THE PITCHER’S FINAL TEST.
“I’m afraid those Boston fellows are due to get their revenge, all
right,” said Bill Brady, on the morning of the Fourth of July, the day
for the game in which Briggs, of Harvard, and Jim Phillips, of Yale,
were again to measure their abilities as pitchers. “We’ve had a little
too much on our minds this last week to do much practicing.”
“We’ll give them a fight for it, anyhow,” said Dick Merriwell. “We’ll be
off for Sweden, pretty soon, those of us that are going, and I’d like to
celebrate the glorious Fourth here first in the right way. I suppose
it’s Harvard’s holiday just as much as it is ours, but I remember that
our ancestors did pretty well in spite of difficulties and things that
were enough to discourage most people. If they hadn’t stuck to their
guns through anything that came up, we wouldn’t have much celebrating to
do nowadays, you know.”
The fact that the game with the Boston team was scheduled for the great
national holiday insured an enormous crowd to witness it. Not enormous,
perhaps, compared with some games that Jim had pitched in, for he had
seen the Polo Grounds, in New York, crowded more than once when he
played there, but still very large for New Haven. And the news that Dick
Merriwell himself was to take part had added enormously to the
attractiveness of the game. Dick had not been seen in a regular game for
a long time, but his reputation had endured and had, naturally, only
been enhanced by his remarkable success as a coach. Old Yale men had
come up for the game, and a great crowd had also come down from Boston
to cheer the team from the cradle of independence on to victory.
“Those Harvard men are doing a lot of talking about the way Harvard men
started the revolution,” said Bill Brady, with a grin. “But we Yale men
can remember Nathan Hale and a few others that did their share. So I
guess we can just arrange to fight this game out on the line of what is
going to happen to-day, rather than of what the old fellows did a
hundred years ago or so. We were even with them then, but I think we’re
a little ahead of them this year.”
Dick Merriwell, by unanimous consent, was acting as captain of the New
Haven team, and in the practice before the game it was at once evident
that this contest was likely to be a much more scientific one than the
first meeting between the two teams. The presence of so many of the
players of the two best college teams of the year insured a well-played
game, and as the cheers went up from the crowded stands at every good
play, the crowd settled itself down in anticipation of a rattling game,
close, and fought out to the last minute.
Jim Phillips, as he warmed up, felt that he was in good condition. He
felt that he had taken the measure of Briggs, and, while he had an
intense respect for the powers of the noted Harvard pitcher, he was sure
that he was his master. Confidence is half the battle in any sport, and
there was nothing boastful about Jim’s feeling. He knew just what he
could do, and he thought he knew, also, what Briggs could do.
But when the game began, he found himself in difficulties at once. The
first inning was easy. The Harvard men went out in one, two, three
order, but he saw Reid, who had batted first, looking curiously at him
after he had been retired on a screaming line drive, that Harry Maxwell
caught, and he knew the reason.
“I don’t know what’s the matter,” he said to Brady, as they sat on the
bench, “but my arm seems to have gone back on me altogether. I feel all
right, but I couldn’t get the ball breaking right. Did you notice it?”
“There wasn’t any jump on the ball,” admitted Brady. “I couldn’t make it
out. Never mind—you’ll be all right when the game gets going.”
“I hope so,” said Jim. “It’s a good thing those Harvard people didn’t
get on to me in that inning, though. If they’d only known it, they could
have knocked those balls I pitched all over the lot. They just thought I
was pitching the way I had before. But that won’t keep up. I’m due for
an awful lacing unless I can get that ball going right pretty soon. Reid
is on to it already. Did you see him edge right over to Bowen after he
sent that fly to Harry?”
Harry Maxwell, in Sherman’s absence, now led the batting order, and he
began with a crashing single to right.
Dick Merriwell, facing Briggs for the first time, sent the crowd wild,
for he landed on the first ball pitched, and drove it clean over the
center-field fence for a home run. Three runs for New Haven, with Jim
Phillips in the box, looked like a sure victory.
But Jim knew that his arm was bad. The second inning passed safely,
although his control was still so poor when he pitched a curve ball that
he contented himself with fast, straight balls, that deceived the
Bostonians simply because they didn’t expect them.
Reid came up again in the third inning, when one man was out. Jim had
thought that he was going to get safely through that session, but Reid
wasted no time at all. He saw a straight ball coming, and sent it
whistling past Carter, on third, for a three-base hit. It was the
beginning of the deluge. Jim’s curves would not break, and five hits in
rapid succession gave Harvard four runs. Jim steadied then for a moment,
and struck out a batter, but he was still in trouble, although he felt
that he was beginning to find himself anew, and before the inning was
over three more Harvard men had scored.
