MADE IN U. S. A.

Copyright, 1907, by

Chatterton-Peck Company

PRESS OF
THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
CLEVELAND

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[A Singular Letter]9
II.[Shall We Join the League?]17
III.[The New President]26
IV.[Len Howard Again]34
V.[Unexpected News]42
VI.[An Intercepted Letter]52
VII.[Open Enemies]63
VIII.[Choosing the Nine]70
IX.[A Council of War]80
X.[A Night Expedition]88
XI.[A Startling Dénouement]93
XII.[A Prisoner]105
XIII.[Before the Faculty]112
XIV.[The Penalty]121
XV.[A Visit to Professor Fuller]130
XVI.[Serving Our Term]140
XVII.[An Unexpected Visitor]148
XVIII.[The First Game]160
XIX.[Fred Harrison]170
XX.[Caught in the Act]177
XXI.[A Terrible Confession]183
XXII.[An Unexpected Friend]194
XXIII.[Renewed Hopes]203
XXIV.[A Turn of Luck]211
XXV.[The Second Game]220
XXVI.[Generous Hosts]231
XXVII.[Our Reception at Berkeley]239
XXVIII.[The Third Game]246
XXIX.[The Return to Belmont]256
XXX.[Burning the Midnight Oil]262
XXXI.[Good News]268
XXXII.[The Final Game]277

THE CRIMSON BANNER

CHAPTER I
A SINGULAR LETTER

One pleasant evening during the first week in April I left my room in Colver Hall, and started across the campus of Belmont College toward the main street of the town. As I approached the gateway at the entrance to the grounds, I noticed several of the boys sitting upon and around the two large cannons that stood on either side of the gateway, mounted upon their old fashioned iron carriages.