Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown   By: Frank V. Webster

HARRY WATSON’S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS

Or

The Rivals of Rivertown

BY

FRANK V. WEBSTER

AUTHOR OF “ONLY A FARM BOY,” “AIRSHIP ANDY,” “THE BOYS OF BELLWOOD SCHOOL,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR BOYS By FRANK V. WEBSTER 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume.

ONLY A FARM BOY TOM, THE TELEPHONE BOY THE BOY FROM THE RANCH THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER BOB, THE CASTAWAY THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS THE BOY PILOT OF THE LAKES THE TWO BOY GOLD MINERS JACK, THE RUNAWAY COMRADES OF THE SADDLE THE BOYS OF BELLWOOD SCHOOL THE HIGH SCHOOL RIVALS BOB CHESTER’S GRIT AIRSHIP ANDY DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER DICK, THE BANK BOY BEN HARDY’S FLYING MACHINE THE BOYS OF THE WIRELESS HARRY WATSON’S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1912, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

Harry Watson’s High School Days

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I. Harry Shows His Mettle 1 II. Jed Brown Finds a Protector 8 III. Socker’s Plot 17 IV. Harry Shows His Grit 24 V. The Race on Skates 29 VI. The Girls’ Race 36 VII. The Rivalry Between Harry and Elmer 41 VIII. Paul’s Party 48 IX. The False Charge 54 X. Harry is Exonerated 59 XI. “Old Grouch” 67 XII. Pledged to the Pi Etas 74 XIII. A Serious Charge 79 XIV. The Boys Appoint a Committee 85 XV. Mr. Larmore Issues an Ultimatum 90 XVI. Stumbling Across a Clue 95 XVII. The Trip to Lumberport 102 XVIII. Harry Arranges for a Settlement 107 XIX. Upholding the Honor of Rivertown 114 XX. Harry Receives Bad News 127 XXI. Elmer Baits His Rival 137 XXII. Dark Days 144 XXIII. A Mile a Minute Spin 151 XXIV. Harry Pilots the Lightning 170 XXV. “All’s Well that Ends Well” 189

HARRY WATSON’S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS

CHAPTER I—HARRY SHOWS HIS METTLE

“Hey, fellows, we’ve a new student at Rivertown High!”