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Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods By: Allen Chapman |
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Or, The Darewell Chums in the Woods BY ALLEN CHAPMAN AUTHOR OF "BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS," "WORKING HARD TO WIN,"
"BOUND TO SUCCEED," "THE YOUNG STOREKEEPER," "NAT BORDEN'S FIND," ETC. 1908
CONTENTS I. PLANNING A DINNER
II. A CONSPIRACY REVEALED
III. NED IS CAPTURED
IV. NED HEARS STRANGE TALK
V. SUSPICIONS AROUSED
VI. FRANK GETS A LETTER
VII. BREAKING UP A DANCE
VIII. FRANK IS WARNED
IX. A STRANGER IN TOWN
X. MR. HARDMAN'S QUEER ACT
XI. NEWS FOR FRANK
XII. THE LAZY RACE
XIII. VACATION AT HAND
XIV. THE TELEPHONE WIRE
XV. SEARCHING FOR FRANK
XVI. WHERE FRANK WENT
XVII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
XVIII. A CANOE TRIP
XIX. AT THE SANITARIUM
XX. THE INTERVIEW
XXI. FRANK LEAVES AGAIN
XXII. FRANK IS EMPLOYED
XXIII. PLANNING A RESCUE
XXIV. FRANK LOSES HOPE
XXV. FRANK'S SECRET DISCLOSED
XXVI. ARRANGING AN ESCAPE
XXVII. THE RUNAWAY DONKEY
XXVIII. THE RESCUE
XXIX. THE CURE CONCLUSION
FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET
CHAPTER I PLANNING A DINNER
"That's the way to line 'em out, Ned!" "Go on now! Take another! You can get home!" "Wow! That wins the game! Hurrah for Ned Wilding!" Those were some of the shouts, amid a multitude of others, that came from
scores of boyish throats as they watched the baseball game between the
Darewell High School and the Lakeville Preparatory Academy. The occasion
was the annual championship struggle, and the cries resulted from Ned's
successful batting of the ball far over the center fielder's head. It was a critical moment for the score was tie, it was the ending of the
ninth inning, and there were two men of the High School nine out. It all
depended on Ned. But Ned was equal to the occasion. He had placed the ball well, and as
soon as he heard the crack, when his bat struck it, he had darted for
first. Then, running as he never had run before, he kept on to second.
The encouraging shouts of his friends induced him to advance toward
third, though by this time the center fielder had the ball and was
throwing it to the baseman. "Come on, Ned! Come on! Take a chance!" yelled Bart Keene, captain of the
High School team. Then Ned, from a baseball standpoint of safety, did what might be termed
a foolish thing. He reached third base just an instant before the ball
did. He heard it strike the baseman's glove with a loud "plunk!" A second later, stooping to avoid being touched, Ned sprang up and ran
toward the home plate. It was a desperate chance in a desperate game, for
the Lakeville players were cool and experienced hands, and Ned was almost
certain to be put out. However, he had chanced it. It was too late to go
back now. He was running straight for home, as though there was no such
thing as a baseman with a ball close behind him, waiting for a good
chance to throw to the catcher and put him out. Right at the catcher Ned ran. The third baseman drew back his arm to
throw the ball. The catcher put out his hands to grasp it. Then Ned
jumped up into the air, springing as high as he could. This disconcerted the aim of the third baseman and he had to throw higher
than he intended, to get the ball over Ned's head. It was what Ned intended that happened. The catcher was obliged to jump to reach the whizzing ball. He just
missed it, the leather sphere grazing the tips of his fingers. Then it
flew over his head, while there sounded a groan from the Lakeville
supporters. The game was a High School victory. An instant later Ned had passed the chagrined catcher and had touched the
home plate, while the High School boys stood up on the bleachers and made
themselves hoarse with cheers. Joining them came the shrill cries of the
girls of Darewell, quite a throng of whom had come to see the game. "Good, Ned!" cried Bart, as he ran up to grasp his chum by the hand. "That's the stuff!" exclaimed Fenn Masterson. "I knew you could do it,
Ned!" "That's more than I knew myself," Ned answered, panting from his home
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