Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) THE LUCKY SEVENTH By Ralph Henry Barbour The Brother of a Hero Benton’s Venture Around the End The Junior Trophy Change Signals! Finkler’s Field For Yardley The New Boy at Hilltop Winning His “Y” Double Play Forward Pass! The Spirit of the School Four Afloat Weatherby’s Inning The Half-Back On Your Mark Four in Camp Four Afoot For the Honor of the School Captain of the Crew Behind the Line The Arrival of Jimpson D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NEW YORK [Illustration: “There was a bump, a crash, the sound of splintering wood, and——”] THE LUCKY SEVENTH BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “THE BROTHER OF A HERO,” “BENTON’S VENTURE,” ETC. [Illustration] ILLUSTRATED BY NORMAN P. ROCKWELL NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1915 Copyright, 1915, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Gordon Gets a Letter 1 II. Dick Consents 10 III. A Rich Man’s Son 28 IV. The Team Elects Its Captain 43 V. Dick Visits the Point 57 VI. Clearfield Plays the Point 67 VII. The Blue Runabout 76 VIII. Across the Gully 87 IX. Mr. Merrick Breaks a Plate 95 X. Gordon Bears a Message 104 XI. Fudge Scents a Secret 115 XII. A Reversed Decision 126 XIII. Jack Is Suspended 141 XIV. A Visit To the Invalid 150 XV. On the Rocks 163 XVI. Dick Scores a Defeat 177 XVII. Harold Makes a Promise 193 XVIII. The Live Wires—and Mr. Potter 205 XIX. Mr. Potter Gets Busy 218 XX. Mr. Brent to the Rescue 233 XXI. Mr. Brent Telephones 246 XXII. Gordon Brings Good News 261 XXIII. Mr. Brent Throws a Ball 271 XXIV. Dick Smiles 284 XXV. “The Lucky Seventh” 302 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “There was a bump, a crash, the sound of splintering wood——” _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE “‘Good-night,’ responded Gordon and Fudge” 54 “Dick took Louise to the game on Saturday” 224 “The Lucky Seventh had proved itself” 298 CHAPTER I GORDON GETS A LETTER