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BOOKS FOR YOUNG MEN
MERRIWELL SERIES
Stories of Frank and Dick Merriwell
Fascinating Stories of Athletics
A half million enthusiastic followers of the Merriwell brothers will
attest the unfailing interest and wholesomeness of these adventures of
two lads of high ideals, who play fair with themselves, as well as with
the rest of the world.
These stories are rich in fun and thrills in all branches of sports and
athletics. They are extremely high in moral tone, and cannot fail to be
of immense benefit to every boy who reads them.
They have the splendid quality of firing a boy’s ambition to become a
good athlete, in order that he may develop into a strong, vigorous,
right-thinking man.
_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_
1—Frank Merriwell’s School Days By Burt L. Standish
2—Frank Merriwell’s Chums By Burt L. Standish
3—Frank Merriwell’s Foes By Burt L. Standish
4—Frank Merriwell’s Trip West By Burt L. Standish
5—Frank Merriwell Down South By Burt L. Standish
6—Frank Merriwell’s Bravery By Burt L. Standish
7—Frank Merriwell’s Hunting Tour By Burt L. Standish
8—Frank Merriwell in Europe By Burt L. Standish
9—Frank Merriwell at Yale By Burt L. Standish
10—Frank Merriwell’s Sports Afield By Burt L. Standish
11—Frank Merriwell’s Races By Burt L. Standish
12—Frank Merriwell’s Party By Burt L. Standish
13—Frank Merriwell’s Bicycle Tour By Burt L. Standish
14—Frank Merriwell’s Courage By Burt L. Standish
15—Frank Merriwell’s Daring By Burt L. Standish
16—Frank Merriwell’s Alarm By Burt L. Standish
17—Frank Merriwell’s Athletes By Burt L. Standish
18—Frank Merriwell’s Skill By Burt L. Standish
19—Frank Merriwell’s Champions By Burt L. Standish
20—Frank Merriwell’s Return to Yale By Burt L. Standish
21—Frank Merriwell’s Secret By Burt L. Standish
22—Frank Merriwell’s Danger By Burt L. Standish
23—Frank Merriwell’s Loyalty By Burt L. Standish
24—Frank Merriwell in Camp By Burt L. Standish
25—Frank Merriwell’s Vacation By Burt L. Standish
26—Frank Merriwell’s Cruise By Burt L. Standish
27—Frank Merriwell’s Chase By Burt L. Standish
28—Frank Merriwell in Maine By Burt L. Standish
29—Frank Merriwell’s Struggle By Burt L. Standish
30—Frank Merriwell’s First Job By Burt L. Standish
31—Frank Merriwell’s Opportunity By Burt L. Standish
32—Frank Merriwell’s Hard Luck By Burt L. Standish
33—Frank Merriwell’s Protégé By Burt L. Standish
34—Frank Merriwell on the Road By Burt L. Standish
35—Frank Merriwell’s Own Company By Burt L. Standish
36—Frank Merriwell’s Fame By Burt L. Standish
37—Frank Merriwell’s College Chums By Burt L. Standish
38—Frank Merriwell’s Problem By Burt L. Standish
39—Frank Merriwell’s Fortune By Burt L. Standish
40—rank Merriwell’s New Comedian By Burt L. Standish
41—Frank Merriwell’s Prosperity By Burt L. Standish
42—Frank Merriwell’s Stage Hit By Burt L. Standish
43—Frank Merriwell’s Great Scheme By Burt L. Standish
44—Frank Merriwell in England By Burt L. Standish
45—Frank Merriwell on the Boulevards By Burt L. Standish
46—Frank Merriwell’s Duel By Burt L. Standish
47—Frank Merriwell’s Double Shot By Burt L. Standish
48—Frank Merriwell’s Baseball Victories By Burt L. Standish
49—Frank Merriwell’s Confidence By Burt L. Standish
50—Frank Merriwell’s Auto By Burt L. Standish
51—Frank Merriwell’s Fun By Burt L. Standish
52—Frank Merriwell’s Generosity By Burt L. Standish
53—Frank Merriwell’s Tricks By Burt L. Standish
54—Frank Merriwell’s Temptation By Burt L. Standish
55—Frank Merriwell on Top By Burt L. Standish
56—Frank Merriwell’s Luck By Burt L. Standish
57—Frank Merriwell’s Mascot By Burt L. Standish
58—Frank Merriwell’s Reward By Burt L. Standish
59—Frank Merriwell’s Phantom By Burt L. Standish
60—Frank Merriwell’s Faith By Burt L. Standish
61—Frank Merriwell’s Victories By Burt L. Standish
62—Frank Merriwell’s Iron Nerve By Burt L. Standish
63—Frank Merriwell in Kentucky By Burt L. Standish
64—Frank Merriwell’s Power By Burt L. Standish
65—Frank Merriwell’s Shrewdness By Burt L. Standish
66—Frank Merriwell’s Set Back By Burt L. Standish
67—Frank Merriwell’s Search By Burt L. Standish
68—Frank Merriwell’s Club By Burt L. Standish
69—Frank Merriwell’s Trust By Burt L. Standish
70—Frank Merriwell’s False Friend By Burt L. Standish
71—Frank Merriwell’s Strong Arm By Burt L. Standish
72—Frank Merriwell as Coach By Burt L. Standish
73—Frank Merriwell’s Brother By Burt L. Standish