“Whew!” whistled Dick Merriwell. “You’ve been a long time coming to it,
Jim, but you certainly have got an awful lot out of your system all at
once. I was beginning to think you never were going to have one of those
historic bad innings.”
“I was afraid it was coming,” said Jim. “My arm hasn’t been right since
the game began. But, as a matter of fact, I was pitching better, when
they were slugging the ball so hard, than I had before. They simply
didn’t get on to how easy I was. If they had, they could have made all
those runs before.”
“Want to go out?” said Dick, looking at him keenly. He knew, although,
perhaps, Jim himself did not, that this was the real test of Jim’s
quality as a pitcher, long delayed, but to be faced, now that it had
come. For the first time, Jim was in a bad hole, and had no one to blame
for it but himself. He had faced pinches before, but always with the
steadying remembrance that it was errors that had made the trouble. Now
he had to look to himself for the cause.
Jim looked up at the universal coach.
“I think I can do better now,” he said, “if you let me stay in to finish
it. That’s up to you, of course, Mr. Merriwell. But my arm got
straightened out, I think. I don’t know what was the matter. But I feel
as if I could stop them now.”
“Good boy,” said Dick Merriwell heartily. “That’s what I wanted you to
say. Go in and do the best you can. It isn’t getting beaten that does
the mischief—it’s the way you take it. Every pitcher has bad days.
You’ve been wonderfully lucky not to have had that experience earlier in
the year.”
Reid was facing Jim when the New Haven team had to take the field again,
and there was a murmur of surprise when it was seen that Jim was to
continue pitching.
“They must be looking for trouble,” said one man to another, near the
New Haven bench. “When a pitcher gets a lacing like that, it’s time to
send him to the scrap heap.”
“What’s the difference?” asked the other man. “With Briggs pitching the
way he is, they’ll never make up that lead, anyhow, and they might as
well let this chap Phillips take his medicine. Just proves what I’ve
said all season—he’s the most overrated pitcher in any of the colleges.”
They were Harvard men, those two. But they did not quite understand
Jim’s true caliber.
Reid was sure that he was going to make another hit. But he didn’t. He
tried hard enough. Jim was too much for him.
All Jim’s cunning seemed to have returned; and, after a pretty duel of
wits between them, Reid was worsted, and trotted back to the bench, a
victim on strikes, filled with new admiration for the Yale pitcher.
“That chap never knows when he’s beaten, anyhow,” he said to Bowen. “He
didn’t have a thing with him but his glove in the last inning. And now
he’s smoking them over just as if he didn’t know what it was to have one
of his benders hit.”
“He’s got nerve,” agreed Bowen. “That’s what counts. All the skill in
the world won’t do a pitcher any good if he’s yellow. I thought he’d
gone up in the air in that last inning. But I guess it’s a good thing we
hit him while we had the chance. If I am not mistaken, we’ll have our
own troubles getting another hit off him in this game.”
And, to the surprise of the crowd and both teams, Bowen was right. Jim
grew stronger and better as the game wore on, and inning after inning
saw the Boston team retired without a hit or a run. In the fifth inning,
Briggs wavered for a moment and gave a base on balls to the man who
preceded Brady at the bat. Big Bill, sore and angry at the pounding Jim
had suffered, swung his big bat with terrific effect, and New Haven had
one more run as the result of his slashing triple. But he was left on
third himself, and the score was still seven to four in favor of Boston.
It wasn’t at all the sort of game the fans had looked for. A victory for
one team or the other by a score of one to nothing, or two to one, had
been anticipated, and the course of the game was a stunning surprise,
for neither Briggs nor Jim Phillips had been half as effective as their
friends had expected them to be.
With the long lead the Boston team had taken, Dick Merriwell had decided
on straight hitting as the best means of snatching a victory. But, in
the seventh inning, he decided that a change in tactics was necessary.
Briggs had improved, and was making it almost impossible for the Yale
men to hit him safely.
“We’ve got to try to fool them,” said Dick. “They think now that we’re
going to hit out at everything. So we’ll start in by trying to bunt. It
may not work at first, but if you keep that sort of thing up long
enough, it is apt to disorganize any team not especially prepared for
it.”
In the seventh inning, the Bostonians met the new tactics successfully,
and repelled the attack. The first three men up for Yale, Brady,
Phillips, and Harry Maxwell, all bunted, and all were thrown out at
first, though it was a close decision on Maxwell, and one that any
captain less sportsmanlike than Dick Merriwell might well have objected
to.
“Never mind!” said Dick. “We’ll keep on with it. It didn’t work then,
but it may come out better next time.”
Jim, pitching with terrific speed, disposed of the Boston team easily in
the first half of the eighth inning, and then it was Jackson’s turn at
the bat. His bunt was a beauty, a slow, trickling, deceptive teaser of a
bunt, that crept along the third-base line, and gave him plenty of time
to reach first.
