work]190
XVIII.[The Officer at the Door]202
XIX.[The Train-robber Is Warned]213
XX.[Mr. Addicks Explains]226
XXI.[On the Track]240
XXII.[The New Coach]258
XXIII.[Out at the Plate!]273
XXIV.[Clearfield Concedes the Meet]290
XXV.[Springdale Leads]300
XXVI.[The Purple Pennant]311

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[“Like a white streak, Perry breasted the string”]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[“‘On your mark!... Set!... Go!’”]18
[“‘What’s that?’ asked Perry, startled”]220
[“Lanny, dropping to his knees on the plate, got it a foot from the ground”]286

THE PURPLE PENNANT

CHAPTER I
FUDGE IS INTERRUPTED