74—Frank Merriwell’s Marvel By Burt L. Standish
75—Frank Merriwell’s Support By Burt L. Standish
76—Dick Merriwell At Fardale By Burt L. Standish
77—Dick Merriwell’s Glory By Burt L. Standish
78—Dick Merriwell’s Promise By Burt L. Standish
79—Dick Merriwell’s Rescue By Burt L. Standish
80—Dick Merriwell’s Narrow Escape By Burt L. Standish
81—Dick Merriwell’s Racket By Burt L. Standish
82—Dick Merriwell’s Revenge By Burt L. Standish
83—Dick Merriwell’s Ruse By Burt L. Standish
84—Dick Merriwell’s Delivery By Burt L. Standish
85—Dick Merriwell’s Wonders By Burt L. Standish
86—Frank Merriwell’s Honor By Burt L. Standish
87—Dick Merriwell’s Diamond By Burt L. Standish
88—Frank Merriwell’s Winners By Burt L. Standish
89—Dick Merriwell’s Dash By Burt L. Standish
90—Dick Merriwell’s Ability By Burt L. Standish
91—Dick Merriwell’s Trap By Burt L. Standish
92—Dick Merriwell’s Defense By Burt L. Standish
93—Dick Merriwell’s Model By Burt L. Standish
94—Dick Merriwell’s Mystery By Burt L. Standish
95—Frank Merriwell’s Backers By Burt L. Standish
96—Dick Merriwell’s Backstop By Burt L. Standish
97—Dick Merriwell’s Western Mission By Burt L. Standish
98—Frank Merriwell’s Rescue By Burt L. Standish
99—Frank Merriwell’s Encounter By Burt L. Standish
100—Dick Merriwell’s Marked Money By Burt L. Standish
101—Frank Merriwell’s Nomads By Burt L. Standish
102—Dick Merriwell on the Gridiron By Burt L. Standish
103—Dick Merriwell’s Disguise By Burt L. Standish
104—Dick Merriwell’s Test By Burt L. Standish
105—Frank Merriwell’s Trump Card By Burt L. Standish
Dick Merriwell’s Glory
OR,
Friends and Foes
BY
BURT L. STANDISH
Author of the famous MERRIWELL STORIES.
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DICK MERRIWELL’S GLORY.
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CHAPTER I.
FRIENDS AND FOES.
In more ways than one Dick Merriwell had become the wonder of the
Fardale Military School. His astonishing work in the football-game
against White Academy was the talk of Fardale. By running with the ball
the length of the field, he had made both of Fardale’s touch-downs in
the game, and, to crown these thrilling plays, he had kicked two clean
goals.
Naturally, at the conclusion of the game, the delighted cadets had
rushed onto the field, raised the hero of the day aloft, and carried him
about on their shoulders, cheering until they were hoarse.
But there were some who took no part in these demonstrations, and they
were the jealous enemies of the remarkable young plebe who had created
such a sensation. Singularly enough, not a few of these enemies were in
Dick’s own class, being such envious chaps as Uric Scudder, Zeb
Fletcher, and Jim Watson.
However, Dick’s most dangerous enemy was Jabez Lynch, a first-class man,
whose ambition had been to play half-back on the eleven—a position that
had been given to Merriwell.
On account of a treacherous attempt to injure Dick, Jabez had been
nearly forced to leave school. In Dick’s heart there had been no thought
of mercy toward Jabez, but his brother Frank had been more forbearing,
especially as Jabez might bring a serious complaint against Old Joe
Crowfoot, the Indian, who had threatened him with torture and death
because of his action toward Dick.
When Dick fully understood that Jabez might retaliate by having Old Joe
arrested, in case he was forced out of Fardale, he agreed to keep still
concerning the treachery of his enemy. But he told Frank that he could
never feel anything but contempt for Lynch, and he did not believe it
possible that such a fellow could reform and become decent.
In his heart Frank Merriwell doubted if Jabez could change his natural
inclinations; but, at the same time, he was confident that the course
chosen was the proper one, for he did not wish Old Joe to come to harm
through his affection for Dick and his desire to punish the boy’s enemy.
There was something about the old redskin that Frank admired. Joe knew
little of white men’s laws, and cared less. "An eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth" was the law that appealed to him, and in which he
firmly believed. To Joe there seemed nothing particularly wonderful in
the feat of Dick. For years the old Indian had trained the lad to be
fleet of foot, keen of eye, and quick of hand, and it had been his
expectation and belief that Dick would excel in feats and games calling
for these qualities.