“Bunt,” said Dick, to Carter, as he lifted his own bat. “We’ll keep
right on.”
Obeying the signaled order, Jackson sprinted for second as Carter bunted
gently in front of the plate. Briggs thought there was a chance to catch
Jackson at second, and threw there instead of making the easy and
certain play at first. His throw was a second too late, and both runners
were safe.
“Bunt, when you come up,” said Dick Merriwell, to Green, who followed
him.
Then he stepped to the plate himself, and the Boston infielder, sure
that he would try to drive in a run, backed out. But Dick smiled
quietly, and bunted down the third-base line. Too late the fielder came
in for the ball. The bunt had been perfectly placed, and the bases were
full, with none out.
Again was the same trick worked. A bunt, with the bases full and none
out, looked like suicide, but it was not. Jackson raced for the plate as
the ball left Briggs’ hand, and was on top of it when Green chopped the
ball toward first base. The Boston first baseman, confused and rattled,
made a foolish attempt to catch him at the plate, and again all hands
were safe, with the bases full—and one run in.
Now Dick Merriwell shifted his tactics, choosing the exact moment for
the change. Bill Brady was at the bat, and as the Harvard players crept
in on the grass of the infield, ready to break up any attempt at a bunt
and turn it into a double play, Bill pushed the ball gently over the
shortstop’s head. It rolled with tantalizing slowness to the outfield,
and, before it was returned, Carter and Dick Merriwell had scored, and
New Haven was only one run behind. Brayson, the next batter, smashed out
a sharp single, and Green crossed the plate with the tying run.
Tuthill hit into a sharp double play, the result of a wonderful stop by
Briggs and Bowen’s lightning relay to first, and then Jim Phillips came
to the bat. Brayson had reached third, and Jim, thirsting with the
desire to put his team ahead, had a great chance. The crowd was wild
with excitement.
Jim was patient. He waited until Briggs sent up a slow ball that failed
to break just right. Then he hit hard, and raced toward first. The
Boston shortstop made a great stop, and Jim, as he sped toward first,
knew that the play would be close. He ran as hard as he could, but the
ball was a step before him, and, just as he touched the bag, he heard
the thud of the ball in the fielder’s mitt. He was out—and the score was
still tied.
But there was a wild yell from the crowd. He heard the umpire yell
“Safe!”
“But I wasn’t safe,” he said to himself, as he turned back to the base.
His teammates were jumping up and down by the bench. The Boston players
were looking dejected. Deliberately, Jim left the bag and walked toward
the umpire.
“You were mistaken,” he said. “The ball reached first before I did.”
The Harvard first baseman, amazed, followed him, the ball still in his
hand. Accidentally he touched Jim’s shoulder with the ball. The umpire
saw it.
“I called you safe before,” he said, “but you’re out now. You left the
bag, and you’ve been touched. Batter up!”
“Oh, I say,” cried the Harvard first baseman, “I don’t want to take
advantage of a technicality.”
“It’s all right,” said Jim. “He can’t reverse himself, I suppose. And it
comes out all right. I _was_ out, you know.”
“We’ll win, anyhow,” said Dick. “I’m afraid Briggs is up in the air.”
It was true. Jim had no difficulty in blanking the visiting team in the
first half of the ninth inning, and when the New Haven team came to the
bat, singles by Maxwell and Jackson, followed by a long two-bagger by
Carter, quickly sent the winning run over the plate. New Haven was the
winner of the game, eight to seven. And Jim Phillips had proved, not
only that he was as good as ever, but that, after losing his grip, he
could come back—the hardest thing of all to do.
THE END.
“Dick Merriwell at the Olympics,” by Burt L. Standish, is the next
title, No. 212, of the MERRIWELL SERIES.
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99—Reuben Stone’s Discovery
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101—Richard Dare’s Venture
102—Oliver Bright’s Search
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104—The Young Auctioneer
105—Bound to Be an Electrician
106—Shorthand Tom
108—Joe, the Surveyor
109—Larry, the Wanderer
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111—The Young Lumberman
112—The Young Explorers
113—Boys of the Wilderness
114—Boys of the Great North-west
115—Boys of the Gold Field
116—For His Country
117—Comrades in Peril
118—The Young Pearl Hunters
119—The Young Bandmaster
121—On Fortune’s Trail
122—Lost in the Land of Ice
123—Bob, the Photographer
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124—Among the Missing
125—His Own Helper
126—Honest Kit Dunstable
127—Every Inch a Boy
128—The Young Pilot
129—Always in Luck
130—Rich and Humble
131—In School and Out
133—Work and Win
135—Haste and Waste
136—Royal Tarr’s Pluck
137—The Prisoners of the Cave
138—Louis Chiswick’s Mission
139—The Professor’s Son
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141—The Cruise of The Dandy
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148—Lightning Express
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160—All Aboard
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167—Brave Old Salt
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188—The Luck of Vance Sevier By Frederick Gibson
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901—A Weird Treasure
902—The Middle Link
903—To the Ends of the Earth
904—When Honors Pall
905—The Yellow Brand
906—A New Serpent in Eden
907—When Brave Men Tremble
908—A Test of Courage
909—Where Peril Beckons
910—The Gargoni Girdle
911—Rascals & Co.
