Copyright, 1903
By STREET & SMITH
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A West Point Treasure

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I—An Interesting Letter[ 7]
II—What a Walk Led To[ 17]
III—Mysteries Galore[ 23]
IV—A Horrible Discovery[ 33]
V—A Joke on the Parson[ 44]
VI—Stanard’s Defiance[ 53]
VII—Stanard’s Strange Visitor[ 60]
VIII—An Unexpected Result[ 72]
IX—Discovery of the Loss[ 84]
X—Discovery of the Thief[ 93]
XI—Stealing from Thieves[ 102]
XII—Seven Burglars in a Scrape[ 112]
XIII—Watching the Treasure[ 119]
XIV—The Seven in a Trap[ 127]
XV—Buying Their Release[ 135]
XVI—Bull Harris Reaps His Reward[ 144]
XVII—The Seven Make a New Move[ 154]
XVIII—The Capture of Mark[ 166]
XIX—Torture of the Yearlings[ 180]
XX—A New Venture[ 188]
XXI—Mark Comes to Town[ 196]
XXII—Burglar Hunting[ 207]
XXIII—Chauncey Has an Idea[ 219]
XXIV—Back Again[ 232]
XXV—A Challenge[ 238]
XXVI—“I Have the Courage to Be a Coward”[ 248]
XXVII—Mark, the Coward[ 257]
XXVIII—A Test of Courage[ 266]
XXIX—The Fruits of Victory[ 277]

A WEST POINT TREASURE.

CHAPTER I.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.

“Hey, there, you fellows, I’ve got a letter to read to you.”

He was a tall, handsome lad, with a frank, pleasant face, and a wealth of curly brown hair. He wore a close-fitting gray jacket and trousers. The uniform of a West Point “plebe,” as the new cadet is termed. He was standing in front of one of the tents in the summer camp of the corps, and speaking to half a dozen of his classmates.

The six looked up with interest when they heard what he said.

“Come in, Mark,” called one of them. “Come in here and read it.”