Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. DICK MERRIWELL’S TRAP OR, THE CHAP WHO BUNGLED BY BURT L. STANDISH Author of the famous _Merriwell Stories._ STREET & SMITH CORPORATION PUBLISHERS 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York Copyright, 1902 By STREET & SMITH Dick Merriwell’s Trap (Printed in the United States of America) All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. Contents CHAPTER I—A FARDALE VICTORY CHAPTER II—DICK STOPS A RUNAWAY CHAPTER III—HAPPINESS AND MISERY CHAPTER IV—JUNE’S PROMISE CHAPTER V—DICK KEEPS THE LOCKET CHAPTER VI—A DOUBTFUL MATTER CHAPTER VII—SOMETHING WRONG CHAPTER VIII—FARDALE’S WAY CHAPTER IX—DICK WINS AGAIN CHAPTER X—A MASTER OF HIMSELF CHAPTER XI—BOUND BY A PROMISE CHAPTER XII—A WARM MEETING CHAPTER XIII—THE PROMPTINGS OF CONSCIENCE CHAPTER XIV—ARLINGTON SHOWS HIS HAND CHAPTER XV—DETERMINED DICK CHAPTER XVI—A FINE PAIR CHAPTER XVII—DICK CONQUERS HIS ENEMY CHAPTER XVIII—BUNOL HOLDS HIS GRIP CHAPTER XIX—A CRY IN THE NIGHT CHAPTER XX—DONE IN THE DARK CHAPTER XXI—ON THE ACADEMY STEPS CHAPTER XXII—ANOTHER VICTORY FOR FARDALE CHAPTER XXIII—CHESTER FINDS A MASTER CHAPTER XXIV—A LONG WORD CHAPTER XXV—THE SPOOK APPEARS CHAPTER XXVI—THINGS ARE MISSING CHAPTER XXVII—DICK MAKES A DISCOVERY CHAPTER XXVIII—A SLIPPERY TRICK CHAPTER XXIX—THE MAGIC POWDER CHAPTER XXX—THE TRAP SPRUNG CHAPTER I—A FARDALE VICTORY For a moment as he lay on the ground holding the ball for Dick Merriwell to kick the goal that must win the game with Hudsonville for Fardale Military Academy, Hal Darrell, the left half-back, was seized by a strong temptation to do wrong. How easy it would be to spoil that kick! A slight shifting of the ball just as the captain of the Fardale eleven kicked, and the attempt for a goal would be ruined. There was bitterness in Hal’s heart, for he realized that Dick was covering himself with glory, while up in the grand stand sat June Arlington, a thrilled witness to everything that had occurred during that most thrilling game.