912—Too Late to Talk
913—Satan’s Apt Pupil
914—The Girl Prisoner
915—The Danger of Folly
916—One Shipwreck Too Many
917—Scourged by Fear
918—The Red Plague
919—Scoundrels Rampant
920—From Clew to Clew
921—When Rogues Conspire
922—Twelve in a Grave
923—The Great Opium Case
924—A Conspiracy of Rumors
925—A Klondike Claim
926—The Evil Formula
927—The Man of Many Faces
928—The Great Enigma
929—The Burden of Proof
930—The Stolen Brain
931—A Titled Counterfeiter
932—The Magic Necklace
933—’Round the World for a Quarter
934—Over the Edge of the World
935—In the Grip of Fate
936—The Case of Many Clews
937—The Sealed Door
938—Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men
939—The Man Without a Will
940—Tracked Across the Atlantic
941—A Clew from the Unknown
942—The Crime of a Countess
943—A Mixed-up Mess
944—The Great Money-order Swindle
945—The Adder’s Brood
946—A Wall Street Haul
947—For a Pawned Crown
948—Sealed Orders
949—The Hate that Kills
950—The American Marquis
951—The Needy Nine
952—Fighting Against Millions
953—Outlaws of the Blue
954—The Old Detective’s Pupil
955—Found in the Jungle
956—The Mysterious Mail Robbery
957—Broken Bars
958—A Fair Criminal
959—Won by Magic
960—The Piano Box Mystery
961—The Man They Held Back
962—A Millionaire Partner
963—A Pressing Peril
964—An Australian Klondike
965—The Sultan’s Pearls
966—The Double Shuffle Club
967—Paying the Price
968—A Woman’s Hand
969—A Network of Crime
970—At Thompson’s Ranch
971—The Crossed Needles
972—The Diamond Mine Case
973—Blood Will Tell
974—An Accidental Password
975—The Crook’s Double
976—Two Plus Two
977—The Yellow Label
978—The Clever Celestial
979—The Amphitheater Plot
980—Gideon Drexel’s Millions
981—Death in Life
982—A Stolen Identity
983—Evidence by Telephone
984—The Twelve Tin Boxes
985—Clew Against Clew
986—Lady Velvet
987—Playing a Bold Game
988—A Dead Man’s Grip
989—Snarled Identities
990—A Deposit Vault Puzzle
991—The Crescent Brotherhood
992—The Stolen Pay Train
993—The Sea Fox
994—Wanted by Two Clients
995—The Van Alstine Case
996—Check No. 777
997—Partners in Peril
998—Nick Carter’s Clever Protégé
999—The Sign of the Crossed Knives
1000—The Man Who Vanished
1001—A Battle for the Right
1002—A Game of Craft
1003—Nick Carter’s Retainer
1004—Caught in the Toils
1005—A Broken Bond
1006—The Crime of the French Café
1007—The Man Who Stole Millions
1008—The Twelve Wise Men
1009—Hidden Foes
1010—A Gamblers’ Syndicate
1011—A Chance Discovery
1012—Among the Counterfeiters
1013—A Threefold Disappearance
1014—At Odds with Scotland Yard
1015—A Princess of Crime
1016—Found on the Beach
1017—A Spinner of Death
1018—The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor
1019—A Bogus Clew
1020—The Puzzle of Five Pistols
1021—The Secret of the Marble Mantel
1022—A Bite of an Apple
1023—A Triple Crime
1024—The Stolen Race Horse
1025—Wildfire
1026—A Herald Personal
1027—The Finger of Suspicion
1028—The Crimson Clew
1029—Nick Carter Down East
1030—The Chain of Clews
1031—A Victim of Circumstances
1032—Brought to Bay
1033—The Dynamite Trap
1034—A Scrap of Black Lace
1035—The Woman of Evil
1036—A Legacy of Hate
1037—A Trusted Rogue
1038—Man Against Man
1039—The Demons of the Night
1040—The Brotherhood of Death
1041—At the Knife’s Point
1042—A Cry for Help
1043—A Stroke of Policy
1044—Hounded to Death
1045—A Bargain in Crime
1046—The Fatal Prescription
1047—The Man of Iron
1048—An Amazing Scoundrel