Frank had quickly understood the immense good the training of Old Joe
had done the boy, who might have been weak and sickly but for his free,
open-air life, with the redskin as his chief tutor.
But Merry saw that there were points Old Joe had neglected, and Dick was
far from perfect physically when Frank took him in hand. In a short time
Frank had wrought an improvement, but he was keeping the work up at
Fardale, seeking to develop his brother into a youth who should be an
absolute physical model.
Frank believed he could accomplish the work, though he realized that it
could not be brought to a successful conclusion at once. It would take
time and patience to make Dick Merriwell as near perfect as possible;
but time and patience Frank was ready to give.
At first Old Joe regarded Merry’s work with silent disdain. There was
something of a look of scorn in his beady black eyes when he saw the
magnificent Yale athlete instructing the boy in the use of dumb-bells
and Indian clubs to strengthen and round out certain muscles; but the
beady eyes were keen to detect the slightest improvement, and it finally
happened that the old fellow nodded and pronounced it "heap good."
It must not be supposed that Frank’s only thought was to make his
brother perfect physically. On the contrary, he had entered Dick at
Fardale because he was satisfied that the course of mental instruction
there would be the very best the lad could obtain.
Fortunately for Dick, he was much like his famous brother in one
respect. He had a wonderfully active and retentive mind, so that he
could learn almost anything quickly and well when he applied himself
fixedly to the task of doing so. Thus it happened that in this respect,
as well as others, he was a wonder to his classmates, many of whom,
discovering somehow that he had never attended a regular school, had
felt positive he would have a difficult time at Fardale, even if he was
able to get along at all after being admitted.
Until her death, Dick’s mother had been his tutor, and her instructions
were of the very best.
It was with untold satisfaction that Frank Merriwell had taken up the
task of developing his brother into perfect manhood; and it was now his
great aim in life to make a complete success in this work, into which he
had entered with all his heart and soul.
At first the boy had not understood how fortunate he was in having such
a brother and friend, but, little by little, his eyes had been opened,
and at last he was coming to know just what it meant. Dick had been
frivolous to a certain extent, and he had seemed wild and untamable; but
his journey from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast had opened his eyes
and filled him with respect for Frank. He had found that Frank was known
everywhere, and that by the youth of the United States he was regarded
as a model young American.
This knowledge had brought about something of a change in Dick, in whose
heart was born a desire to emulate his brother and become like him, in
some degree, at least. And the lad’s modesty—which at first he had not
seemed to possess in any degree—had led him to doubt his ability to ever
rise to the heights attained by Frank.
At one time Old Joe had sought to turn Dick against Frank, being
consumed by the belief that Merriwell meant to carry the boy away where
they would never meet again; but Merry had found a way to conquer the
jealous Indian, and Crowfoot became one of his greatest admirers. Then
it was that the Indian had said to Dick:
"Do what um broder, Steady Hand, say for um to do. Him know best. Him
got heap big head, all right. Ugh! Him heap mighty young white chief."
And these words of the old Indian had been, to a great extent,
instrumental in the change that came over the lad. Not that Dick was
able to at once fling off all his wild ways; not that he became
immediately sober and serious. Far from it. He was still a boy, with a
boy’s love of sport and play and pranks. The advent at Fardale had cast
him into a life far different from anything to which he had been
accustomed, and for a time he had seemed reserved and distant, which led
many to think him haughty and overbearing.
In time they were to learn that he was anything but haughty. In time,
when he came to know them better and they to understand him, they were
to find in Dick Merriwell a frank, honest, companionable, whole-souled,
fun-loving boy, who would make friends and keep them.
Already Dick had made a few stanch friends. Hugh Douglass, one of his
roommates, an uncouth, farmerish plebe, was one of these. Douglass had
seen beneath the surface, and he was convinced that Dick was all right.
Brad Buckhart, "the Texan Maverick," as he delighted to call himself,
was another friend Dick had found. At first Buckhart did not take to
young Merriwell, but a change quickly came over him when he found Dick
beset by envious and jealous enemies, and the breezy chap from the Lone
Star State soon evinced a hot desire to fight for Dick on the slightest
provocation.
And now, since Dick had astonished everybody by his amazing work in the
game against White Academy, scores of fellows were praising him, and
many who had held aloof were willing to know him and become friendly.
But Dick did not like to be patronized, and he found that the men of the
classes above him were inclined to praise him in a manner that was not
wholly unoffensive. Some of them had a way of speaking compliments as if
they were patting a precocious boy on the head and offering him a penny.
This caused Dick to shun them still more, and thus it came about that he
was thought "stuck up." His enemies knew how to make capital of this,
and they did not lose the opportunity to do so.
Dick kept about the even tenor of his way, however, studying, drilling,
training, and practising on the football-field. He had tremendous
energy, and the number of things accomplished by him continued to
astound and anger his jealous foes, who soon found a new method of
striking at him.