CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I An Unheralded Champion [ 1]
II Ted Renews Old Times [ 11]
III Going to Housekeeping [ 21]
IV The First Night in the Shack [ 35]
V A Visitor [ 49]
VI More Guests [ 60]
VII Mr. Laurie [ 76]
VIII Diplomacy and Its Results [ 94]
IX The Story of the First Telephone [ 106]
X What Came Afterward [ 122]
XI The Rest of the Story [ 141]
XII Conspirators [ 152]
XIII What Ted Heard [ 163]
XIV The Fernalds Win Their Point [ 173]
XV What Came of the Plot [ 189]
XVI Another Calamity [ 199]
XVII Surprises [ 213]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Would you like to go to college if you could?" persisted the elder man [ Frontispiece]
"You can't be spreadin' wires an' jars an' things round my room!" protested Mr. Turner [ Page 9]
Soon he came within sight of the shack which stood at the water's edge [ " 27]
He heard an answering shout and a second later saw Ted Turner dash through the pines [ " 88]

TED AND THE TELEPHONE

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CHAPTER I

AN UNHERALDED CHAMPION