1049—The Chain of Evidence
1050—Paid with Death
1051—A Fight for a Throne
1052—The Woman of Steel
1053—The Seal of Death
1054—The Human Fiend
1055—A Desperate Chance
1056—A Chase in the Dark
1057—The Snare and the Game
1058—The Murray Hill Mystery
1059—Nick Carter’s Close Call
1060—The Missing Cotton King
1061—A Game of Plots
1062—The Prince of Liars
1063—The Man at the Window
1064—The Red League
1065—The Price of a Secret
1066—The Worst Case on Record
1067—From Peril to Peril
1068—The Seal of Silence
1069—Nick Carter’s Chinese Puzzle
1070—A Blackmailer’s Bluff
1071—Heard in the Dark
1072—A Checkmated Scoundrel
1073—The Cashier’s Secret
1074—Behind a Mask
1075—The Cloak of Guilt
1076—Two Villains in One
1077—The Hot Air Clew
1078—Run to Earth
1079—The Certified Check
1080—Weaving the Web
1081—Beyond Pursuit
1082—The Claws of the Tiger
1083—Driven from Cover
1084—A Deal in Diamonds
1085—The Wizard of the Cue
1086—A Race for Ten Thousand
1087—The Criminal Link
1088—The Red Signal
1089—The Secret Panel
1090—A Bonded Villain
1091—A Move in the Dark
1092—Against Desperate Odds
1093—The Telltale Photographs
1094—The Ruby Pin
1095—The Queen of Diamonds
1096—A Broken Trail
1097—An Ingenious Stratagem
1098—A Sharper’s Downfall
1099—A Race Track Gamble
1100—Without a Clew
1101—The Council of Death
1102—The Hole in the Vault
1103—In Death’s Grip
1104—A Great Conspiracy
1105—The Guilty Governor
1106—A Ring of Rascals
1107—A Masterpiece of Crime
1108—A Blow for Vengeance
1109—Tangled Threads
1110—The Crime of the Camera
1111—The Sign of the Dagger
1112—Nick Carter’s Promise
1113—Marked for Death
1114—The Limited Holdup
1115—When the Trap Was Sprung
1116—Through the Cellar Wall
1117—Under the Tiger’s Claws
1118—The Girl in the Case
1119—Behind a Throne
1120—The Lure of Gold
1121—Hand to Hand
1122—From a Prison Cell
1123—Dr. Quartz, Magician
1124—Into Nick Carter’s Web
1125—The Mystic Diagram
1126—The Hand that Won
1127—Playing a Lone Hand
1128—The Master Villain
1129—The False Claimant
1130—The Living Mask
1131—The Crime and the Motive
1132—A Mysterious Foe
1133—A Missing Man
1134—A Game Well Played
1135—A Cigarette Clew
1136—The Diamond Trail
1137—The Silent Guardian
1138—The Dead Stranger
1140—The Doctor’s Stratagem
1141—Following a Chance Clew
1142—The Bank Draft Puzzle
1143—The Price of Treachery
1144—The Silent Partner
1145—Ahead of the Game
1146—A Trap of Tangled Wire
1147—In the Gloom of Night
1148—The Unaccountable Crook
1149—A Bundle of Clews
1150—The Great Diamond Syndicate
1151—The Death Circle
1152—The Toss of a Penny
1153—One Step Too Far
1154—The Terrible Thirteen
1155—A Detective’s Theory
1156—Nick Carter’s Auto Trail
1157—A Triple Identity
1158—A Mysterious Graft
1159—A Carnival of Crime
1160—The Bloodstone Terror
1161—Trapped in His Own Net
1162—The Last Move in the Game
1163—A Victim of Deceit
1164—With Links of Steel
1165—A Plaything of Fate
1166—The Key Ring Clew
1167—Playing for a Fortune
1168—At Mystery’s Threshold
1169—Trapped by a Woman
1170—The Four Fingered Glove
1171—Nabob and Knave
1172—The Broadway Cross
1173—The Man Without a Conscience
1174—A Master of Deviltry
1175—Nick Carter’s Double Catch
1176—Doctor Quartz’s Quick Move
1177—The Vial of Death
1178—Nick Carter’s Star Pupils
1179—Nick Carter’s Girl Detective
1180—A Baffled Oath
1181—A Royal Thief
1182—Down and Out
1183—A Syndicate of Rascals
1184—Played to a Finish
1185—A Tangled Case
1186—In Letters of Fire
1187—Crossed Wires
1188—A Plot Uncovered
1189—The Cab Driver’s Secret
1190—Nick Carter’s Death Warrant
1191—The Plot that Failed
1192—Nick Carter’s Masterpiece
1193—A Prince of Rogues
1194—In the Lap of Danger
1195—The Man from London
1196—Circumstantial Evidence
1197—The Pretty Stenographer Mystery
1198—A Villainous Scheme
1199—A Plot Within a Plot
1200—The Elevated Railroad Mystery
1201—The Blow of a Hammer
1202—The Twin Mystery
1203—The Bottle with the Black Label
1204—Under False Colors
1205—A Ring of Dust
1206—The Crown Diamond
1207—The Blood-red Badge
1208—The Barrel Mystery
1209—The Photographer’s Evidence
1210—Millions at Stake
1211—The Man and His Price
1212—A Double-Handed Game
1213—A Strike for Freedom
1214—A Disciple of Satan
1215—The Marked Hand
1216—A Fight with a Fiend
1217—When the Wicked Prosper
1218—A Plunge into Crime
1219—An Artful Schemer
1220—Reaping the Whirlwind
1221—Out of Crime’s Depths
1222—A Woman at Bay
1223—The Temple of Vice
1224—Death at the Feast
1225—A Double Plot
1226—In Search of Himself
1227—A Hunter of Men
1228—The Boulevard Mutes
1229—Captain Sparkle, Pirate
1230—Nick Carter’s Fall
1231—Out of Death’s Shadow
1232—A Voice from the Past
1233—Accident or Murder?
1234—The Man Who Was Cursed
1235—Baffled, But Not Beaten
1236—A Case Without a Clew
1237—The Demon’s Eye
1238—A Blindfold Mystery
1239—Nick Carter’s Swim to Victory
1240—A Man to Be Feared
1241—Saved by a Ruse
1242—Nick Carter’s Wildest Chase
1243—A Nation’s Peril
1244—The Rajah’s Ruby
1245—The Trail of a Human Tiger
1246—The Disappearing Princess
1247—The Lost Chittendens
1248—The Crystal Mystery
1249—The King’s Prisoner
1250—Talika, the Geisha Girl
1251—The Doom of the Reds
In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books
listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York
City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance
promptly, on account of delays in transportation.
To be published in January, 1929.
1252—The Lady of Shadows
1253—The Mysterious Castle
1254—The Senator’s Plot
To be published in February, 1929.
1255—A Submarine Trail
1256—A War of Brains
To be published in March, 1929.
1257—Pauline—A Mystery
1258—The Confidence King
To be published in April, 1929.
1259—A Chase for Millions
1260—Shown on the Screen
To be published in May, 1929.
1261—The Streaked Peril
1262—The Room of Mirrors
To be published in June, 1929.
1263—A Plot for an Empire
1264—A Call on the Phone
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TALES OF THE ROLLING PLAINS
Great Western Library
By COL. PRENTISS INGRAHAM and W. B. LAWSON
Thrilling Adventure
For many years we have been urged by readers who like Western stories to
publish some tales about the adventures of Diamond Dick. Therefore, we
decided to have a new series of stories based upon the adventures of
this famous Western character, and to put them in a line called GREAT
WESTERN LIBRARY, together with stories about Buffalo Bill, by Col.
Prentiss Ingraham.
Thus, in this line two of the most famous of all American characters
join hands. The so-called society stories with a kick in them come and
go, but these clean, wholesome tales of the West give a clean-cut
picture of the lives and characters of the men who carried the advance
banners of civilization westward.
There are Indian stories, cowboy stories, outlaw stories, all sorts of
stories of adventures out West. Each one is clean and decent, even if it
is thrilling.
ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT
1—Diamond Dick’s Own Brand By W. B. Lawson
2—Buffalo Bill’s Honor By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
3—Diamond Dick’s Maverick By W. B. Lawson
4—Buffalo Bill’s Phantom Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
5—Diamond Dick’s Man Hunt By W. B. Lawson
6—Buffalo Bill’s Fight with Fire By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
7—Diamond Dick’s Danger Signal By W. B. Lawson
8—Buffalo Bill’s Danite Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
9—Diamond Dick’s Prospect By W. B. Lawson
10—Buffalo Bill’s Ranch Riders By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
11—Diamond Dick and the Gold Bugs By W. B. Lawson
12—Buffalo Bill’s Death Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
13—Diamond Dick at Comet City By W. B. Lawson
14—Buffalo Bill’s Trackers By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
15—Diamond Dick and the Worthless Bonanza By W. B. Lawson
16—Buffalo Bill’s Mid-air Flight By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
17—Diamond Dick’s Black List By W. B. Lawson
18—Buffalo Bill, Ambassador By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
19—Diamond Dick and the Indian Outlaw By W. B. Lawson
20—Buffalo Bill’s Air Voyage By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
21—Diamond Dick and Gentleman Jack By W. B. Lawson
22—Buffalo Bill’s Secret Mission By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
23—Diamond Dick at Secret Pass By W. B. Lawson
24—Buffalo Bill’s Long Trail By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
25—Diamond Dick’s Red Trailer By W. B. Lawson
26—Buffalo Bill Against Odds By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
27—Buffalo Bill’s Bid for Fame By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
28—Buffalo Bill’s Bonanza By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
29—Buffalo Bill’s Swoop By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
30—Buffalo Bill and the Gold King By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
31—Buffalo Bill’s Still Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
32—Buffalo Bill’s Traitor Guide By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
33—Buffalo Bill and the Doomed Dozen By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
34—Buffalo Bill’s Border Duel By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
35—Buffalo Bill’s Triumph By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
36—Buffalo Bill’s Body Guard By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
37—Buffalo Bill’s Prairie Scout By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
38—Buffalo Bill’s Death Call By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
39—Buffalo Bill’s Double Surprise By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
40—Buffalo Bill, the Border King By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
41—Buffalo Bill’s Raid By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
42—Buffalo Bill’s Bravery By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
43—Buffalo Bill’s Trump Card By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
44—Buffalo Bill’s Pledge By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
45—Buffalo Bill’s Vengeance By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
46—Buffalo Bill’s Iron Grip By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
47—Buffalo Bill’s Capture By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
48—Buffalo Bill’s Danger Line By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
49—Buffalo Bill’s Comrades By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
50—Buffalo Bill’s Reckoning By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
51—Buffalo Bill’s Warning By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
52—Buffalo Bill at Bay By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books
listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York
City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance
promptly, on account of delays in transportation.
To be published in January, 1929.
53—Buffalo Bill’s Buckskin Pards By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
54—Buffalo Bill’s Brand By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
To be published in February, 1929.
55—Buffalo Bill’s Hot Chase By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
56—Buffalo Bill’s Redskin Ally By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
To be published in March, 1929.
57—Buffalo Bill’s Treasure Trove By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
58—Buffalo Bill’s Hidden Foes By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
To be published in April, 1929.
59—Buffalo Bill’s Crack Shot By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
60—Buffalo Bill’s Close Call By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
To be published in May, 1929.
61—Buffalo Bill’s Ambush By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
62—Buffalo Bill’s Outlaw Hunt By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
63—Buffalo Bill’s Spy Trailer By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
To be published in June, 1929.
64—Buffalo Bill, Deadshot By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
65—Buffalo Bill’s Buckskin Bravoes By Col. Prentiss Ingraham
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Round the World Library
Stories of Jack Harkaway and His Comrades
Every reader, young and old, has heard of Jack Harkaway. His remarkable
adventures in out-of-the-way corners of the globe are really classics,
and every one should read them.
Jack is a splendid, manly character, full of life and strength and
curiosity. He has a number of very interesting companions—Professor
Mole, for instance, who is very funny. He also has some very strange
enemies, who are anything but funny.
Get interested in Jack. It will pay you.
ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT
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By BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
1—Jack Harkaway’s School Days
2—Jack Harkaway’s Friends
3—Jack Harkaway After School Days
4—Jack Harkaway Afloat and Ashore
5—Jack Harkaway Among the Pirates
6—Jack Harkaway at Oxford
7—Jack Harkaway’s Struggles
8—Jack Harkaway’s Triumphs
9—Jack Harkaway Among the Brigands
10—Jack Harkaway’s Return
11—Jack Harkaway Around the World
12—Jack Harkaway’s Perils
13—Jack Harkaway In China
14—Jack Harkaway and the Red Dragon
15—Jack Harkaway’s Pluck
16—Jack Harkaway in Australia
17—Jack Harkaway and the Bushrangers
18—Jack Harkaway’s Duel
19—Jack Harkaway and the Turks
20—Jack Harkaway in New York
21—Jack Harkaway Out West
22—Jack Harkaway Among the Indians
23—Jack Harkaway’s Cadet Days
24—Jack Harkaway in the Black Hills
25—Jack Harkaway in the Toils
26—Jack Harkaway’s Secret of Wealth
27—Jack Harkaway, Missing
28—Jack Harkaway and the Sacred Serpent
29—The Fool of the Family
30—Mischievous Matt
31—Mischievous Matt’s Pranks
32—Bob Fairplay Adrift
33—Bob Fairplay at Sea
34—The Boys of St. Aldates
35—Billy Barlow
36—Larry O’Keefe
37—Sam Sawbones
38—Too Fast to Last
39—Home Base
40—Spider and Stump
41—Out for Fun
42—Rob Rollalong, Sailor
43—Rob Rollalong in the Wilds
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44—Phil, the Showman By Stanley Norris
45—Phil’s Rivals By Stanley Norris
46—Phil’s Pluck By Stanley Norris
47—Phil’s Triumph By Stanley Norris
48—From Circus to Fortune By Stanley Norris
49—A Gentleman Born By Stanley Norris
50—For His Friend’s Honor By Stanley Norris
51—True to His Trust By Stanley Norris
52—Facing the Music By Stanley Norris
53—Jungles and Traitors By William Murray Graydon
54—The Rockspur Eleven By Burt L. Standish
55—Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson
56—In Fort and Prison By William Murray Graydon
57—The Rockspur Rivals By Burt L. Standish
58—George Arnold’s Pluck By John De Morgan
59—The Golden Harpoon By Weldon J. Cobb
60—The Rockspur Nine By Burt L. Standish
61—Always on Duty By John De Morgan
62—On the Wing By Weldon J. Cobb
63—Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea By Jules Verne
64—A Legacy of Peril By William Murray Graydon
65—Lost in the Ice By John De Morgan
66—The Young Railroader By Stanley Norris
67—The Tour of the Zero Club By Capt. Ralph Bonehill
68—The Young Railroader’s Flyer By Stanley Norris
69—The Silent City By Fred Thorpe
74—The Young Railroader’s Long Run By Stanley Norris
75—The Treasure of Star Island By Weldon J. Cobb
76—The Young Railroader’s Comrade By Stanley Norris
77—In Unknown Worlds By John De Morgan
78—The Young Railroader’s Promotion By Stanley Norris
79—A Trip to Mars By Weldon J. Cobb
80—The Young Railroader’s Chance By Stanley Norris
81—Rob Ranger’s Mine By Lieut. Lounsberry
82—Zip, the Acrobat By Victor St. Clair
83—Rob Ranger’s Cowboy Days By Lieut. Lounsberry
84—On His Merit By Victor St. Clair
85—Out For Sport By Wallace Kincaid
86—Where Duty Called By Victor St. Clair
87—Engineer Ralph By Frank H. MacDougal
88—Fortune’s Winding Trail By Roy Franklin
89—The Boy Conjurer By Victor St. Clair
90—The Go-Ahead Boys’ Legacy By Gale Richards
91—With Odds Against Him By Weldon J. Cobb
92—Sunset Ranch By Stanley Norris
93—Chums of the Prairie By Stanley Norris
94—The Young Range Riders By Stanley Norris
95—Jack Lightfoot, the Athlete By Maxwell Stevens
96—Jack Lightfoot’s Crack Nine By Maxwell Stevens
97—Jack Lightfoot Trapped By Maxwell Stevens
98—Jack Lightfoot’s Rival By Maxwell Stevens
99—Jack Lightfoot in Camp By Maxwell Stevens
100—Jack Lightfoot’s Canoe Trip By Maxwell Stevens
101—Jack Lightfoot’s Iron Arm By Maxwell Stevens
102—Jack Lightfoot’s Hoodoo By Maxwell Stevens
103—Jack Lightfoot’s Decision By Maxwell Stevens
104—Jack Lightfoot’s Gun Club By Maxwell Stevens
105—Jack Lightfoot’s Blind By Maxwell Stevens
In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books
listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York
City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance
promptly, on account of delays in transportation.
To be published in January, 1929.
106—Jack Lightfoot’s Capture By Maxwell Stevens
107—Jack Lightfoot’s Head Work By Maxwell Stevens
To be published in February, 1929.
108—Jack Lightfoot’s Wisdom By Maxwell Stevens
109—The Pride of Annapolis By Com. Luther G. Brownell
To be published in March, 1929.
110—The Haunted Hunter By Edward S. Ellis
111—An Annapolis Adventure By Com. Luther G. Brownell
To be published in April, 1929.
112—The Two Scouts By Edward S. Ellis
113—An Annapolis Hero By Com. Luther G. Brownell
To be published in May, 1929.
114—Among the Redskins By Edward S. Ellis
115—Making Good in the Navy By Com. Luther G. Brownell
To be published in June, 1929.
116—Tracked Through the Wilds By Edward S. Ellis
117—A Dash for Glory By Com. Luther G. Brownell
Nick Carter Still Lives!
For many years the stories of the adventures of Nicholas Carter, the
great American detective, have been favorites with busy men in all walks
of life. The reason is not hard to find. They afford splendid relaxation
and complete entertainment.
Some of the Nick Carter stories are among the greatest detective stories
ever written and will remain so, as long as the English language is
read.
Look over the list of these titles in the NEW MAGNET LIBRARY and buy
yourself a real treat.
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○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).